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Solving Wordle using information theory

3Blue1Brown · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Information theory & signal processingRecreational & visual mathAlgorithms & data structures

What it is

3Blue1Brown uses Wordle as an excuse to teach information theory and entropy, building a solver that picks guesses by expected information and incorporating word frequencies.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as the go-to explanation of optimal Wordle openers like CRANE and a friendly introduction to information theory, also relevant to Mastermind.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “check out recent video from 3Blue1Brown”

    Explains optimal Wordle opening guesses like crane via information theory.

    dowakin, 2022-02 · Recommendation · in “Play Wordle from Your Terminal”

  2. “still worth a watch.”

    Information-theory approach to Wordle, with a followup video.

    bnycum, 2023-08 · Recommendation · in “Mastermind Solver”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: wordle, entropy, information theory, 3blue1brown, solver

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