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A mathematical analysis of the best first guess for Wordle

January 19, 2022

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Wordle, the simple word-guessing game, has become insanely popular. Your job is to guess a common five-letter English word and see which of the letters in your guess are in the unknown word, either in the correct or incorrect location. You can only play once a day, you have six tries, and everyone is guessing … Continued

Reinventing your work for the new year: a Scrabble player’s approach

December 28, 2021

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The end the year is a natural time for introspection. What went well, and what do you want to change? If you are working for a company, this is a time to consider what comes next in your job, or if the job isn’t working out for you, what to look for in your next … Continued

The Scrabble GO experience, and how to avoid it (including a review of Word Master Pro)

May 8, 2020

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So far, 14,000 people have read my little post about my outrage with the end of the Scrabble app — and with Scrabble GO, its replacement. Now I’ll tell you why Scrabble’s EA app is going away for good, what it’s like to play Scrabble GO as a decent player, and how you might enjoy … Continued

The tragedy of orphan apps

April 13, 2020

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Apps have vastly improved the convenience of our lives. Now corporate machinations are making them disappear. Why are we going backwards? I first noticed this when Hipmunk stopped working. Hipmunk was a truly innovative flight search engine with an interface vastly better for comparing flights than Expedia, Travelocity, or anything else. Not only that, it … Continued

Scrabble has now become “Scrabble GO” . . . which will lead America to its doom.

March 12, 2020

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These are trying times. A microscopic virus has transfixed the nation in fear. Our parents and grandparents are at risk, even as the government shares mixed messages about what is safe. Institutions of all kinds must step up and preserve the American way of life against the viral threat. One institution has failed us. Scrabble. … Continued

With 50,000 new words, Words With Friends is now my enemy

September 20, 2017

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Words With Friends has just added 50,000 new pop-culture words. This is horrifying. According to the AP: WORDS WITH FRIENDS ADDS 50,000 POP CULTURE WORDS by Mark Kennedy, AP ENTERTAINMENT WRITER NEW YORK (AP) — Tell your bae or your bestie: The mobile game Words With Friends is adding thousands of pop culture words as part … Continued

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A mathematical analysis of the best first guess for Wordle

Reinventing your work for the new year: a Scrabble player’s approach

The Scrabble GO experience, and how to avoid it (including a review of Word Master Pro)

The tragedy of orphan apps

Scrabble has now become “Scrabble GO” . . . which will lead America to its doom.

With 50,000 new words, Words With Friends is now my enemy

The Iron Imperative