This is how I play as well, because in my mind it makes it basically just a long, never-evending game of Wordle, which I find slightly amusing.

Though the number of days where I forget the previous day's word is probably too damn high.

What I don't like about "hard mode" is that it removes one level of strategy. If I for instance realize the word could be CRATE, CRAVE, CRANE, CRAZE, it feels "harder" to figure out a word with T,V,N,Z to guarantee a guess in two, instead of just trying all four since I need to use the already found letters.

This is tempting, if only because I might be more likely to remember the day’s word for more than a few minutes.