Taigi Wordle

Just like wordle but you guess a 5 letter + tone Taigi POJ.

So, for example, THIAM or PHUI3.

I watched a video saying why the word CRANE is the best opening guess for the English Wordle. I tried to apply the same logic to come up with a Taigi equivalent, and the first time I tried it, I got this result:

Tàu Tâi-gí (Taigi Wordle) 11 2/6

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Tàu Tâi-gí (Taigi Wordle) 11 4/6

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My luck didn’t hold out. Don’t recall hearing that word, though I see it in the dictionary

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I like the idea, and wanted to give a try but…
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There’s a syllable list here

A dictionary:

https://www.mkdict.net/

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Ha, my wife has informed me of another meaning I did see some hints of.

I’ve been getting words that could be potential swear words for the past 3 days.

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Tàu Tâi-gí (Taigi Wordle) 12 5/6

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Darn, I kept on guessing the wrong tone…

Tàu Tâi-gí (Taigi Wordle) 12 5/6

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I think if they included shorter words and used blanks it would be better.

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How do you say, “What the hell?! Talk about beginner’s luck” in Taigi?

Tàu Tâi-gí (Taigi Wordle) 12 3/6

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I honestly don’t know any Taiwanese beyond Chia pa boe, Thian bo and counting up to five. As you see, I don’t even know how to properly romanize it, but somehow I guessed the correct syllable and tone from my wildly lucky and random first guess :astonished: Time to buy a lottery ticket.

Since there’s no way on earth I’ll ever be able to do this again, I’ll leave this as my first and last attempt.

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Who knows, you could get the next one in your first try.

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Hmm I learned a word

Tàu Tâi-gí (Taigi Wordle) 13 5/6

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Tàu Tâi-gí (Taigi Wordle) 13 3/6

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This is yet another one that could be used as a part of a swear…

I need a swear dictionary.

Tàu Tâi-gí (Taigi Wordle) 14 2/6

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I got really lucky

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Tàu Tâi-gí (Taigi Wordle) 14 5/6

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Not lucky!

Tàu Tâi-gí (Taigi Wordle) 15 5/6

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Ok, today I beat @hansioux

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Swear word angle helped here :flushed:

Tàu Tâi-gí (Taigi Wordle) 15 3/6

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