Nathan Friend

Likeeveryoneelse,I’vebeenobsessedwithWordlelately.IwasreallybadatitwhenIbegan.Myoriginalstrategywastousethefirst3or4guessestouncoverasmanylettersaspossible,andthenusethelastfewguessestounscramblethesolution.Thisturnedouttobeaterribleapproach,andIfailedmostofthechallenges.Thisgotmethinking:whatistheoptimalWordlestrategy?Andthatimmediatelyledtoasecondthought:canIautomateit?Theanswerisaresoundingofcourse!Ipresenttoyou:WordleBot!HowitworksThegeneralstrategyistorepeatedlypickthewordthatismostlikelytorevealnewletters.Todothis,Iusethefrequencyofeachletterinthesetofpossiblesolutionstoassignascoretoeachpotentialguess,andchoosetheoptionwiththehighestscore.ThesetofallpossiblesolutionsisconvenientlyhardcodedinWordle’ssourcecode,somyfirststepistosimplyhardcodethislistintomyownscript.Next,Iloopthrougheachpotentialsolutionandcounthowmanytimeseachletteroccurs.Thisresultsinamappinglikethis:{