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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: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.

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.

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

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.

Maybe an aptitude for computer programming.

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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.

Wordle by itself correlates strongly with skill at message analysis. Crosswords are not the only example.

Great example of how kids can be much more agile thinkers than us adults.

My college aged dd does not like to read. I love to read. She finishes wordle in less than a minute 90% of them with 3. I take much longer than her and am not as successful. It was surprising.

What's her 3 to 5 ratio in wordle? That is, how mamy has she solved in 3 guesses and how many in 5 guesses?

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.

How is she at other logic games?

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.

Anonymous wrote:It means that a NYT Games subscription is a good gift for her. That’s what it means.

LOL!!!
I have a relative like this. She's an attorney. Good at memorizing things and words. Makes a ton of money.

It means she’s really good at wordle.