Wordle - Query re different words on same day

Wordle - Query re different words on same day

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anonymous-user

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62 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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My family all do Wordle. Now, according to every source I can find Wordle publish a new word at midnight and that word is the same worldwide.

I found today's word very difficult, never even heard of it in fact. However my daughter and her bf who live in the same house had different words (they both got it correctly). The bf had the same word as me but my daughters was different. It's not yesterdays. The time on her phone etc is correct so how come she got a different word?

The only thing I can think of is that as they live in the same house and have the same (external) IP address then maybe Wordle gives different words to those under the same roof so's to speak but I doubt it. Maybe a bug?

Any idea why they had different words today?

rallye101

2,243 posts

205 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Think the '' New York Times'' one is the real deal

Radec

4,430 posts

55 months

J8 SVG

1,470 posts

138 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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My dad had a similar but different word to me today too.. odd

Nimby

4,921 posts

158 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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My word today is aroma. Haven't had a recent one that any English speaker wouldn't know.

J8 SVG

1,470 posts

138 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Nimby said:
My word today is aroma. Haven't had a recent one that any English speaker wouldn't know.
https://mashable.com/article/wordle-241-glitch-answer

Spoilers^^

Looks to be because some are still reloading the Powerlanguage site and not migrating to the NYT site (all streaks and data have moved over)

julian64

14,317 posts

262 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Didn't understand this when it came on national news the other day. It seemed to be once mans recent invention of an entirely new game sold for a mint.

But the game is an old fashioned game called mastermind I played as a child. Rules are the same. I had one for numbers and one for letters back when I was a child.

I really didn't understand how anyone could claim this was a recent invention?

Dr Jekyll

23,820 posts

269 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Not quite the same. You have a complete alphabet of options, the answer has to be a word and you can only enter real words. So there's an element of crossword/scrabble skill in thinking of possible words. .

julian64

14,317 posts

262 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Dr Jekyll said:
Not quite the same. You have a complete alphabet of options, the answer has to be a word and you can only enter real words. So there's an element of crossword/scrabble skill in thinking of possible words. .
So similar though it must be an infringement to sell it as IP for a mint?

bigandclever

13,957 posts

246 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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julian64 said:
I really didn't understand how anyone could claim this was a recent invention?
Is anyone saying it's a recent invention? It just happens to be one of the hundred variant apps that took off, for whatever reason.

Dr Jekyll

23,820 posts

269 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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julian64 said:
Dr Jekyll said:
Not quite the same. You have a complete alphabet of options, the answer has to be a word and you can only enter real words. So there's an element of crossword/scrabble skill in thinking of possible words. .
So similar though it must be an infringement to sell it as IP for a mint?
Mastermind was itself based on 'Bulls and Cows'.

bigandclever

13,957 posts

246 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Dr Jekyll said:
julian64 said:
Dr Jekyll said:
Not quite the same. You have a complete alphabet of options, the answer has to be a word and you can only enter real words. So there's an element of crossword/scrabble skill in thinking of possible words. .
So similar though it must be an infringement to sell it as IP for a mint?
Mastermind was itself based on 'Bulls and Cows'.
And that was coded and played on the mainframe at Cambridge University in the late 60's.

yellowjack

17,282 posts

174 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Nimby said:
My word today is aroma. Haven't had a recent one that any English speaker wouldn't know.
I played for the first time today and got this one on try number six! Ten letters left unused at the end. Not sure if that stat is good/bad/irrelevant though.

I think I'd have got it earlier if I'd realised that individual letters can be used more than once, and if I hadn't guessed with the first two letters reversed after I'd already got them right-way-around. Now that I've learned those rules, I'm hoping for better luck on my next attempt!

aponting389

743 posts

186 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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it is quite addictive... althought how long that will last i am not sure

today I got in in 4, my wife 3. i'm on a 10 day 100% streak with no 6s and only 1 x 5 but i am expecting it to catch me out soon!

Challo

10,872 posts

163 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Myself and a number of friends play it. Good way to get the brain going in the morning over a coffee.

Luke.

11,214 posts

258 months

john2443

6,395 posts

219 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Nimby said:
Haven't had a recent one that any English speaker wouldn't know.
Recent ones have all been words I know but there's an archive version where you can go back to #1, so far in there I've found REBUS, GOLEM and BIOME - I am an English speaker due to living in England all my life and I've never heard any of those smile

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

62 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Radec said:
Thanks. I searched the web and every site insisted they use the same answer daily.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

62 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Nimby said:
My word today is aroma. Haven't had a recent one that any English speaker wouldn't know.
That was the easy one. I'd never even heard of the word I got.

Allegro_Snapon

557 posts

36 months

Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Nearly but for ironically given it was Aroma, a smelling mistake!