Wordle in a Minute - 9th May 2024

#Wordle can be cruel - and only sometimes is it with the intent to be kind!

[@HaldaneSmith]

11% of Wordle players missed Jerky, and the average guesses was 5.1. Jerky joins Jolly, Rover, and Shave in the 5+ club, all in less than 3 weeks.

[@mekhach6523]

Where do u get these stats from

[@chriscastle1629]

I really like the trend toward brutality for the word choices. I had some verbal reaction when I got jerky, and I definitely got it as 6th guess

[@HaldaneSmith]

@mekhach6523 Links aren't allowed, but hints slip by: engaging-data wordle-guess-distribution.

[@mentalmike]

Bit surprised you didn't consider/see the -ERRY possibility but worked out for the best 😃

[@ev7846]

The sad music had me going, I didn't think it would happen. Great result there. Very good

[@roiporat8833]

Mark’s opening word sequence currently: TRUTH KNOWN VIEWS FIRST FIXED MINDS OTHER THEIR HEARD ABOUT TAKEN CRIED YOUNG LARGE NORTH PLACE HOUSE THING Theme: The 5-letter words from Jane Austen’s novel “Pride and Prejudice”, in order “What is his name?” “Bingley.” “Is he married or single?” “Oh, single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our GIRLS!”

[@TinkerTailor4303]

Will he use a plural?

[@roiporat8833]

@@TinkerTailor4303 he did use MINDS already

[@tessabrisac7423]

Impressive!

[@leporid257]

oh the inflation. 5k per year. rich.

[@roiporat8833]

@@leporid257 adjusting for inflation, Mr. Bingley would be making today’s equivalent of 288,819.80£ (or 363,626.46$) per year. That would also be about the right amount of money to lead a middle-class lifestyle in America! What a world we live in

[@Anne_Mahoney]

My laugh of relief startled the cat on my lap, who went flying out of the room! Very well done, Mark -- how you managed to get THAT from the position you had is little short of amazing. 😻

[@user-zn1fx8yu4t]

Totally agree. That was an amazing solve for Mark!

[@Studenta64]

Wow, that's some comeback, Mark! Excellent!

[@aronsmits1458]

These are so enjoyable Mark, keep on going!

[@ChadMcC01]

Thank you for never giving but despite the run of bad luck. It's a great metaphor for life. Keep on Crackin'!

[@j4v4x]

Well said 👏👏

[@DrQuatsch]

I was certain I was going to not get this word. I had two guesses left and I really thought it was between jerry, merry and ferry. To my surprise ferry gave me only one r, which gave me jerky as only option left, which I hadn't even thought of before. So I was quite happy in the end.

[@Juanchodh]

It has been a tough batch, Mark, but you're still incredible, and the fact that you share a bit of your time making this wholesome wordles is amazing. Let's build uo that streak!

[@Paraninja]

Lost my 7 (?) day streak on this one. Spotted JERKY first but thought about it and also spotted NERVY which I thought would be more likely. Oh well.

[@Pomodorosan]

Surprised didnt try MERRY or FERRY before JERKY

[@fatsilentbob]

I think he was trying not to repeat letters to give him more clues. I think he did the right thing.

[@user-zn1fx8yu4t]

​@fatsilentbob - A double RR would have been better than SS. Having a Y ending too, is quite common, leaving more options. I often use a Y as a pseudo Vowel

[@rach6088]

i always start with a completely random word - either something related to what i did that day or the song i'm listening to or something like that. that day jerky was the first thing that came to mind (don't ask what i had been doing lol) and i was gagged when i got it in one

[@michaelhallock1428]

I think a lot of us had PERKY right before the end.

[@Anne_Mahoney]

I sure did -- fortunately, perky was my 4th, so I got it in 5.

[@fatsilentbob]

Perky was my 5th guess lol

[@jalsing]

I had PERKS but led to the same result

[@Skyfaill]

Jerky was really hard. In the last 5 days (not counting today) 4 out 5 wordles were completed on the sixth guess. That's 4 out of 15 total sixth guesses out of 175 plays. Including today my streak has reached 144. Seems like they want everyone to lose their streaks these days.

[@TheRedCyndaquil]

Fooled me with the sad music, well done

[@we444444silvermagnus]

I wound up in _er_y hard mode hell on this one and didn’t find my way out.

[@jalsing]

Got lucky to get the K on guess 2, kept me from struggling too hard. DRONE - BAKER - PERKS - JERKY

[@Max1996YT]

I managed to get it in 3. Risky -> Perky -> Jerky

[@oliviamartinez25]

he still had merry and ferry to try which are more common

[@nrich99999]

So happy that you took your time with this Mark. 🙂 I hate it when you rush.....lol. Not that you had much to lose today but JERKY is definitely a streak ender. 🙄

[@MLeoDaalder]

Well, if you are going to lose your streak, better to do so early than at 210 or 211. XD

[@Vitar1988]

THING-LASER->CREDO->BERRY->PERKY->JERKY

[@emilywilliams3237]

Your commentary and reactions are so great, Mark. This one took me five guesses and about half an hour! Thanks for these daily treats.

[@leedsjoegeoguessr8789]

Ferry/Merry were possible for guess 5! But would have probably lead to the correct answer in guess 6 😊

[@joshuamedina503]

That’s how I got it. Berry was my fifth guess, after trying about 18 other letters of the alphabet.

[@EvanSawyer4]

Stare > Loner > Wreck > Jerky Wreck was lucky there, got the K in the mix, otherwise it would've been a 5 or worse for me.

[@gavindeane3670]

Snap! Sort of. Different words but I also had only a yellow E and R after 4 guesses, and took ages to think of JERKY.

[@ZorlockDarksoul]

CHAOS -> PLUME -> FEINT -> WEEDY -> JERKY Started out much the same as Mark, with nothing but a yellow E after two guesses. Took a bit to uncover anything else of substance.

[@Peasly23]

I thought he was going to go with MERRY for his 5th.

[@derekpolley3017]

well done, not an easy one. I managed a 5 as well, but it took a lot longer than you!!

[@Jigkuro]

I lost on this one with my last guess being PERKY. Some times it's a coin flip. 🤷‍♂️

[@RocksterOO1]

OK, I confess, I panicked too!! A L I E N S K A T E W R E C K P E R K Y J E R K Y

[@nathandts3401]

I think I got this in four. Looking at Mark's board I was leaning towards Ferry.

[@Railbird_]

A 5 for me as well. I did have an easier time with it though 😅 PECAN - DEITY - MESHY - FERRY - JERKY

[@michaelpdawson]

How on earth did he pull that one out! For me: STERN > REPEL > DEMUR > JERKY

[@user-zn1fx8yu4t]

foamY-unitY-rEplY-bERrY-JERKY. ......Phew, finally got there! A 5 to match Mark. I will take that, thanks 😊

[@blcmd]

THING-SCARE-POKER-JERKY. Next up, we’ll see if GIRLS can give us some luck as the starting word.

[@cleeveharmony402]

I came very close to missing this ... THING - SPORE - EARLY - DERBY - MERCY (hard mode hex time and ) phew JERKY

[@tessabrisac7423]

I came to JERKY on fifth guess,, as a last chance try…

[@shirleyhenderson155]

aislE->notEd->wREcK-> JERKY Today I beat the Wordlebot and Scoredle, but only because I didn't think of PERKY. I retained my new and fragile streak. (15)

[@corrieh.3953]

This was brutal, lost my 80+ streak on a 50/50 between two words on the 6th guess :(

[@j4v4x]

Yes! You did it! 🥳🥳 I was worried when I saw that it was a "long" video... How did "jerky" just pop into your head like that? Amazing For me, I started with "lumpy", a lucky first guess that came out of nowhere. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@NicoLeDahut]

Pausing, Mark is stuck at DRESS, I bet JERKY

[@NicoLeDahut]

Yes, I guess right

[@TriforceOfCourage97]

Streak doubled. NICE

[@jon540]

Not in a minute but an excellent solve. I took 6. Fresh>Mitre>Regal>Nervy>Perky>Jerky

[@SirExal]

MARVEL CHARACTERS ALPHABETICALLY DAY 5: ATLAS - DRINK - PUKER - BROKE - JERKY I got the K early, and then had to figure out where it was! Double used the second R there, but would have probably taken even longer otherwise.

[@TinkerTailor4303]

Puker?!😅 Anything for letters, right?!

[@blacxthornE]

i lost my streak just because i was very busy and forgot to play this one. oh well.

[@bambino3624]

Imagine if it was ferry and the 6th word you guessed was merry haha, close call. Your luck is awful currently.

[@HaldaneSmith]

Ferry would have ruled out Merry with a gray second r.

[@bambino3624]

​@@HaldaneSmith I meant imagine if the word was ferry, not if the 5th guess was ferry. Sorry for the confusion!

[@medal45]

Got it in 5: SCARY - IRONY - RUGBY - PERKY - JERKY

[@zachdanz]

Wait so Marks human after all??

[@dibenp]

My fourth guess was query, instead of dress.

[@user-zn1fx8yu4t]

Query would have been a great word to use!

[@missioncardiac7599]

THING SCARE LOVER REEDY JERKY

[@Ozzy.Kopec1]

Took me 6 tries, and a much longer time than Mark. Probably a good 10 minutes ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛THING ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨DRAPE ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨SEWER ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩FERRY ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩MERCY 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩JERKY

[@castelodeossos5042]

Again trying to be fast and opting for words with double letters. Third guess prevented falling into the RRY trap, however. Still almost didn't make it. BUILT EVERY RECCY NERDY JERKY

[@ap-pomme]

Lost my streak of 38 to this one. I found ER in the 2nd one with Feral but I just could not figure out anything else after that. Here’s hoping the next streak would be longer!

[@TinkerTailor4303]

I can't imagine the psychological pressure of knowing you're working this out in front of thousands of people. I only thought of Jerky as a desperate last choice.

[@pan_respekt7599]

On third

[@thebitterfig9903]

CHEAT-SPORE-MINER-JERKY. I could tell it was almost surely an =ER==, and I think I was in good shape even if I’d guessed DERBY or something else.