Lately I have been “trialing” hard mode without setting it formally. Results have been ok, not really much worse than easy mode. Maybe I will take the plunge one of these days.
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Interesting, I had never used ‘Hard Mode’ but that’s the way I play anyways. I always use the previous guess results as inputs to the next guess (or am I missing something?).
I too have always done it the hard way. I cannot wrap my head around deliberately missing a chance at getting the word by ignoring known letters in the solution for the chance of gaining other letters. That said, I know it's a numbers game, I am a math kind of guy. It still does not compute. Twenty times now I have got it on the 2nd try. Something that doesn't happen doing it the blanket way.
Interesting observation. Your thought process makes sense. I have been trying to play that way for a week or two and the results seem no worse than the “easy” way.
On easy mode, I would often use a word containing consonants of interest, even though I knew it wouldn't be a solution. Helps eliminate same word other than one letter situations.
I understand the two camps. I have tried both ways. I chose one of them as it seems more Spock like. I actually use a bit of a hybrid. I do not disregard the known letter and always, always try and incorporate the remaining vowels in the second word, when it makes sense to do so.
When you get right down to it, either way seems to work as sometimes I am ahead of the rest and sometimes not so much. 🙂
When you get right down to it, either way seems to work as sometimes I am ahead of the rest and sometimes not so much. 🙂
Always happy with a three guess round.🙂
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