How Masterly Are People at Playing with Their Vocabulary? Analysis of the Wordle Game for Latvian

TL;DR

This paper analyzes how Latvian players engage with a Wordle-like game, examining guess patterns, difficulty factors, and player responses to understand language-specific gameplay behaviors.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of Latvian Wordle gameplay, highlighting unique guess strategies and difficulty factors specific to the Latvian language.

Findings

Players tend to use common words initially

Certain word characteristics influence difficulty

Player responses reveal language-specific guessing patterns

Abstract

In this paper, we describe adaptation of a simple word guessing game that occupied the hearts and minds of people around the world. There are versions for all three Baltic countries and even several versions of each. We specifically pay attention to the Latvian version and look into how people form their guesses given any already uncovered hints. The paper analyses guess patterns, easy and difficult word characteristics, and player behaviour and response.