Wordle Today #427 Word Of The Day ຄຳຕອບ, ຄຳໃບ້ ແລະຂໍ້ຄຶດ — ວັນເສົາ, ວັນທີ 20 ສິງຫາ

There’s big news in the world of Wordle, Wordlers. What’s the word, you ask? Well, okay, it’s not ທີ່ big of news, but it’s something.

The New York Times has updated our buddy Wordle Bot to be a better, more helpful and slightly less rude AI assistant (I’m sure he’d still be mad if he heard us call him an ‘assistant’).

You can read all about the update here, but one thing it did is change the “best” starting guess word to ກະທຽມ. As many of you know, the “best” opener has been crane for a very long time, but this update means that the Wordle Bot has had a change of heart. Slate has edged out crane but only by a hair.

If you’re a diehard crane user, it may be time to try out something new. This is also a moment for humility. After all, everyone just assumed crane must be the best word, but our assumptions—however sensible—appear to have been wrong. Let that be a lesson to you!

Okay, on to today’s Wordle . . . .

Wordle ຂອງມື້ນີ້ #427 ຄໍາຕອບ, ຄໍານິຍາມ & ຂໍ້ຄຶດ

Wordlers, be warned! Fearsome spoilers lurk along the path ahead! Move forth at thine own peril!

ຄໍາ​ແນະ​ນໍາ​: A staple of All Hallow’s Eve.

ຂໍ້ຄຶດ: One letter is repeated in this word.

ຄໍາ​ຕອບ:

Five is not great, I have to say. I mean, it’s better than failing but it’s not ideal and it has been a little while since it’s taken me more than four. C’est la vie!

ສັ້ນ was a decent guess, narrowing my possible solutions to just 24, one of the lowest starting salvos possible. I guessed it because I’ve been watching ເຮືອນຂອງມັງກອນ (my review of the new ເກມຂອງ Thrones spinoff on HBO is right here) and that show is all about court intrigue and the succession of kings.

I followed this guess up with splat which narrowed things further to just three solutions, though I didn’t realize I was so close at the time. I’m less happy with ກາຕາ as a third guess as it doubles up on the ‘K’ and limits other potential letters, though to be fair the final answer also had a duplicate letter.

At this point I had two possible answers and my honest first instinct was to go with ປິ່ນປົວ but I went with ທີ່ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ instead, much to my enduring shame.

ຫຼອກລວງຫລືຮັກສາ!

Here’s how Wordle Bot—the smug SOB—would have done it:

Isn’t that special?