Word Grid #47

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January 19, 2024 3:54am

secretword (no capitalization) is a word-guessing game where the hints are given by AI.

I was able to get today's word in 5 guesses. Surprisingly since the hints seemed like they were trying more to sound poetic than to give me a clue what the word might be. But in the end it worked. Give it a whirl.

secretword

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The Secret Word Game: secretword

Human! Use Gertrude’s dazzling AI hints to solve today’s secret word game. The average human found 01/18/24’s secret word “obliterate” in 5.8 guesses.

Garry Knight

January 12, 2022 11:34am

‘The only pure thing right now’: alleged Wordle copycats criticised for monetising free game | Puzzle games | The Guardian

The creator of the viral word game has pledged to keep it completely free – but a host of since-removed apps have been accused of trying to cash in

Here's what one Wordle clone developer had to say:

Everyone, I'd like to address some tweets I've seen suggesting that my new iOS game, "Worgle", is "a copy" or "stole" Wordle. Nothing could be further from the truth, they're completely different games. For example in Wordle you guess words, whereas in Worgle, you guess worgs
— mcc (@mcclure111) January 11, 2022

Seems like a missed opportunity for Ronnie Barker (see YouTube link at the bottom of this post).

#linguistics #language #WordGames #Wordle

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/jan/12/the-only-pure-thing-right-now-alleged-wordle-copycats-criticised-for-monetising-free-game

Ronnie Barker's "worms" sketch.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0nFQgRApY