While previous researchers have performed an exhaustive search to determine an optimal Wordle strategy, that computation is very time consuming and produced a strategy using words that are unfamiliar to most people. With Wordle solutions being gradually eliminated (with a new puzzle each day and no reuse), an improved strategy could be generated each day, but the computation time makes a daily exhaustive search impractical. This paper shows that simple heuristics allow for fast generation of effective strategies and that little is lost by guessing only words that are possible solution words rather than more obscure words.
翻译:尽管先前的研究人员通过穷举搜索确定了最优的Wordle策略,但该计算过程耗时极长,且生成的策略使用了多数人不熟悉的单词。由于Wordle的答案词库正被逐步消耗(每日更新谜题且不重复使用),理论上可以每日生成改进策略,但计算时长使得每日进行穷举搜索并不现实。本文证明,简单的启发式方法能够快速生成有效策略,并且仅猜测可能的答案单词而非生僻词几乎不会降低策略性能。