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Interesting article about the social side of word puzzles
Alan W:
A recently published article, How Wordle brought us back together talks about the way online word puzzles can be a stimulant to social interaction. The article refers mainly to Wordle and the Spelling Bee puzzle in the New York Times. Spelling Bee is the inspiration for our 7-by-many puzzle.
There's also some discussion relevant to our ongoing debates about "common" words:
--- Quote ---Much of the Spelling Bee chatter centers on what words the game will accept or not. Rather than use a set dictionary as the standard, Ezersky tries to limit the daily list to “everyday” words that most of the public would recognize. It makes for a better game — if the entire English language were in play, he argues, the game would be all but impossible to beat.
But that creates a lot of gray area, because everyone’s personal lexicon is different. A niche medical device might be an everyday word for a surgery technician, but unheard of for most players; elote, grilled Mexican corn, might rise to the level of a common word in San Antonio, but not in Minneapolis. “I had no idea starting out that this was going to be such a point of contention,” Ezersky says. “Everybody has their own bugaboos with the word list.” His own father texts him his personal complaints about the word list almost daily.
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pat:
I wonder if Chi is unique in that it has two word lists. It makes it possible to 'beat' the game, i.e. get a trophy, but also removes the frustration of seeing words that are perfectly well known to you rejected. Mostly, anyway! >:D
On the topic of Wordle, I don't know about you but I don't find it anywhere near as much fun as Quordle.
Jacki:
Seems you’re not alone Alan!
blackrockrose:
Yes, Pat, I agree that Quordle is much more satisfying.
pat:
--- Quote from: blackrockrose on May 23, 2022, 08:24:58 PM ---Yes, Pat, I agree that Quordle is much more satisfying.
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Especially when you get all four words in fewer than the nine goes permitted!
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