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Absurdle - Wordle, but every time you guess wrong, the word changes. (absurdle.online)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The new word won't use any of the letter you've already ruled out (so if you guess "doors", for example, the new word won't have d, o, r, or s).

I know this isn't exactly a new game, but I thought I'd share it because it is, as the name implies, absurd.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Maybe it's just me, but I don't see how this is different from wordle other than unlimited guesses.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For some reason, I appreciate that you're not working towards on specific word from the start but slowly narrowing down the "available words" until one fits.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I didn’t notice any difference either, until I realised that this is actually how I play wordle already. My first 2, normally 3 guesses are just covering the space of likely letters with no repeats.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Their official description does a horrible job of explaining that with far more words