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I meant that while I can understand a language specific alphabet (while I would hope that in 2022 humankind would finally agree on a common way to write - but that is just an utopia) the whole idea behind kanji seems... something you want to stop using yesterday.

Matt E. Эллен

9:31 AM

an ootopia?

SPArcheon

11:28 AM

so... Pokemononster Hunter will be out this week...

Fredy31

11:53 AM

Wordle 220 6/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Nzall

Hmm, Geoguessr has changed their free offering. Instead of 1 game per day, you now can play for 5 consecutive minutes every 15 minutes, and most modes allow you to finish your game if the timer expires during the game

Memor-X

12:26 PM

> Presenting a #FFXIV-style map of Australia and New Zealand to celebrate the launch of the Oceanian data center, Materia! 🗺️✨

Download the map in high resolution here! ➡️ http://sqex.link/FFXIV_ANZ_map

^ twitter.com/FF_XIV_EN/status/1485938008503173122/photo/1

lol, New Zealand with Mount Doom

though atleast it has New Zealand

Matt E. Эллен

Wordle 220 5/6

🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wipqozn

Wordle 220 4/6

🟦🟦⬛🟦⬛
⬛🟦🟦⬛🟦
🟧⬛🟦🟦⬛
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

MBraedley

12:54 PM

I don't want to work, I just wanna stay in my bed all day

SPArcheon

1:29 PM

Wipqozn

@MBraedley F

I've started using RAISE as my starting word instead of ARISE, since apparently it has better letter positioning

Ronan

I use a different word every time for no particular reason

Nzall

@Wipqozn oh right, because AFAIK Wordle doesn't have every single English 5 letter word, only about 2500 common or so, so based on the words list some letters might have more common distribution in that list

Ronan

Yeah I think you can guess any word, but the answer is limited

Wipqozn

@Nzall Correct

@Ronan Apparently the answers are all available by just examining the page in your console

Ronan

1:32 PM

Like today's answer?

Wipqozn

Although that would completely ruin the point

@Ronan All answers apparently, in the past and the future

Nzall

@Wipqozn No, not today's answer, but you can find the entire list of acceptable words in main.js, on line 1118-9

Wipqozn

It switches over based on the users local time, so it makes sense

@Nzall Apparently it's ordered?

Nzall

Yeah, it's alphabetical

Wipqozn

I haven't checked myself, for obvious reasons, but saw it on reddit

Nzall

1:34 PM

At least, one of the lists is

Wipqozn

@Nzall oh okay they changed it then

Ronan

It looks like it's in order but skips some?

Hopefully I don't remember that list

MBraedley

1:49 PM

@Nzall It uses a dictionary of over 10,000 words which are valid guesses, but only ~2500 of them will ever be a solution.

Matt E. Эллен

2:11 PM

@Ronan same

Yuuki

Wordle 220 5/6*

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

only knowing two letters and their positions four guesses in feels kinda tense

@Wipqozn I use PAINT, although given RSTLNE, I'm thinking of using SAINT instead

Nzall

dumb, that's a 6 letter word

Ronan

What's the worst word to start with though?

Yuuki

depends. i think a QU word might be bad because you're unlikely to get hits, but when you do, it makes it later guesses a lot easier

Ronan

2:26 PM

Knowing whether there's a U is still a reasonable amount of info thugh

But yeah QUICK seems like a good contender

Or maybe QUEUE

Fredy31

@Yuuki Its always annoying when you hit a random K or Z or X

Yuuki

WRYLY might be the worst non-QU guess i can think of

Fredy31

Like yesterday's Knoll

Yuuki

in fact, might be worse than a QU guess

Fredy31

I hit that K early and my brain broke

Nzall

2:29 PM

You never heard of the Grassy Knoll that features prominently in JFK conspiracy theories?

Yuuki

i mean, it's not something i spend most of my time thinking of. and if i did, i doubt we'd be having this conversation

for various reasons

Nzall

@Yuuki I don't know the word list contains Xysts

Yuuki

@Nzall as a guess or as an answer? although if the it's the latter, i suppose it'd be both

Nzall

It contains the word Xysts

oh, even better

xylyl

3 different letters, one of them is the rarest vowel, and one of the other 2 is one of the rarest consonants

MBraedley

Arg, why don't my media keys work for YouTube Music anymore?

MBraedley

3:08 PM

oh, it's Windows I think

Yuuki

3:19 PM

honestly, i don't think hard mode actually makes wordle harder. it might make coming up with guesses harder, but i think you're far more likely to guess the right answer within the limit with hard more on

Matt E. Эллен

agree

Nzall

I didn't even know Worldle HAD a hardmode. What does it do?

Yuuki

@Nzall you have to use all current information in a guess. if you have a letter in the correct position, it has to be in your next guess in the right position

it prevents you from scouting letters, but it tightens up your guesses

Ronan

There's a bug where you can guess a yellow letter in the same place again though, I did that by mistake today

Fredy31

@Yuuki I dont use it but I always felt its also the best way to play. So you dont waste a guess with things unrelated

SaintWacko

5:25 PM

Wordle 220 3/6

🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟨⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

badp

I start my wordle with POWER

then my brain spends 10 minutes like "are there even words without an E"

SPArcheon

@badp well, according to @Yaakov there are plenty of questions... not so much for answers though.

Either way, try with this.

Gadsby (novel)

Gadsby is a 1939 novel by Ernest Vincent Wright which does not include any words that contain the letter E, the most common letter in English. A work that deliberately avoids certain letters is known as a lipogram. The plot revolves around the dying fictional city of Branton Hills, which is revitalized as a result of the efforts of protagonist John Gadsby and a youth organizer. Though vanity published and little noticed in its time, the book has since become a favorite of fans of constrained writing and is a sought-after rarity among some book collectors. Later editions of the book have sometimes...

SaintWacko

5:51 PM

@badp I start with STERN

Wipqozn

6:50 PM

I do RAISE into OUTBY (depending on how well RAISE does).

MBraedley

@SaintWacko Your best second guess is probably QUAIL then, but that still misses the O

SaintWacko

Eh, I don't have a fixed second guess

In hard mode you usually can't use the same word

Yuuki

i don't usually bother hitting all the vowels

Nzall

7:31 PM

Sorry, my audio dropped out. My louie's cat kept miaou-ing, so I had to bid adieu to my ouija

(also, that's a bunch of 4 vowel wordle words)

Wipqozn

8:03 PM

@SaintWacko Yeah I don't do hard mode since I'm lame, but I only really do OUTBY if I only get 1 match, and it wasn't a vowel.

Unionhawk

12x xp is so fast

Fredy31

8:19 PM

@Wipqozn Start with AROSE, if that doesnt hit much PRICE

Wipqozn

8:36 PM

@Fredy31 I used to do ARISE, but r/wordle seems to think RAISE is better becasue of letter positing

Fredy31

whatever you do... theres always a community on reddit minmaxing the shit out of it

before and after you discover the subreddit for a hobby

►

badp

9:11 PM

@Wipqozn the hell is OUTBY

4

ToxicFrog

I usually open with AEONS because it has good vowel coverage

SaintWacko

@Fredy31 I've been avoiding any of that lol

Wipqozn

@badp No fucking idea

I was looking for words with OU and Y

And apparantly it's a word that exists

Looks like it's used on coal mining

SaintWacko

9:31 PM

@Wipqozn Ouchy

Fredy31

@ToxicFrog My first 'regular first guess' was AEGIS. Thanks Age of Empires II

Unionhawk

9:46 PM

last recall is still really good

runecrafting is now super fast

go to zmi runecraft altar->teleport to tob bank or similar->bank->recall->repeat

Lazers 2.0

10:38 PM

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Q: Can I play multiplayer on two consoles with game from the same account?

My brother shared with me his PSN account and set my console as primary to allow me to play his games. Sometimes I play games from his PSN account, but I'm logged on to my PSN account all the time. A few days ago he suggested playing co-op in one of his games. Is it possible to play co-op in game...

Lazers 2.0

11:31 PM

4

Q: Can I keep using my Xbox One offline indefinitely without updating (after updating this one last time)?

tl;dr version: I haven't connected my Xbox One to the Internet for years, and it still plays all my old Kinect games perfectly. But I have a new game (NHL 2021) that won't install unless I update it. My question to you Arqade readers is: if I connect my Xbox One to the Internet again to update ...

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