English Professor Plays Wordle

[@jacobLR4]

I took three classes taught by Prof. Newman, and I can confirm he is this wholesome and chill in class.

[@IohannesRhetor]

Thanks Jacob! I should do a video on the semantic drift of wholesome in the last decade.

[@Aftmost17]

​@IohannesRhetor you absolutely should!

[@monkeybusiness673]

@@IohannesRhetor Absolutely!

[@chloellama9926]

Nicee

[@2yldy]

@@IohannesRhetornice!

[@dagoatishimatallgames]

Can we talk about how chill this professor is?

[@CaptainDCap]

can we talk about how this guy who's been teaching English for 21 years sounds like he's barely 21 years old?

[@benwatkinson2021]

​@@CaptainDCapfatality

[@benedictchan4827]

​@@CaptainDCapGoing to his channel, he looks extremely young too

[@cinaralin]

No, there's nothing to talk about, simply a fact

[@Bevity]

@@cinaralinThat really gets to me. Those CAN WE questions burn me up at this point.

[@JunoIvory]

When he explained the Mortal Kombat reference, it was wholesome. Like he thought Suda was a child that wouldn't know about it

[@IohannesRhetor]

I forgot about every mortal kombat after three

[@JunoIvory]

@IohannesRhetor hahahaha that's understandable, sir

[@tartoey5]

Yeah xd

[@sune7494]

yeah also im from the new generation but still grew up on the old games like that

[@tartoey5]

@@sune7494 same but it helps to get better at English since I’m bad at it.

[@tomfindysz8177]

Doesn’t the fact that Suda got more points say more about Dr. Newman’s performance than Suda’s? He could be such a good guesser that he sets Suda up so well.

[@randomjapsi]

gives a whole new meaning to sudas win streak

[@TristamWolf]

Yeah, I feel like a better format would be to have each person solve the same set of puzzles over some number of days, with the fewer guesses getting the point. The only problem is that format doesn't really work for a video because each person is just kinda hiding information so nobody would talk

[@justwtf3216]

Well, if you wanna put it this way... If I played against the professor and he got more points, does that mean I'm also a good guesser? 😂 Come on, make some sense please😂

[@Technosvoices]

The Prof played for the game while Susa played for the win. A better test of Suda’s capabilities would be the rule that you have to use all known letters in every guess.

[@noelletheradcat]

@@TristamWolf carykh made a really neat wordle variant that is like a worlde vs type thing, but that one is not nearly as chill as this

[@wascrowned]

I think the better your vocabulary, the harder Wordle gets. There's a lot of situations where the Professor used less common words that ended up giving Suda an advantage. "Curb" and "Masque" are two good examples.

[@dannylions]

curb is a pretty common word though. Masque however is a first for me lol

[@gargaduk]

Masque was just a complete blunder because he didn't use the K that was in there.

[@mrlescure]

​@@gargadukhe also put an e at the end which was known wrong.

[@aguilarrojasoctavio4402]

Except he actually gave the actual word up to him though

[@ami2446]

I am not a native speaker of English and have never lived in an English-speaking country. As a result, my vocabulary is much smaller than that of a native speaker. wordle is really difficult for me because I find it hard to come up with words. i think you still need an extensive vocabulary to stand a good chance

[@OhhCrapGuy]

Here's an idea for an alternative scoring system that encourages solving and not hamstringing by not trying to solve: 1 pt for each yellow letter 2 pt for each green letter 3 pt for solving each word (These probably aren't actually the ideal point values, but you get the idea)

[@paulstelian97]

Worth calculating the score for these games to see what it comes out as.

[@Mr_Goat_]

@@paulstelian97 Ok I went through it. I didn't think repeat greens should count (and solve greens are their own thing) and yellows that are in the same spot shouldn't count (and I differentiated first time yellows and the same letter yellow but in a new spot). Prof: Yellows: 9, Re-Yellows: 2, Greens: 20, Solve Green: 7, solves: 3 Suda: Yellows: 8, Re-Yellows: 4, Greens: 9, Solve Green: 14, solves: 7 using a very basic points of ry:1,y:2,sg:3,g:4,s:5 I got Prof:136 and Suda:133

[@paulstelian97]

@@Mr_Goat_ That’s crazy close lol

[@nengquiin]

​@@Mr_Goat_what does solve green means?

[@PtylerBeats]

@@Mr_Goat_ I don’t see why repeat greens should count just because they’re in the solved word. Each letter should only be counted once per color. So if someone guessed the correct placement for a T, that T isn’t worth any points in the final solve. But every new letter uncovered in the solve WOULD be worth the new uncovered letter point as well as the total word solve points. Also, I don’t know if you were counting it like this, but I feel like a word solve should have a fixed point value. So a three letter solve would be worth the same as a 6 letter solve. The only difference is that there are more letters to get the new green points for. So if you solved the 6 letter word in one guess, in the 1/2/3 point scale, the total score would be 15 points. But a one guess 3 letter word solve would be 9 points.

[@MinglesLingles]

Bro the professor found all the correct or misplaced letters and suda takes the win lol

[@animequenchers]

Fr, if Suda went first the professor would've won

[@zillion8954]

the player that goes first has a disadvantage because the first round is always a throw and will give the second player more better guesses and the second player gets the last guess that is always the easiest to solve.

[@eavves]

there definitely needs to be a timer too even if it's large, that "refer" round was unwinnable since there's no other logical word

[@finland2306]

At the same time it’s difficult to solve on the second guess but much more easier to solve on the third guess

[@declaracionespolemicas]

I think to make it more fair, there should be a timer and both players play separately trying to solve their own word, and whoever guesses first wins the match.

[@animequenchers]

I was thinking of this. The professor had such a huge disadvantage from going first.

[@Airytheone]

yeah it made me rlly annoyed when Sude forgot to change who went first until the last round. And even then right afterwards he immediately forgot and didn't give Prof any 2nd turn or bonus and just made him go 1st again

[@Nicks174]

Who ever is winning should have to make the first guess because the person going second always has better odds of winning

[@Sakura-ep3ug]

Okay and?😑😐

[@NiksoGaming2000]

@@Sakura-ep3ugyou are the ultimate human npc

[@luvlaur3n]

yeah that’s the point. the winner is doing better so they get rewarded with a better chance at winning

[@RL_Happy]

@@luvlaur3n less chance of a comeback, odds are stacked against the person losing

[@W7RSON]

​@@luvlaur3nthat's not how millenia of game design works...

[@SarahSainaba]

18:19 Suda: I have a four point lead Scoreboard: You sure about that?

[@jesusvillagomez5499]

It's incredible that a professor would even accept this ima call mine

[@shadowthefox1486]

no No NONO

[@desiraedrummond2068]

LOL

[@IohannesRhetor]

nah we love attention

[@snowsoldier6866]

@@IohannesRhetor can i get a degree

[@Lolbit3cl1pse]

@@IohannesRhetor it took me a sec to even realize-

[@AnimeLover-p7s]

"So, it's either pot or pit.." P A T

[@Blurro]

word for every vowel in there pat pet pit pot put same with b bat bet bit bot but

[@Tocakitty12345]

⁠@@Blurrono it can’t be pet because there was no e and it’s not put because they already guessed that. Did you even watch the video? like dude

[@Blurro]

@@Tocakitty12345 i know it was only those two possibilities i just was sharing my observation that an actual word exists for every vowel you can put in there

[@Lil_Berri]

​@@Blurrothey didn't try A, there were 3 possibilities (-_-)

[@anonymouspotato447]

I feel like points should be based on who gets more letters, but only after the first word

[@abyssmage6979]

Suda's startegy is essentially let them get the most letters then steal the letters for himself A little too broken, but a game is a game ig

[@Nuptup]

Should probably set this up so that you and whoever you're competing against are playing two instances of wordle. The fact that you're both working off of the same information means on any given board one of you gets a better chance of winning than the other. Still very entertaining.

[@endlesslytired]

He's so wholesome!

[@Localvloggar]

You know how to edit nigga

[@gachabloxgirl3958]

That reference to mortal kombat and vine was so wholesome 🥰

[@batonifer]

How to make this game more fair: 1) You repeating words was unfair, so no repeating words to skip the line 2) the last one not to guess it, the other one should get the points cuz they had so much help from the words above 3) there should be alternating people starting.

[@zohardeutsch7615]

You need to do a wordle battle using squabble, which is a wordle battle royal for 2-99 players.

[@NumdegasedUHC]

Your boss battle for this shouldn’t really be a linguistics professor. It should be a math professor; the difficulty in Wordle is more acquainted to those who understand Information Theory than it is to people who know words.

[@hickory45acp31]

I was really rooting for the prof

[@erdmannelchen8829]

When "makeup" came up, i didn't read it as "make up" for some reason, but more if it was from french origin, like. "mah-koo" 😂

[@Feed_me_kitkats]

“Makeup, Is that even a word?” YES IT IS

[@patrycjaskrzypek4172]

These wordle videos are so cool😊

[@lausttsol9454]

In high school, junior year, I will never forget I had an English teacher that was notorious for beating students at hangman. I do not remember exactly how many times I managed to beat him, but I will never forget the first time that I did, and the word that it was- Because that's all wordle is is hangman right? The word I used was "Faff", which was a word I found at the time meaning 'wasting time or overcomplicating something'. It is my favorite word to stump people with for hangman because realistically you have a very slim chance of guessing the letter f compared to anything else in the alphabet, and when you're constantly getting no information it becomes very confusing what could possibly be left. Sure if they guess f by chance the whole thing falls apart for hangman, but in wordle you would only see likely one confirmed F at best, and spent the rest of your time figuring out "what the other letters could be". Its so absurd that I love it.

[@pixelchu]

I was wishing that this was done in a lecture hall. Still a fun video nonetheless. You have that vibe that works well

[@fwop7436]

Strategically, feels like first goer is at a disadvantage. Guessing the word on the first try is unlikely, and a good guess just sets up nicely for the opponent. And often having the second to last guess will be disadvantagous since the last guesser doesn't have to worry about leaving clues. A balancing suggestion would be to let the loser always choose to go first or last, and ban repeat usage of wrong letters.

[@kostaclay321]

The thumbnail gets me all the time ...

[@NmMindstorm]

6:52 - Missed opportunity to make a "U" pun and say "if it weren't for... 'U!'"

[@cloudtaker633]

I wish I had a professor that chill

[@Rickyhoy1]

this is actually hilarious

[@belowfactual]

the thumbnail is immaculate

[@ehsanhadidelacruzarellano]

Hit it again with the wordless, one of the best but only wordle youtuber i watch and i must say that he is CRUSHING IT AS ALWAYS, i hope you hit 100k subs next year or month, it would be a great milestone for you to reach, also i was thinking the english professor would win but good job Suda you are always crushing these wordle videos, hope you reach 100k or higher, it would be great for your channel so hope someday you will reach that and keep on CRUSHING THESE VIDEOS MAN.

[@onlyasuggestion]

I was genuinely confused for a couple of seconds as to why the English professor had an American accent 😂

[@maddykrantz]

🤦‍♀

[@mariusemilbechmyhre2693]

I have never in my life watched a wordle video but still this is the best i have watched in a long time

[@mateusfccp]

You could change the dynamic a little so that the score is greater the sooner you get the answer. I.e. If you get it in the second line you get more points if you get it in the sixth lines.

[@danzeelot4845]

i like to start with sea and lou for three letter vowel words. Nice vid :)

[@Birdx69420]

That thumbnail is genius, people try to figure out what the word is, and then click on the video because they think it’s gonna be entertaining, that’s so smart

[@sp4ce0utl4w]

he kinda carried you huh 😭 (also explaining the mortal combat reference was very wholesome I hope he has a good day)

[@UnOrdelyConduct]

The poor one isn’t super fair but it is what it is. Seems like a chill professor

[@TacoBel]

Ok can we all just appreciate how GOLD that thumbnail is. I clicked with the intention of complementing the thumbnail, not to watch. But I will for sure save it to my watch later in case I do.

[@KristenBeaudoin-ed8vj]

Hii I’m from your time

[@that-weirdogirl]

My Wordle first guess is always “ADIEU” to really knock the vowels out.

[@SilverionX]

This was such a nice experience. A needed mental break from everything going on right now.

[@lucid_winter472]

The thumbnail tho 😂

[@gachabloxgirl3958]

All of Suda’s thumbnails are the best wordle thumbnails 😂

[@TheThursty100]

He, the P_T had literally every possible vowel as an option. Pet, Pat, Pot, Pot

[@imjustaducc5505]

"this wont fly in college" the professor in question:

[@theJade]

The person who wins the round should go first for the next round to balance the game.

[@photobombr]

You guys had great chemistry

[@technobhai4831]

Did anyone notice that the thumbnail word says "sh*t"

[@Iloveanimals3828]

Yeah they just do that to make you want to watch the video

[@crossproduct42]

Even before he mentioned Mortal Kombat, I could tell the prof was a gamer when he said "Focus up."

[@Nathan15038]

Man I wanted the professor to win 😂

[@zoooobat]

I can't believe he chose Liner over Miner fold of the century

[@jaxondabac8808]

yeahh going first is a disadvantage definitely

[@LazyMonkey24]

I feel like since throwing to not give your opponent anything is a thing there should be a point system based on who found the most. Like 1 point for finding a yellow letter, 2 points for finding a green letter. That way sure you can throw and not discover any new letters but if they do discover new letters and you get it wrong they still have chance to win based on letters/positions discovered.

[@hibiman2924]

One game I really enjoy and would love to see you play is Connections on the nytimes games

[@miscellaneoussarnian5282]

The two words in the thumbnail make me want to have something more for us than this

[@Pittaz]

effusively or insincerely emotional • slushy poetry syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy being or resembling melting snow • slushy snow • deep slushy mud

[@ImADogWithALeash]

Bro why does the freaking thumbnail have to make me fart cause of how smart, but funny it is

[@Omlet221]

I think you should try changing the scoring. What if instead of the first person to get the word gets the point you did one point for any yellow letters found and two points for any green letters found or something like that.

[@Flaming_mark]

The thumbnail of the video is kinda pog. The word supposed to be sh*t. That's fun

[@Gerro15A]

6:00 And I play my trap card, Ancient Pharaoh's Curse: Brainfart 'ageddon!

[@fiskoris5226]

Shouldn’t it have been a tie? He obviously meant to make the last question worth his lead, giving a chance to catch up.Obviously Suda wins, but it was a bit harsh in the editing.

[@pizdecman9626]

You should play against Mark from Cracking the Cryptic. This will be the worthy challenge!

[@c2h6-e]

i think 1 point for each letter of the word, so the 3 letter word gets 3 points etc to account for the difficulty possibly

[@ProfNinja30x]

Yeah Suda's secret isn't skill it's maliciousness

[@AryanKumar-jo1pz]

bro really got 1 million views as a 45k sub channel. Honestly, deserved. The title was so interesting, I just couldn't resist clicking lol

[@TheBetrayerable]

Is there a way for both of you to play the same puzzle but you both have your own puzzle on different screens. The person to get the most correct puzzles wins. If the point system is a tie it comes down to how many guesses it took, and if that ends in a tie the next tie breaker would be how long it took to make those guesses. The system here seems off because the person going first is always at a disadvantage since the first guess has a very high probability to not be correct while giving letters to benefit the second guesser. Also as you pointed out, since you have a lead you can just dupe your guesses to further more increase your chances to win. Just a suggestion.

[@-_.-Moonlight-._-]

6:00 it was around here when I started to violently scream at my screen: “MAKEUP!!!!!”

[@petervinogradov12]

Featuring the spectacular letter Z: zoo, jazz, zesty, zapped, amazing, magazine

[@TobiGratzei]

9:30 it is actually a german word. It means rain in german

[@LJmonkey21]

i liek how he says "mhh regen?" "not a word?" "emo?" "not a word"

[@Xyy._.69]

13:03 prof. Newman: third times a charm

[@Jaxon9995]

Switch who guesses first each round SUDA please

[@Ant_Redstone]

Mortal combat still gets new versions to this day, so I don't think there's a kid that don't know about mortality in it

[@thinkkang]

discovered the channel, good video ! :)

[@nomsodka]

i don’t know why you don’t have a million subscribers yet

[@Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus17]

I'm 18 and I grew up knowing about Vine, but I only started watching them after the app was long gone

[@sxzea7463]

Within 30 minutes! Love ur channel ❤️❤️❤️

[@bfdixiifan]

Me on the thumbnail: Wow!

[@msteerie]

15:49 that was a jumpscare for me oh wait my username isn't my name anymore my name is Gene

[@GdWordle]

As Wordle, I do approve of this content.

[@alishaw2454]

12:23 me screaming ITS FINISH at my computer for a solid 2 minutes T_T

[@Allen-lw7cg]

16:56 glad that he didn't say he likes the other word

[@kscasey83]

When i was looking at the cover of this video i noticed what they where doing with it and it took a while lol

[@kylen6430]

4:50 I get the point of “throwing” a guess when you don’t want to help your opponent…but completely not using the A seemed a bit wrong.

[@felix5968]

Best thumbnail I habe ever seen

[@br4ndyaw4l]

good thumbnail

[@fumetsu-950]

i did not expect that voice for someone who's been teaching for 21 years. i thought its some kinda old ahh dude

[@MrDawnRise]

A large vocabulary can hurt ya. “Impish” kekl

[@eelm2079]

this is like just looking in the boot of a Ferrari....

[@DracoSenpai420]

Before I watch this video-Shit wish. OK i'mma go watch the video now

[@jonathanhooper1162]

Love the thumbnail lol

[@emporioalnino4670]

Nice 24 reference. Happy to see gen z enjoying good boomer tv.

[@monkeydluffy-th3mi]

Honestly, you should’ve done 2 days one with suda doing it and one with professor newman

[@adya4622]

"banana" "i'll give you one 'better'"

[@prestige27.77]

When it was 5-2 I knew it was finish right when he said there could be an i

[@Localvloggar]

1 hour gang!! Love ur. Videos

[@andygawell4327]

Adieu and Stony/Story are 2 5-letter words that get every vowel and some common letters

[@mudxiej_]

this man just help me solve my guess with that story (S_or_)

[@andygawell4327]

You're welcome :3 @@mudxiej_

[@ASK2286]

Those are the two I always use, another good set is: irony and sauce

[@nathanaelstricker9056]

My first two words are always “rusty” and “clean.” I once hit it first word with “rusty.” 😁👍

[@plaidlad]

An English professor just answered the question "How's it going?" with "Good". Seems a little sus

[@Kermit_E_Frog]

Man said "my time" like Gen z hasn't played mortal combat 😂 I had that on like PlayStation 2 I'm pretty sure

[@Xyy._.69]

3:47 i tought u said u were gonna put glue and was so confused when u added blue