100% agree. Wordle is not a hard game - it has a pleasing mix of luck and skill, and while all the theories and strategising are interesting, none of them are really necessary. I don't understand the "exploration" strategy at all - playing "hard mode" means every guess is a possible winner.

I've done about 30 now and my highest amount of guesses was 5 when I had the "ank" of CRANK and from there it was pure guessing as there were multiple, equally likely (as I understand it) possibilities.

My best score was 2 guesses and it felt like a very hollow victory - just a lucky guess, really. 3 feels like you've done some work and yeah, 4 feels average.