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Hotel Dusk: Room 215vsWordle
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Wordle leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Hotel Dusk: Room 215Wordle
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 leans harder on execution: Stylus puzzles need negligible dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 5
Wordle leans harder on variance: Hidden target word; seeing it wins instantly.
Optimization5 vs 8
Wordle leans harder on optimization: Optimal guess strategy is literally computer-solved.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.