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by jonny_eh 1602 days ago
This is your regular reminder that today's word, and all the upcoming ones, are located in the Wordle minified JS.
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Yes, we know. We can also easily "solve" a crossword puzzle by waiting a day and just copying down the published answers.

People are having fun solving puzzles in clever ways. This post is an exceptionally clever way of solving a puzzle in an unexpected way, using forensic data analysis, which is itself something of interest to a lot of us.

“The maximum amount of time I take to complete any given crossword puzzle is one day.”
I know that, I'm just pointing out another clever way to solve today's puzzle :)
The point is it's not clever at all.
It's too easy to cheat at Wordle, even if you don't know what html/javascript is. Just open a new browser, solve it there, and enter the solution in your main browser.

In the age of intrusive anti-cheat software and byzantine security measures, the fact that Wordle doesn't attempt to prevent cheating is something I find weirdly charming.

Shameless plug, but I built a site to do this the other way around.

Enter a 5 letter word and it'll tell you the next the it will be the wordle solution.

https://atom.7r.pm/whendl/

Yep, you can try https://wordhoot.com if knowing the answers are accessible somehow decreases your enjoyment of the game.
You can also just run a command in the console to get the answer. But where is the fun in that?