Guess a daily word with only clues as to its position in the alphabet to guide you

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Zippy Bot@lemmy.zip · 2 months ago

Lvxferre@mander.xyz · 2 months ago

Got it in 14 guesses. The trick for this sort of game is to always aim for the middle of the possible range. Spoiler-free example:

Guess a word starting with M=13 (midrange between A=1 and Z=26).
If the unknown word is before that, guess one starting with F=6 (midrange between A=1 and M=13). If it’s after that, guess one with S=19 (midrange between M=13 and Z=26). Etc.
Once you find the first letter, repeat the process for the second later. However take into account that not all strings are valid/common in English; e.g. you’ll see plenty words starting in MA/ME/MI/MO/MU/MY, but words starting with MR or MT are damn rare.