This survey was taken in January and February of 2024. It was closed after reaching the goal of 100 responses. Thanks to the 113 Wordlers who answered this survey!
Question #3 and Question #5 have open ended answers. Click on any question to make comments!
3 responses to “Survey #1”
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It is interesting to see the variety of answer of how people use the list. A common theme is that after the first 1 or 2 guesses, the list comes more into play. Click #3 and #5 above to see the open answers.
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I use the past answers list after having made a list of all the words I can find after my opening line (or 2nd if the first line draws a blank) which could be a fit and then cross out those which have been past answers.
It’s getting to the stage now when I think NYT needs to reconsider the policy of not duplicating as it seems that about 40% of possible answers have been used before.
That gives those of us who use the past answers a big advantage over the bot and other players we may be competing with.-
On the otherhand, it gets increasingly more difficult for we list users to think of unused words. It takes more time, but I enjoy the extra engagement. It also means we are eliminating some very good “filter” word combos in positions 1 and 2. Consider how difficult it would be when only 20 words are “left” (if you don’t use burned words at all.)
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