How do you guys deal with the need to confirm if a word has already appeared on a previous day, so as not to waste an attempt on it?
Two days ago I made a quick search regarding this (for the word SWEET, which I was almost certain had appeared recently), but then it got me thinking if I may be cheating...
On one hand, it seems innocent to do so, as it's something that was made public and it's easy to have access to. On the other, it makes sense that people playing the game the longest and taking notes of all words that came out so far should have an advantage in relation to more recent, sloppy players (i.e. myself). Adding to this, The New York Times' game page doesn't seem to share the results from previous days, so one can argue that it is, indeed, something you shouldn't be doing.