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Solving Wordle using information theory

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How do you update on evidence—and choose what to ask next? →A test result and a Wordle clue both rule out possibilities. The crucial difference is whether you already know the result or still have to choose the question.This video helps answer · Why is the calculation different before the colors appear?

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A Wordle guess partitions answers by color feedback. Its expected information depends on the probability of each pattern, not merely how many branches it creates. Word-frequency priors can give unequal groups similar probability.

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The way we measure the quality of this guess will be to take the expected value of this information.
Solving Wordle using information theory · ▶ 10:43–10:48
So a quarter as many matches, but it's about as likely.
Solving Wordle using information theory · ▶ 23:06–23:09

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