What is the point of cheating at Wordle?
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340256)
Rockingham, Australia
April 29, 2024 12:52am CST
I belong to a WhatsApp group of four. We do the New York Times wordle puzzle each day and share our results on WhatsApp. Whoever solves it in the least number of turns gets smirking rights for the day.
Vin and I have an acquaintance who also puts her results up on Facebook. She regularly solves it in two moves and only very occasionally takes more than two. At first, we thought she was very clever but solving it in two shots happens too often for it to be random. Wordle isn’t easy to do. Consistently taking two shots is a bit suspicious.
So I googled ‘cheating at Wordle’ and it turns out that you can. I don’t understand why people would do this. Even if everyone else thinks you’re super-clever, you know in your heart of hearts that you’re not ‘playing the game’, as it were.
I don’t have a photo of wordle so it’s kangaroos again.
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24 responses
@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
4 May
@JudyEv And in the back of their mind, a cheater knows they're being dishonest!
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
29 Apr
Cheating on a Wordles puzzle is ridiculous
Just to gloat, about how great one's skills are! Thus, the game is no longer any fun, if I manipulate to always win:(
Those roos are adorable, I never get tire of their pictures:)
Just to gloat, about how great one's skills are! Thus, the game is no longer any fun, if I manipulate to always win:( Those roos are adorable, I never get tire of their pictures:)1 person likes this
@JudyEv (340256)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 May
@kobesbuddy It is indeed but cheating just to win can't be very satisfying really.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
30 Apr
@JudyEv The challenge of trying to figure out the puzzle, that's where the fun comes in! Winning honestly, is very rewarding:)
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@arunima25 (87819)
• Bangalore, India
29 Apr
Wordle is not easy. There are people who would do anything to be in the spotlight and not be anything less than a winner. Why cheat? I often wonder. These games are for fun and learning. Being a winner should not be the motivation.
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@arunima25 (87819)
• Bangalore, India
2 May
@JudyEv That would actually spoil the real fun and reason behind playing any game.
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@JudyEv (340256)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 May
I might try to get help in some way if I'm doing crosswords but I wouldn't put it on FB saying I did it all by myself.
@snowy22315 (180877)
• United States
29 Apr
Some people cheat at everything. No reason for it. My fave is on Words With Friends where people write obscure words nobody ever heard of. You know they got them from a Book or cheat sheet. They think they are Soo clever. Love it when they pull that Rick and I still best them!
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@snowy22315 (180877)
• United States
30 Apr
@JudyEv Oh yes..use normal words like everybody else!
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@JudyEv (340256)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr
@snowy22315 I meant to say 'he doesn't actually cheat', not 'he does actually cheat' but perhaps you guessed what I meant.
@kaylachan (69909)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Apr
Sometimes people do that to cover up some kind of insecurity. They feel out of control, and don't want to show they have to struggle. So they cheet.
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@kaylachan (69909)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Apr
@JudyEv It's kind of sad, actually.
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@Orson_Kart (6779)
• United Kingdom
30 Apr
I don’t know how you can cheat at Wordle, unless someone has told you the word in advance.
I do Wordle daily too, and have got it in one on one occasion. That was just luck of course. I used to start with the same three words to flush out the vowels. I usually find it after 4 or 5 guesses, and occasionally don’t get it at all. That’s usually because it’s an obscure word, or one that has too many options to complete and I pick the wrong ones. I now do the ‘harder’ one where you have to use the correctly guessed letters as you move on. I also do Quordle, which is four words, and sometimes Octordle, which I really have to be ‘in the mood’ for.
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@moffittjc (121612)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Apr
I've never played wordle, and haven't joined the craze that apparently has now swept the entire planet. Even though I have never played it, I agree with you that it would be very suspicious that someone could consistently solve it in 2 tries.
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@moffittjc (121612)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 May
@JudyEv It’s a good distraction from the demands of life, and it brings people together under a common theme.
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@JudyEv (340256)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Apr
You have to guess a 5-letter word and you have six opportunities. So you type in a word in the boxes. If you have a correct letter in the right place, the box goes green. If the box is orange, it means that letter is in the word but you've put it in the wrong spot. So then you try again with different letters or the ones you know are part of the word. It's quite good fun.
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@JESSY3236 (19941)
• United States
30 Apr
cute kangaroos. Yeah I don't get why they would cheat. Although I did cheat a little bit today on Strands another New York Times word game. But I don't post my results.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16760)
• China
29 Apr
I know nothing of the Wordle. The lady 's behavior violated the sense of fair play !
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@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
29 Apr
I don't understand why people would cheat at any game whether it be online or not.
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@wolfgirl569 (106425)
• Marion, Ohio
29 Apr
They can't be doing that every time.
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@RasmaSandra (79929)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Apr
I love those kangaroos, Sounds silly for someone to cheat, The idea is to see what you know and if you can solve the puzzle,
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@JudyEv (340256)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Apr
She isn't in our group. She just shares her results on her FB page. I'm glad you like the roos.
@Melanie_Marie (1871)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
29 Apr
You know when you accomplish something really good and you think to yourself, WOW, nice job. And then you’re smiling all day because you’re kinda proud of yourself and you don’t even need to tell people why. You’re living off your own positive energy.
She might not have that. So she needs to get it from the outside. Even if it means cheating, unfortunately.
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