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> While many focused on finding the best “first word” to play as a guess, the first guess is just a tiny part of what we really want: A decision tree.

some algorithms can be described as a decision tree, but not all.

still curious if they all converged to the same seed word (or basket of seed words with similar characteristics).

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But all algorithms that deterministically play a finite combinatorial game can be represented as a decision tree. (there may be other, far more succinct representations)

ahh yeah.

still curious what the first node looks like though ... (and it it's similar across what people are finding)

A good first guess determined by an algorithm would feel less like cheating and more like a 'pro tip', IMO.

My wife plays and has tried strategies like focusing on high frequency letters or maximizing vowels used in the first word, for example. It would be neat to know if one of these approaches yielded more information than others.

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