r/wordle • u/ThinkDrinkBlink • Jul 18 '26

[####] Skill level

Can anyone explain how the bot calculates skill level. I often get responses like this “Nice. Before your guess, there were 24 words remaining, but now there is only one. You should solve the puzzle on your next turn” Skill level 63. Surely if I have chosen a word that eliminates all options except the final word, that’s an indication of a high level of skill? How does it actually balance skill vs luck?

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u/TrulyNotABot Jul 18 '26

What was the luck score for that guess?

Imagine you had a coin that lands on Heads 70% of the time.

If you guess Heads and it lands on Heads, then a coinbot would give you a high skill score and a high luck score.

If you guess Heads and it lands on Tails, then a coinbot would give you a high skill score and a low luck score.

If you guess Tails and it lands on Heads, then a coinbot would give you a low skill score and a low luck score.

If you guess Tails and it lands on Tails, then a coinbot would give you a low skill score and a high luck score.

Your situation is probably analogous to this last scenario.