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Solving Wordle using information theory
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 HN readers recommended 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.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- 3Blue1Brown
- Topic
- information theory
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
If you wonder why in the demo author uses `crane` as first guess - check out recent video from 3Blue1Brown [VIDEO]
dowakin on Hacker News · 2022-02
In Play Wordle from Your TerminalReminds me of the 3Blue1Brown video about Wordle, and then it's followup video. I guess that's kind of a spoiler, but still worth a watch. [VIDEO] [LINK]
bnycum on Hacker News · 2023-08
In Mastermind Solver
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.
