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EDIT: I misspoke saying that my strategy maximizes learning. I will explain.

I always apply all learnings to the next guess. That is, with each guess I use all the confirmed letters and put them in the confirmed positions. This DOES NOT maximize learning. That would require using all new letters every time until you know the word for sure. But this would reduce overall performance by eliminating luck in early rounds. So it's more correct to say my strategy balances between learning and serendipity.



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