Doing that just once is quite a feat in itself, Geoff! Doing it twice, even over a large number of games, is a record to be proud of, but I don’t know how to calculate the probability of doing it twice and winning the lottery! Did you use a different word the first time around?

Anyway, I used up nearly all of my guesses when playing the official NYT version of the game this morning, so I don’t think I’m particularly well placed to advise you. Having said that, WordleBot seemed favo(u)rably impressed:

Another irritating comment from WordleBot is

It should say “There was only one likely solution left”, not “There was only one possible solution left”.

My first guess wasn't all that wrong!

WordleBot fails again!

“There was only one possible solution left — and this wasn’t it. (XXXXX is a valid guess, but it’s unlikely to be a solution based on what I’ve learned from playing Wordle.) But there’s still only one solution remaining. You should solve the puzzle on your next turn.”

My first guess today didn’t include any correct letters, and the XXXXX above had the same last letter as that first guess, so although it was a valid word it wasn’t a valid guess for that stage of the game.

The “Detailed Summary” is followed by a link to the original article. Both state that “myrrh” contains no vowels, which is clearly nonsense since (as in so many English words) the “y” functions as a vowel here. Anyone who knows anything about ancient mariners should be able to tell you that “rhyme” has just as many vowels as “rime” does.

My first guess had no correct letters. My second guess was ROUST, which not only told me there was at least one “r” elsewhere in the word but also that there was no “o” and no “t”, so when I overlooked that for my fourth guess WordleBot rewarded me with a skill score of 0. I solved the puzzle on my next turn.

Myrrh is/was also used in the embalming process, so most likely he got it on his death as well.

Quite so! "Y" is commonly used as a vowel, not only in "rhyme" and "Egypt" but at the end of most (probably) adverbs, such as those used by both of us in this post! However, it is, I believe, the only letter used as both a vowel and a consonant in English. My slight knowledge of Welsh suggests that both "y" and "w" are used as vowels in that language.

...and Cymru is pronounced as "kumri", not, as I've heard Englishmen say "kimru"!
I spent a few very happy months in South Wales during the Doodlebug era, and had several good Welsh friends when I lived in Bristol doing an apprenticeship, so became very fond of the country. But never learnt the language.

I’ve just listened to the word dyffryn on Google Translate. It sounded more like ‘duff-RIN’ than the ‘DUFF-run’ that I expected (i.e. not only a different stress pattern, but also ‘rin’ rather than ‘run’ for the second syllable).

William last posted here two months ago (exactly two months ago yesterday, as it happens) and I replied to that post the very same evening. That was on a Tuesday, and I can see that he visited again on the following Saturday morning but he didn’t post a response.

The only forum member whom I know for certain to be a Welsh speaker has never actually made any posts here!