Daughter excels at games like Wordle - what does this mean?

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Anonymous wrote:Ive noticed big reader + mathematically minded+competitive=wordle standout.

Agree. And a problem solver.
Strongly encourage Data Science, CS degree in her future.

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What else can someone do with a talent in message analysis?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a child like this who in general isn’t noticeably strong in most games other than Wordle however she was insanely, freakishly good at the hasbro simon game, so maybe it has to do with good working memory?

+100. My kid who is freakishly good at Wordle has a super high working memory (tested) and very high Lexiles. Unfortunately I don’t think schools cater to this kind of intelligence much anymore because there’s so much less emphasis on memorizing content.

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Anonymous wrote:She has a future at NSA. That kind of game, along with other word puzzles or chess, is an indicator for the kind of mindset needed to analyze messages. Read up on how Bletchley Park recruited puzzlers during WW2. (No, I am not kidding.)

Crosswords are an order of magnitude harder than wordle, lol.

huh? wordle is much harder. crosswords rely on random cultural knowledge, not brainpower.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it has any greater meaning. My 14 year old with severe ADHD hates to read and has a middling vocabulary, but high IQ per his neuropsych testing, and he is amazing at the NYT games, including Wordle.

+1. I don't think you need to be a big reader to be good at wordle. The words are not difficult.

you need to have a really strong grasp of phonetic patterns though - like which letter combos are more frequent.

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Anonymous wrote:Keep doing puzzles like that and keep reading. Logic and flexible thinking will serve her well no matter where she ends up.

DH bombed the Logic Reasoning section on the LSAT. I (not a lawyerly type) was curious so I did that section on a practice exam and killed it, quickly and easily. People have different strengths.

they just axed logical reasoning from the LSAT … it was my lowest subscore but I used my superior working memory to ace law school even though my LSAT was in the bottom 25% of the class.

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Anonymous wrote:No, but if she starts a Wordle Club at her school and appoints herself President, and incorporates a non-profit to teach Wordle to underprivileged youth, it will look great on her college resume in six years (if they still ask for that stuff by then).

More immediately have her use her good memory and logic skills to remember to take out the garbage when she deduces that it is full.

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Anonymous wrote:She has a future at NSA. That kind of game, along with other word puzzles or chess, is an indicator for the kind of mindset needed to analyze messages. Read up on how Bletchley Park recruited puzzlers during WW2. (No, I am not kidding.)

Crosswords are an order of magnitude harder than wordle, lol.

Cryptic crosswords too - even harder.

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Anonymous wrote:No, but if she starts a Wordle Club at her school and appoints herself President, and incorporates a non-profit to teach Wordle to underprivileged youth, it will look great on her college resume in six years (if they still ask for that stuff by then).

Wordle club - 60 seconds every Wednesday afternoon.