472 thoughts on “Past Wordle Answers Feedback”

  3. Jeb:
    Changing the subject… does anyone track whether Wordle editors have stayed true over time to some ‘Wordle dictionary’ of about 2,300 or so words that supposedly were originally designated as possible solutions? A fellow Wordler pretty much lost their cookies in their support group chat about yesterday’s solution (PRIMP) because apparently it isn’t on that original list and this signals abandonment of that list going forward. I didn’t know that there was a list along those lines, many of which words have by now already been used. Narrows the field considerably if there is such a list…your thoughts? PS I haven’t tried today’s puzzle yet and lag the field anyway on account of western location but hoping it is easier than yesterday!

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    • RD: Wikipedia describes the NYT Editor using a random generator of “remaining words” that she reviews. My sense is the remaining words are no longer based on the original list, which Wardle’s girlfriend helped curate as “common words” originally.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordle

      My guess is the deck of words will need to be “re-shuffled” at some point. Perhaps the used-words list will then start from scratch?

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      • Alrighty then, with two consecutive days in a row in the rear view mirror, seems likely that someone has stirred the pot and safer to say that the original Wardle list is no longer the highly reliable filtering tool it may have been in the past…carry on and thanks for your efforts!

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        • Based on what I’ve read, the original list is mostly intact, but some words have been added, and no guarantee all of the original words remain.

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    • Named after the two list users that came up with the idea of having an A-Z index at the top with the return triangles.

      Saves scrolling!

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  11. I hate to break this to you, but the word GRANT in the first column is out of sequence. 🙂 Thanks for making this valuable service available.

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  12. Say, could you repost the previous remarks on PARER, probably still the all-time worst destroyer of hopes? I’m thinking that, uh, [today’s word (10/15/24)] might be a contender for second place, worse even than MOMMY.
    Also, thanks for the info on the issue of “yesterday’s” solution. Figured there had to be some plan like that.

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  14. So we’re all using our own excel sheets to solve then? >D
    the 3-Letters so far have been FLUFFY, SASSY, NANNY, ERROR, MUMMY, SISSY, DADDY, MOMMY and now are the bane of my existence… I’m trying to get my average down and their NOT helping 🙁

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  15. Love this site!
    Wanted to let you know that the last 3 days on the chronological list have the wrong year listed, 2014 instead of 2024.
    Thanks again for your work!
    Wordle on!
    Tamra

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  16. A reverse Alpha and a reverse Chron sort order function would be helpful at this point since there are so many answers in the Queues and would reduce the amount of scrolling when looking for certain letter patterns.

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    • Sha,
      I can’t do a reverse sort button, but two things to help with list surfing are:
      * The A-Z index links with the “back to top” triangles
      * The Block List that maximizes use of space
      Thanks for the feedback!
      — Jeb

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    • Cut my teeth on Lotus 1-2-3 and wrote an invoicing system on their integrated Symphony suite (DOS.) I’ll never forget running out of memory (RAM) and had to go ask my boss what that meant. He pulled out a shrink-wrap box of dBase III+ and said, “Try this. And get a hard drive.” My career was set.

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  18. I wondered, how many words have 3 repeating letters like MOMMY #1208?
    I was able to use Excel’s COUNTIF function to find out!

    DADDY #833
    ERROR #71
    FLUFF #382
    MOMMY #1208
    MUMMY #491
    NANNY #714
    SASSY #878
    SISSY #2 <-- wow!

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  20. Thanks for the font size change.
    I looked at this on two of my android browsers, the default one (chrome), has the chronological list much much larger than alphabetical. The alphabetical one still shows the same size.. byt when I turn my phone sideways, the font sizes are both the same.

    On the default android internet, the sizes work perfect, so it may just be a ‘me’ problem 🙂

    Thanks for always improving this site.

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    • Aitch: I discovered I had chosen Desktop view under the Chrome 3 dot menu, and when I removed it, the alpha list returned to proper size. I have no idea how I selected that.

      But I also wonder if you have the current style code (which I modified. to combat.) Can you clear cache/cookies for fiveforks.com and see if that helps? — Jeb

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      • Hi Jeb

        I tried that, but no joy. It’s not an issue for me though as it’s just the chronological list that displays a bit bigger.

        If I find any other info, I’ll let you know.
        I do think it’s a me problem ?

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        • I’ve noticed the same thing regarding the chronological list being larger than the alphabetical list when I use Chrome on my cell phone.
          And as Aitch said when I turn my phone sideways the two lists are the same size.

          When I switched to Firefox the two lists are always the same size.

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          • Maya,
            Could you try a “hard refresh” of http://www.fiveforks.com/wordle in your mobile Chrome browser to see if that helps? Here are the steps:
            1. Start out at http://www.google.com in mobile Chrome.
            2. Choose the “3 dot” menu in the upper right corner.
            3. Choose the “Settings” menu item.
            4. Choose “Site Settings”.
            5. Choose “Data Stored”
            6. Choose “www.fiveforks.com”
            7. Choose the “Clear & Reset” button.
            8. Go to http://www.fiveforks.com/Wordle
            9. Choose the “3 dot menu” again and click on the page Refresh (recycle) icon.

            This test should make sure you have the latest style for the site that controls fonts, columns, etc.

          • Hey Jeb..

            I tried those steps, and unfortunately it didn’t work. Tried a few other things too, but no joy

  21. Jeb,
    I never thought about locked neighbors until reading this feedback page. So, today’s answer (I won’t mention it yet so as not to be a spoiler) might be a locked neighbor. I can only find one somewhat obscure word that would be closer if it’s on their “word list.” Is that list published anywhere?
    Thanks,
    Mike

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      • Oh, I didn’t see that. You have the good eye! I meant the other direction where the word I was thinking of was “BRAIL” between “BRAID” and “BRAIN.”

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        • I think BRAIL is a good answer candidate. Not too obscure. As for the candidate list, I know others have told me you can “peek” ahead for about a month looking under the hood of the code, but otherwise, NYT is no longer sending down the entire candidate list like the original WORDLE game did. I have no interest in peeking ahead, though. I’ve never peeked at Christmas presents.

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    • Shona,

      STEAM was answer #1192 on 9/23/2024 and was not an answer prior to that. So far, Wordle has not allowed answer repeats. If they start repeating words (which they will have to do some day) I don’t know that we will need a list anymore.

      Thanks for the feedback!

      Jeb

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  24. I have a question about the Five Forks Aitch Bill Index

    Starting yesterday the alphabetical word list is on the left side of the chronological list in a column …. instead of how it used to be at the top above the chronological list.

    This makes the alphabetical list practically microscopic on my cell phone … whereas the chronological list is still normal size.

    Is there a way to make the alphabetical words normal size again?

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    • Maya,
      I tested in Safari and Chrome for iPhone and Android, and I am not seeing the problem you are describing. Can you tell me what model phone you have and what browser you are using? Also, have you tried restarting your phone? (Helps reset the browser.)
      Jeb

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        • Thanks for the feedback Keith. You caught me experimenting with column styling. Two steps backwards, one step forward. But getting there.

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      • Maya,

        I was able to recreate what you saw on Android Phone / Chrome. If you click on the 3 dots menu upper right of Chrome there is a menu option to choose “Desktop” view. I accidentally turned that on and saw what you saw. I turned it off, it looked better!

        I then worked with some of the styling to make the columns behave better on iPhone also.

        Jeb

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        • Thanks so much for investigating this issue and figuring it out.

          I turned off the Desktop site and both Wordle lists look normal now.

          Thank you!
          Thank you!
          Thank you!

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  26. Jeb, thank you for keeping up the list! I rely on it every day to stay ahead of my wife, lol.

    Yesterday’s word, SEVEN, was a really good one! It resonated with me personally as it is one of my favorite numbers. However, i noticed that in the word list it also has both a new most distant neighbor and a locked neighbor…it is definitely lucky!

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    • I noticed the lock but missed the distant! Great observation Bryan. I’ll post this in the header!

      SERVE #9
      SEVEN #1190
      SEVER #380

      (All: Most distant neighbor record is 1190 – 9 = 1,181 days apart. A “locked neighbor” means no other word will come between, in this case, SEVEN and SEVER. Unless SEVEO is a word. Hah.)

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  27. If you use the Find / Search built into your browser, make sure you *see* the word in the list and do not rely on seeing 1/1 found or 1/2 found. The reason is there are other words in the header and footer of the list pages, and you can get tricked to thinking a word is on the list. That happened to me today. I almost didn’t guess the right answer!

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  29. Looking at the word “honey” for today, it showed up as 1/2. I thought that meant that it has been used before, but it actually turned out to be the right answer. So, what does 1/2 mean? I’m assuming that 2/2 means the word has been used.

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    • Marsha,
      I’m not sure what you mean by 1/2 and 2/2. But if you did a search for the word “honey” on the list today using your browser’s Find command, you would not have found honey in the list *BUT* the word did appear at the bottom in the coffee thankyous where a multi-coffee donor is named RushNHoney!
      Jeb

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  30. I LOVE your Block List, Jeb. But the word “labor” should be before the word “lanky.” The reverse order almost tripped me up this morning.

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  32. Do we have new word neighbours in Camel and Cameo?

    Some information nobody would be interested in.. Cameo was my starter word for a long time until it was a winner.

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  34. I wish each day’s new list included yesterday’s WORDLE word. Now it goes through day before yesterday’s WORDLE word. Could your code put in yesterday’s WORDLE word once the clock strikes midnight? Thanks!

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  35. Wanted to thank you for the list. I had my own going until mid March, when my IPad went dead, and I subsequently found out my notes weren’t backed up on the cloud, like my photos. It’s a six letter word…ASSume?. I was used to my list, so my average guess is up a bit, but I just hit 900. So ? for your efforts!

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  36. This list is a great idea. I live for my OCD, so my entire life revolves around lists. Lol ?! I do really appreciate this. Thank you,

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    • Thanks Donna!

      My father was a list guy. I have a video of him on a beach vacation when we were all trapped inside during a storm. He had a local phone book on his lap. Asked, “what are you doing, Dad?” He replied, “I’m making a list of all last names in this phone book that are colors.”

      “God bless the list makers for they shall organize the earth!” 😉

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    • You are welcome, Dave. You should be able to tap the triangles to save scroll time. They go back up to the A to Z index. (Named after the two Wordlers who suggested the idea.)

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    • You are a bit early, Robbie. Because of player in far-west time zones, I do not update the list until 7 to 8 a.m. No spoiler for late-night, far-west Wordlers.

      Thanks for the feedback!

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  41. Hey is everything ok? You didn’t update the list to include yesterday’s word. The last entry is the day before yesterday. I hope all is well with you!

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    • I update the prior day’s answer between 7 and 8 a.m. eastern time so as not to spoil late-night Wordlers playing in far-west time zones. One of the reason’s people like fiveforks.com/Wordle is because of the “No Spoiler” rule. Other lists update earlier, even the day before!

      Thanks for the feedback CR!

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  44. I suspect the reason plural nouns are not used is because it would cheapen the game, and essentially allows a whole bunch of four-letter words. Same with past tense. Although interestingly enough, some past tense words are used, like SHOWN. But probably never BAKED.

    Because there are no official rules, I don’t believe it is cheating to use this list. That being said, I only use it after I have solved the word. But that’s my choice, not some official rule.

    I think this list will be useful even if they start recycling words, and I hope you don’t get rid of it. I started using WordleBot, and if I ever want to analyze a past word, I can use your list to determine which date that word appeared.

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  45. Does anyone have a theory on why plural nouns are never used? I learned pretty quickly that a plural noun is NEVER a winner. Adding them into the mix would definitely up the word pool and thwart all this cheating (IMO) going on! Ha ha.. just for the record, while I think this is cheating, i still definitely use this brilliant site for when I’m on the 5th or 6th try…so no judgment here!
    This is truly the best Wordle answer site of its kind out there.

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    • The NYT editor confirmed early on what we all noticed, that plurals and past tense would be avoided. There is also a bias towards more common words vs. obscure words. Read more about Josh Wardle creating Wordle here:
      https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/technology/wordle-word-game-creator.html

      Using the list is not cheating, in the sense there is no rule against keeping a list. I argue it is playing the game as designed because the game makers have decided to take away words like plurals, past tense, obscure, and PAST answers. Think about new users. They have no idea if a word has been used. Some people have great memories. Others don’t.

      List users are probably more engaged in the game because they are restricting the words they can guess, and have to think of other words if they find their next guess is on the list.

      Eventually words will have to be recycled. I think it should have always been that way, but then there would be no need for http://www.fiveforks.com/Wordle!

      Ironically, CHEAT #166 is on the list. 😉

      Thanks for the feedback Elise!

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  46. FYI:
    I noticed that your Wordle word list has a word that is dated for next year:
    MACAW 1145 08/07/25

    I just wanted to help you keep this marvelous data as accurate as possible.

    Thanks for all of your hard work!

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  48. Thank you for this! I love Wordle, but forget to keep track! Running out of space on my phone! Much appreciated!

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  49. These two are “locked neighbors”. No word will (can) come between them. The longer the list grows, the more locked neighbors we will have.
    SCALD #467
    SCALE #1141

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    • Aitch and Bill posted separate feedback here recommending the A to Z links at the top to help reduce scrolling.

      So I named it after them!

      Thanks for asking Shay!

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  52. First of all thanks for creating this list. It is so necessary as the years go by and the used words pile up! The new index is superb! Easy to use and such a time saver. Thank you!

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  56. I LOVE this. Thank you!

    Would it be possible to add a ‘find’ feature? A Control F sort of thing that I can use on my PC?

    Problem is I do Wordle in bed on my iPad and I’ve not found a way of replicating that here…

    Yours in grateful anticipation !

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  58. I agree with Nicole that there’s still a lot of scrolling with some letters. A better alternative to more arrows is what they do on eBay. When you do a search for an item and scroll down a ways, when you stop, an up arrow pops out in the lower right corner which will take you back to the top. No matter how much additional scrolling you do, that arrow remains in the same place until you follow it back to the top.

    Thanks for being so responsive to everyone’s feedback.

    Bill

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    • Bill,
      I’m trying to stay with straight HTML and avoiding introducing floating objects, but I’ll keep that in mind. Maintaining an every 20 arrow is a bit awkward as words accumulate between them, but not too hard.
      Jeb

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  60. the arrows work for me, and the feature is great! saves a ton of scrolling. if there’s a way to maybe add the arrow every 20 words or so instead of just the first word of the letter, that’d be even better. just because there’s so many P’s/S’s/etc

    but thank you for this regardless!!

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  61. Thank you for maintaining and sharing this list. I kept my own list for about a year, but it could never become very helpful with the first 600+ words absent. The up arrows work fine on iPad & Pixel 6a phone. I just discovered the block list and like it.
    Larry

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  62. Thanks so much, Jeb, for adding the link to the start of each block of first letters and the back-to-top arrows. Pretty cool sharing in on the name of the index, too. This must be my 15 minutes of fame Andy Warhol predicted.

    By the way, the up arrows work for me on both an iPad and an Android phone.

    Thanks again for maintaining the list and adding the suggested features. I use the list daily.

    Bill

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    • Bill, I look forward to meeting you at the next CBE awards! 🙂

      Great minds and all that.

      Jeb – thanks for making this a fun site to use, with the quirky updates. I log in daily and this feedback section is quite entertaining too.

      Ps. The ‘ABI’ (or if it’s called a catalogue,
      could be the ABC ?) Works fine on Android.

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  64. Thank you for a wonderful useful page – exactly what a keen Wordler requires. And the instant scroll to the top arrows are handy too. Being able to look up words both alphabetically and by dates of appearance is perfect. Happy users thank great lists giver.

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    • Thanks for the feedback Stephen. I like the extra date and # information for some reason. I like to know how “old” words are, which may become more important if NYT starts reusing words.

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  65. I use my (android using chrome) mobile phone to play Wordle and use this website. The jump links are not working and it shifts the columns. I’ve not tried on a computer.

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    • Dona,
      Thanks for the feedback. I’ll do some testing on Android / Chrome. I wonder if it has something to do with text size settings, and maybe I can adjust that. If I can replicate the problem, I’ll fix it!
      Jeb

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    • Nancy,
      Can you describe what you use to access the list? Android, iPhone, Computer, Windows, Mac, Chrome, Safari, etc?
      –Jeb

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  67. The arrows work great for me. I didn’t notice them when I left my last comment, which makes it irrelevant. Thanks for the change.

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  70. The index is the best thing since sliced bread. My right index finger (Apple mouse) just may avoid arthritis now.

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  71. The functionality of the new up arrows (“back to top”) works fine for me. I use an HP laptop and Samsung Galaxy cell phone. On my cell, sometimes the arrow appears below the first word, but that’s just spacing between the alpha and chronological lists. It works fine, regardless. Thanks again!

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  73. Looks like you guys have a full data set here. Could you maybe provide a meta analysis of the most common letter at each position, such as Position 1: S-20%, T-10%, …
    Position 2: T-15%, E-10%, …

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    • Cris,
      The on-page links are old fashion (simple) HTML “anchor links” and are used to jump to different places on the list for the A-Z index like “#b, #c, #d, etc.). But the up arrows all just say jump back up to “#a” (the top.) Are all the A-Z links working ok but none of the up arrows go back up?
      Jeb

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  80. I use this all the time now. I was concerned about guessing burned words and this tool really helps avoid used words – occasionally I do slip up.
    I use one phone for wordle and another older phone for this. Thank you

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  82. Thanks so much for your work. I rarely remember the word two hours after completing it! super convenient to have both chronological and alphabetical lists. The added arrows are extra convenience!

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  84. Yolanda spotted that OUTER was on the main list but missing from the block list, so I fixed that. I hand code the HTML for the list, and I can make sorting mistakes, so I did an audit of all words and lists. I found 5 other sorting mistakes, all just one word off, so not too bad. My favorite error was:

    DINGO 1067
    DINER 740

    That sort has been corrected to:
    DINER 740
    DINGO 1067

    While incorrect, DINGO DINER was more fun. Someone should trademark that.

    Thanks again Yolanda!

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  92. Thank you for this comprehensive, easy to use, helpful, and professional grade site. The alphabet letters, up arrows and scroll bar are great ideas!!!

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  93. It was helpful for the first letter, but if the first letter one uses is far down in the alphabet, does not make sense to come all the way back to it. Probably no way around that. Great idea though.

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    • Yes there is! At the start of each letter, a small black indicator ( like the arrow top ) takes you back up to the selection area.

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  96. Yes to the main list index links! (Though, I tend to use the block list more.)

    Thanks for your service/passion and creating a low-resource usage site that is not bombarded with ads. Refreshing. 🙂

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  99. Bill’s suggested alpha search with Top arrows is great ! I was wishing there was a word search option to avoid scrolling so much and this new feature is a very efficient fix.

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  100. It would be wonderful if there was a alphabet tab on the right so you could quickly go to your first letter when you’re searching because It can change with every try

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    • Thanks for the suggestion, Richard. Having a 26 letter floating menu on the right (or left) may be too tricky to pull off, so I’m going to try Bill’s suggestion to have the A-Z at the top with “Top” links with every letter group that can get you back to that menu qucikly. — Jeb

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  101. This is a great resource; I use it daily. ORDER was the solution on 06/27/2024 (#1104). It is shown on the Main list, but not in the Block list. Will you please add it to the Block list, please? Thank you!!

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      • Thank you! And I like the addition of the A – Z links. This will prove very useful. Thanks to Bill for suggesting, and to you for implementing. 🙂

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  102. Thanks for doing this. This is a big help.

    Now that the list is REALLY long, any chance you could add links at the top which would permit you to jump to the start of the word block for each individual letter, and then a link in each block of words which would take you back to the top? It would save a ton of scrolling.

    Thanks!

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    • Bill,

      I assume you mean the vertical (main) list, and yes, I can look at an A-Z index at top with the _top links as you describe.

      Have you tried the BLOCK list variation? Also saves in scrolling. Would A-Z links help there too?

      Jeb

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    • Bill,
      Added an A to Z index at top of vertical lists with “top” arrows at the end of each letter block. How’s that work?
      Jeb

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          • I like the new name. ? thanks for the credit.
            This site has been my goto for a long time now. Thanks to this list, I’m on 100% with a 405 day streak and 901 played.

  103. Sorry if this has been asked already, but please can you explain why there are 4 days with 2 answers?
    2/15/22 AGORA and AROMA
    3/30/22 HARRY and STOVE
    5/9/22 FETUS and SHINE
    5/10/22 BUTCH and GECKO
    I’ve been keeping my own list thus far, and my record only has the second word in each example

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    • Good question, Alison. There is a small footnote at the bottom of the main list that summarizes:

      “There are 5 “extra” words in this list: 0 CIGAR is the first answer. NYT changed 241, 284 and 324 resulting in people seeing two different answers on the same day.”

      There were different reasons, for example, the FETUS change happened the same week as the Roe reversal.

      I don’t think we will see these kinds of changes again because of a technical change in how Wordle works. The site no longer stores future answers on your local device (it used to) so Wordlers are less likely to not have the latest edit.

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  104. Hi Jeb… Additional comment…. 6/19/24 TERSE word is correct at top of Main List, but still showing “TENSE” at top of the Block list. ?
    btw… I love this word check list. I have been playing Wordle for years and this has helped my stats. At 99% wins now. Thx.

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  108. So my brother shared your page. All I get is 12/13/2023. It will not update in MacOS. Your code is broken. I wrote ny first code in 1964, so I know…

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    • I do chrono first and then copy/paste into alpha and then over to the block list. Messed up on the copy. Thanks again!

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    • Oops indeed! Fixed on main list and block list.

      SISSY #2 <-- an old word!
      SKIER #1073
      SKILL #232

      Thank you Mary!

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  112. Peril has been used. I know because it was the first puzzle I ever did. I started with the word PEARL and got the word PERIL in two, which led me to believe it was an easy game.

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  113. When Wordle changed to NYTimes I had at least two words to repeat. shirk(2)
    sound (2)
    I took pictures of them so I know that I am not mistaken.
    Sound was 200 days apart

    I guess they can give anyone the same or different words?

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    • I have to correct myself. I went back to get the dates on the screenshots and I missed the word “found” but my last answer was sound and I wrote in sound instead of found on my list. I could not find two of shirk.

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      • Thanks for the feedback, Terry. My understanding is we won’t see more of these because NYT changed the tech and quit sending future answer list for “offlilne play”. The 4 “two word days” I have documented happened before the change and are explained in the USA Today link below.

        AGORA 241a 02/15/22 (obscure)
        AROMA 241b 02/15/22

        HARRY 284a 03/30/22 (obscure)
        STOVE 284b 03/30/22

        FETUS 324a 05/09/22 (political timing)
        SHINE 324b 05/09/22

        BUTCH 325a 05/10/22 (insensitive)
        GECKO 325b 05/10/22

        Are you saying there are more same-day pairs or did you retract that?

        https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2022/05/10/wordle-game-two-answers/9703349002/

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    • After I “finished” a round of cleaning out virus code, I let my brother know. He said: “And now the site is down?” Woops!

      One of my “clean outs” broke something and took a bit to find out where. I’m learning a lot about how viruses work.

      Thanks for coming back!

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    • It’s been a battle, but the clean up is going well. It looks like the redirect adware (McCaffee anti virus?) impacts anyone using BING search engine to get to “five forks wordle” or something similar, but not Google, Duck Duck Go, or direct.

      Do you happen use Bing to get here?

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      • Hey Jeb
        I use Duck Duck all the time, but that had a problem yesterday too (May 23).
        Hopefully we’re all on the same page again now!?

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    • Linda,

      Updated now. Normally I update between 8am and 9am to avoid being a spoiler for all late night players (like Hawaii.)

      But the site got hit by an adware virus on Sunday and while the list kept working, it prevented updating. Took 3 days and fixing over 450 code files! TBD if the virus is gone.

      Thanks for keeping an eye out!

      Jeb

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  118. You might want to add a column of what I call the “failure rate” of the percentage of people trying and failing to discover the Wordle solution on a given day. This number is available on the Wordle analysis page as the percentage who successfully completed the Wordle, and is easy to derive. Just look at the Wordlebot analysis of “Everyones’s guesses on Turn 6”, and you are shown the percentage of people who completed the Wordle within 6 guesses. It is a measure of the difficulty of determining each day’s word. For example, the April 23rd Wordle was very difficult because only 70.6% completed the puzzle (so far- I’m writing this on the 23rd..!). So 29.4% failed today. Normally the failure rate is less than 1% or 2%.

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    • Thanks for the tip Bruce. I see a lot more traffic on fiveforks.com/wordle on a difficult word day, and the 23rd (ROVER) was a record! I think the “rhyme trap” of HOVER, COVER, LOVER, etc. caught a lot of people.

      I don’t have access to Wordlebot, but also I don’t think I’ll add the failure rate on the list because there are a lot of great stats sites for those interested.

      I do anticipate adding some kind of “last used” day count when Wordle starts reusing words, depending on if they go full random or if they put a word in “time out” for a year, for example. If they go full random (which is what I think they should do), there will be no need for the list.

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    • I do not update yesterday’s answer until later the next day because of time zones still playing “yesterday” today. Generally that is between 8 am and 9am eastern time.

      6 am would cover Hawaii and Alaska but I’m not up that early. 😉

      No spoiler.

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    • I double checked other archive sources. I do not see PAVER and PATCH as past answers so they are still eligible. Do you have dates of answers on your list?

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  121. Hi- what time is the past wordle put on your list?
    It is 8am on Sunday, April 14 and yesterday’s wordle STEEL is not listed yet.

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    • I update the list when I play, which is usually between 8am and 9am Eastern but sometimes later. For sure, I wait for Hawaii to roll past midnight, which is 6 a.m. Eastern.

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  124. Hi, I am an old crone who doesn’t do and will never do Venmo. Is there another way to show my support for this very useful list of past solutions? I tried to keep up my own for a long time but it became unwieldy. Anyway, thanks for the list.

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  125. I’m not sure about other people, but I struggle with the words being in all italics.
    Thanks for this list though. I refer to this list daily before every guess 🙂

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  126. The word savvy was not on the 23rd. And you are missing the 24th and 25th which was Sally. Wondering if it was supposes to be savvy?

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    • Wow. Thanks Diane. I have a bit of calendar dyslexia and 03/23/24 really threw me off! All fixed.

      I’m looking forward to the year 2032 which will be the first year this century that is not a day of the month!

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    • CarolAnn,
      As I add words sometimes groups of words in the Alphabetical list or the Chronological list look funny or poetic together. Not actual haiku at all, of course, just some Wordle humor.
      Thanks for asking!
      Jeb

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  135. Hey, is today the day — numero 1000? If so, the lighting on the Empire State Building is cool. But today’s word is meh.

    Or do I have this all wrong? If I am off-base, you damn well better believe tomorrow’s word, which I think I’ll get in one, is — LOL, figure it out yourself…

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    • Since the first word was #0 CIGAR, today #999 is the 1000th, but tomorrow will be #1000. Worth celebrating multiple days!

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    • I am looking for an “on page” search method that makes it more obvious. On a desktop browser, the built in “Find” works great on the list. But a phone is not so easy.

      It’s almost hidden on an iPhone, but you can type a word in the address bar and look for the last suggestion: “On this page”. That goes into an mode that lets you keep typing other words to look for on the page. Not sure abou Android.

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    • You guys inspired me to run a full audit, which I do very few months. I export the three lists: alpha / chron / block into Excel and compare the sorts / dates / and sequence #s to look for miskeys. I also compare against a third party list source. Found 3 sort errors and fixed. Dates and #s all good.

      Thanks for monitoring my mild lexdysia! 😉

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  140. Love this and use it daily. and the fact that feedback is listened to and incorporated where needed (the coloured bits in the list).

    I have another suggestion: seeing as we are nearing 1,000 words, would it be possible to add the alphabet to the top of the page with hyperlinks to the top of that section?

    Keep up tye amazing work and thank you for creating this.

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  141. I am a big fan of five forks.com and use the block list. I have one request, would you mind toning down the fluro yellow on the main page new header? I find it’s quite glary!? Is that even a word ? I’ll have to look it up ?

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    • Sorry for the glare Julie. Alas, the yellow is part of the Five Forks brand. Sunny? ? The word cloud comes from the past answers. I was thinking about having multiple clouds rotate, and will look at making those different color backgrounds.

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    • SB,

      The block list view “wraps” to fit the space provided. On my iPhone mini (small screen) at 100% font size (standard) I see 5 words across with the phone vertical and 8 words across with the phone horizontal. On my computer screen I see 10 words across.

      Is your browser set to zoom in or increase the font size?

      –Jeb

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  144. I got confused when I saw 2/26/2024 for yesterday’s word. Wait, what? We’re in the February 20’s already?? I’m retired and sometimes do forget the date, but really? No, must be a typo.

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  146. You may remember all of the excitement with Y2K – Year 2000. Well W1K is quickly approaching – Wordle #1000!

    For the purists, http://www.fiveforks.com/wordle list has 3 additional words because the list starts with #0 and there were two days with two answers. But celebrating W1K with #997, while accurate, is mathematically geeky. But perhaps W1K deserves a 3 day celebration? (Or would it be 4?)

    Wordle on!

    — Jeb

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  149. Hi. Could you check your dates. you have Which #962 and After #963 both as 6th Feb although the # numbers are correct.

    Best wishes

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    • I author the list in raw HTML. But I have thought about authoring it in a Google Sheet and let the sheet create the HTML. If I did that, I could publish a share link to the Google sheet.

      I’ll move this idea into the labs and tinker on it. Thanks for asking OB!

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  153. I just explored your site, and at first I thought Block List was a list of blocked words that are never going to be an answer, lol. I appreciate all your work here. Fantastic job!

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    • Alternate groups of letters are either blue highlight or not. It helps rapidly scroll to the starting letter you may be working. A couple of regular users came up with this and weighed in on how much color it should be.

      The Block list view does this with group spacing.

      Thanks for asking Bryanna!

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  157. Congrats to CABLE #931 01/06/24 for taking 1st in the C group. CACAO #364 06/18/22 had a long reign, and still, perhaps, the more poetic.

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  159. Congratulations to BACON #912 12/17/23 who takes the first “B” position. We thank BADGE #321 05/06/22 who had a very nice run.

    And to TABLE #913 12/19/23 who took over first “T” over the long standing TACIT #246 02/20/22.

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  162. I want to print both the Alphabetical and Chronological, but get only the Chronological. It shows both on my printer. What am I doing wrong?

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    • D.S.

      I just tried this. Maybe it will help. Using a desktop/laptop computer, I went to print the page, and chose print/save to a PDF file first. Do you have that option? (It is built in on a Mac.) Both columns printed properly to the PDF, and then the PDF could be used to (actually) print to your printer.

      Here is a link to the PDF.

      Jeb

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    • Milto,

      If you mean you are not seeing recent Wordle answers, try refreshig your screen to see if your page is cached. The site is updated every morning to include yesterday’s answer (so no spoiler.) There is a 24-hour refresh script that is supposed to do this for you, but scripts can be blocked.

      If you mean my clothing is out of date, I’ll give you that. 😉

      -Jeb

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  164. [See reply that counters this observation.]
    Thanks for the list! Worldle does repeat words. You have Queen listed and they just used Queen this week ( November, ‘23) .

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    • Patricia, I think this is a false alarm? I do not see that QUEEN was used prior to this week. One reason I keep the chronological list with dates and #s is to watch out for the day they repeat. I don’t think we’ve hit that day yet. But it has to happen some time.

      Thanks for the feedback!

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  165. Triple Digit Milestones:
    THROW #888 11/24/23
    ANODE #777 08/05/23
    DWELT #666 04/16/23 :-O
    JUDGE #555 12/26/22
    TAUNT #444 09/06/22
    SCOUR #333 05/18/22
    MOUNT #222 01/27/22
    MOTOR #111 10/08/21
    CIGAR #000 06/19/21 ?

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    • Thanks Mike. Wendy reported this and I fixed it on Oct 28. Can you see if refreshing the page solves? The site is supposed to auto-refresh every 24 hours, but browsers can be set to block that.

      An advantage of the vertical list is you can see the most recent word in the CHRON sort, which is supposed to be current through yesterday (no spoiler.)

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  170. In the block view VAGUE has ended up at the end of the “U”s!

    Many thanks for your uncluttered listing – especially the block view!

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  172. Great lists! I haven’t decided which is easier for me but they’re both a big help.
    Question: Does this game have an end date? Or will you eventually allow previously used words? It’s a fun game.

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    • I have not heard anything from the editor about an end date. My guess is at some point she announces words will be recycled. I think words should be recycled after a time period like 1 or 2 years.

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        • Thanks for spotting, John. That was a double-paste error. Fixed. No repeats yet. The day that happens, it will be big Wordle News, and it will change how I manage this list. If repeats become random, the list may have no use. Let’s not DWELL on it. 😉

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          • If that announcement is made to repeat words, it will be big news indeed! I still think your list will have use, though. For me, it’s interesting to know what words have already been used, whether recycled or not. I never use the list while playing.

          • If recycle allowed after 12 months (for example), then keeping dates/counts on the list could still make the list useful.

            TRADE #0870 11/06/23
            TRADE #1535 09/02/25

            Back to the future.

  173. Scanning vertically is easier for me but the block list is more compact, so less scrolling. Could you alphabetize the block list vertically first then across?

    However, my biggest question/complaint is: Why doesn’t Wordle just disallow all previously used words? Instead of indicating “not on word list,” say “previously used.” And keep the vertical list for reference on when used.

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    • I like the idea of Wordle allowing any word, but maybe giving you a flag it is “not in the pool”, so you have a chance to not play it. That would put this list out of business! (Fine with me.)

      Interesting idea to alphabetize each letter block list vertically, but no, I don’t know how to do that. The blocks are using word wrap and adjust based on the size of your screen. Not sure how vertical word wrap would work. Might be able to use “flow” css. Off to the labs…

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      • If Wordle disallowed words already used, the dynamics of the game would totally change, and it would get exponentially easier as time progresses.

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  175. Great website! Thanks for keeping it updated. Just wanted to let you know that the word FRANK is out our order in the alphabetical list.

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  178. I love your site! It’s so clean and easy to navigate. I don’t want to use words that have already been Wordles, so I check the list before every guess. The game’s definitely getting harder now that several hundred words have been used. Thanks so much for creating and maintaining your site!

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  179. I love your lists and use them every day, thank you for this service!
    I noticed this morning in the alphabetical list that ‘caper’ is placed after ‘carry’, but I’m pretty sure it should come before ‘carat’.
    Regards
    Mandy

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  180. I really liked the highlighting you added a few weeks ago…and love the app altogether for sure. It makes Wordle so much more fun. I spread the word to whoever I meet that is playing wordle.

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  181. I really appreciate this website. At some point, maybe 100 or more wordles ago, I decided not to use any words that had already been wordles. There have been MANY times that doing so would have gotten me to the wordle sooner – but why use a word you KNOW can’t be the wordle? It’s getting harder now. There have been wordles for which I have wanted to use 5 -8 words that are already taken. It takes more time, but makes for a better game. I think. So thank you for your site. There are probably others with similar lists. But I like yours. I like both the running list and the alpha blocks. Thanks again. — A wordle player

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    • Thank you for the feedback, Elissa. Much of the game is narrowing down, and used words can do that in the first, second, even third guess. But then you start running out of options, so you need to get to an available word. My brother beats me most of the time without the list, but he is a genius Scrabble player. 😉

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  182. Oh! I’ve just spotted it!
    The chronological list is now BELOW the alphabetical list!
    Mine always showed side by side till now ?

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    • The monospace font is new to make words easier to read, but that takes more room. Depending on how your phone settings are set, the two columns will stack. I can tweak some of the center space to tighten up.

      Thanks for feedback!

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  183. Hi! I really appreciate this list! Thank you for creating it.
    Have there been recent changes as I now have just an alphabetical list, there used to be a list of the words by day too.
    Will that be coming back?
    Thank you ?

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  187. I prefer the vertical list and the previous font was easier to read. Not a fan of the blue highlight, maybe something more subtle or nothing at all.

    I do appreciate the list (use it daily) and the effort it takes to maintain. Thank you so much, we’d be lost without it.

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  190. I do like the color separating the alphabetical list words. I am probably in the minority, but I did prefer the larger font.

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    • I will have to look into how to do an on page search. Your browser supports on page search, but it is not obvious on an iPhone, for example, that you type a word in the URL field and then scroll to the bottom of type ahead to pick “Find on page.”

      Find On This Page

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  194. I wonder if alternating colors of text would be easier on the eyes than the blue highlight? Not a big deal, just wondering if something more subtle would be better. I do like the differentiation between letters.

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  196. Please retain the vertical list – it’s so quick to scroll through to the word one wants to check and, in any case, if it ain’t broke, why fix it? Thank you! ??

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    • Vertical vs block list –
      Vertical please. Much easier to scan.
      Thank you for maintaining this list. It has helped me maintain my Wordle sanity ??
      Much appreciated ?? ?? ??

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    • With the list so long, block list is useful to me.

      As a suggestion for block list – Would it be possible to have each starting letter on a new line / block?

      Suggestion for both – could consecutive starting letter words have alternating colours? Eg. All words starting with A are Green, B Blue, C Green etc.

      It’s only to make it easier to find, but the current lists work, and I refer to this first before I guess. Thank you so much for this helpful tool! I kept forgetting to update my own list, until I found this one. ?

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    • I do like the block list, not as much scrolling. However, I don’t know that I’m ready to abandon the vertical list. Could both formats be available?

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      • Yes, both formats will be retained. I’m going back and forth myself. The vertical lists, having more information, are better for audit, too.

        Thanks Kent!

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        • Yes, as I have chewed on this, I realize there are advantages to both. If I had to choose only one, I think the edge goes to vertical.

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    • I prefer the vertical list. I previously used an alpha list but it was so hard to single out words. I went searching for a vertical list and found YOU!!! I was so happy.

      I do however like the suggestion to differentiate the start of each new letter. Whether by color or a line space, as Aitch suggested, would help, I think. But I also don’t know the difficulty in doing this, so if it’s not easy, then I’m completely happy with the list as is. Thank you for taking the time to do all this work!!!

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      • Thanks Lisa! I added line spaces to the block list this morning. Will try background colors on the vertical list.

        One lonely Z. No X.

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  201. Did a full audit. CHRON list was good. ALPHA had these # corrections. Thanks Stephen and Kent!

    WAS -> FIXED
    CARRY #494 -> CARRY #495
    FLANK #781 -> FLANK #761
    FLOUT #493 -> FLOUT #494
    FROZE #783 -> FROZE #763
    GROUT #64 -> GROUT #643
    HOBBY #785 -> HOBBY #765
    HOTEL #744 -> HORSE #626
    HORSE #626 -> HOTEL #744
    POWER #398 -> POWER #400
    TONIC #780 -> TONIC #760
    WHALE #784 -> WHALE #764
    WHEEL #786 -> WHEEL #766

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  206. FLYER has the incorrect number on the alphabetical list, it should be 759. Also, on the chronological list, after FLYER the sequential number is wrong. It jumps from 759 to 780. FLYER seems to be having a bad day.

    Thanks,
    Kent

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  207. You jumped from 759 to 780 in your numbering of the Wordle list. See below.
    Chronological
    HOBBY #785 07/24/23
    WHALE #784 07/23/23
    FROZE #783 07/22/23
    BURLY #782 07/21/23
    FLANK #781 07/20/23
    TONIC #780 07/19/23
    FLYER #759 07/18/23
    It’s so great that you do this work. Many thanks.

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  208. Thank you for this list, it is exactly what I was looking for. I did find a tiny issue: your puzzle numbers went from #759 to 780 instead of to #760.
    Thanks!

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  210. Please turn off the 60-second meta refresh that you added since yesterday; it’s very annoying. I have disabled it in my browser so it prompts me whenever I open a page with such a refresh directive, but that’s a further inconvenience to other sites that use it more responsibly.

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    • Sorry about that. Just adjusted to 24 hours instead of 1 minute. I got feedback that the list was not updating for weeks, and it turned out some Wordlers keep http://www.fiveforks.com/Wordle as an open tab and did not refresh. I installed a refresher plugin that defaulted to 1 minute. Just changed it to 24 hours. Thanks for feedback!

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    • Thank you Tamara! I screen cap my guesses each day as a back up record. On that day my third guess was CLASP, and I thought I had finished and updated the list the next day. But now I see the “P” was gray! Didn’t finish the race that day afterall…
      Class not clasp!

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  215. Not in alphabetical order, please reorder:
    CHARM / CHANT
    COCOA / COAST
    FISHY / FINER / FIRST
    FLIRT / FLING
    FRONT / FROCK
    WALTZ / WACKY
    Also: HOMER and UNZIP are out of order on your valuable list.

    Thanks!!!

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    • Thanks Ken. Should be all fixed now. I ended up using a spreadsheet to resort the ALPHA list. Will take extra care in my go-forward manual ALPHA placements.

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  216. First, I would like to thank you for creating and managing this list. My family and I use it every day. I would just like to point out that the alphabetical listing has some errors in it. It seems kind of picky but I’ve used the list a couple of times to verify that a word hasn’t been played yet only to realize that it HAS been played. It just wasn’t in the right place within the list. Here are the mistakes that I have found:

    ALOFT and ALONE should be before ALOUD
    CHANT should be before CHARD
    COAST should be before COCOA
    FARCE should be before FAULT
    FISHY should be after FIRST
    FLING should be before FLIRT
    FROCK should be before FRONT
    HAVOC should be before HEADY
    HOMER should be before HORDE
    RHINO and RHYME should be before RIPER
    RUDDY should be before RUDER
    SPIRE should be after SPILL
    TAUNT should be after TASTY
    UNZIP should be after UNTIE
    WACKY should be before WALTZ

    Thanks again for all your efforts!

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  217. For 5/12 “snack” and 5/13 “acrid” both are numbered #692, which throws off the rest of the numbering system going forward.

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  218. I love your list… use it every day. I couldn’t imagine doing Wordle without it. That’s why I need to take a minute to inform you that a mistake was made on 5/13. You apparently numbered the word for that day with the number from the previous day, so now your listings are one number behind, as illustrated below:

    Chronological
    GRIEF #698 05/19/23
    SHORN #697 05/18/23
    PLANK #696 05/17/23
    LATTE #695 05/16/23
    CANOE #694 05/15/23
    SCARF #693 05/14/23
    ACRID #692 05/13/23
    SNACK #692 05/12/23

    It really stumped me for a few minutes, until I backtracked a few days and caught it. I hope this helps, and I hope you continue providing this great service.
    Thanks again,
    Patrick Hall

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    • Thanks Patrick. I realized it knowing we had hit a 700 milestone yesterday. Thanks for digging back and spotting the problem!

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