At the beginning of 2022, a simplistic word-guessing game took the world by storm and was further adapted to many languages beyond the original English version. In this paper, we examine the strategies of daily word-guessing game players that have evolved during a period of over two years. A survey gathered from 25% of frequent players reveals their strategies and motivations for continuing the daily journey. We also explore the capability of several popular open-access large language model systems and open-source models at comprehending and playing the game in two different languages. Results highlight the struggles of certain models to maintain correct guess length and generate repetitions, as well as hallucinations of non-existent words and inflections.

翻译：2022年初，一款简单的猜词游戏风靡全球，并在原始英文版本基础上适配了多种语言。本文研究了历时两年多的日常猜词游戏玩家策略演变。通过对25%高频玩家的调查，揭示了他们持续参与日常游戏的策略与动机。同时，我们探究了多个主流开源大型语言模型系统及开源模型在理解和玩转两种不同语言版本游戏时的能力。研究结果突显了部分模型在保持正确猜测长度、避免重复生成方面的困难，以及产生不存在的词汇和词形变化的幻觉现象。