# Quordle, for people who find Wordle to be too easy!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** board-card-word-game\
**Created:** [March 9, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931 "2023-03-09T13:12:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1303 "2023-10-24T08:50:49Z")

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I’m usually playing in the late evenings before midnight (PST). We started playing Octordle recently too…that one you can play at any time (there’s a previous or next day arrow to choose which game). And I play connections now and again…that one is fun for something different.

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**Daily Octordle #637**

4️⃣9️⃣  
3️⃣🔟  
8️⃣5️⃣  
7️⃣6️⃣  
**Score: 52**

Thankfully I solved Nymph before Thumb, Thump, Thunk!

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**Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1305 "2023-10-24T15:01:48Z")

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> [@SeaSun](#):
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> I “pretended” I was in Hawaii 🌴 and was able to play this one after midnight. 😆

Well, aren’t you crafty 😃  
Nice work on the octordle, I didn’t even see that nymph/ thump connection.

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**Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1306 "2023-10-24T15:22:24Z")

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Daily Quordle 638  
6️⃣7️⃣  
3️⃣4️⃣

🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩  
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
COUNT  
STAIR - 3  
CRONY - 4  
BREAD  
DREAD - 6  
RARER - 7  
I saw crony and went with it, only later did I realize it could also have been croon or crown. I did look at all the options for ra\_er and figured it would be most quordlelike to go for the triple Rs, bingo!

Daily Sequence Quordle 638  
4️⃣5️⃣  
6️⃣7️⃣

⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
STING  
SWIFT  
SHIFT - 4  
FLOUR - 5  
CLOCK - 6  
SNORE - 7  
Flour surprised me, all I had was the F and R and just wanted to check for the O or U as well. I did not trust the B today and clock it was 😀

Forgot to do this yesterday- triple 7s today

Weekly Quordle Challenge 18  
5️⃣7️⃣  
4️⃣3️⃣

🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

RAISE  
COUNT  
TRAIT - 3  
SHOWY - 4  
GRAPH - 5  
EMBED  
FERRY - 7  
Embed- sleuth word for berry/ merry/ ferry and maybe derry, not sure if that’s a valid quordle word or not.

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**Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1307 "2023-10-24T19:57:56Z")

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Daily Octordle #638  
6️⃣5️⃣  
4️⃣3️⃣  
9️⃣🕚  
7️⃣🕛  
Score: 57

Misses- hovel / vowel and model / golem

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**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1308 "2023-10-25T04:18:54Z")

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Daily Quordle 639  
6️⃣8️⃣  
4️⃣5️⃣

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜  
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATED  
PHONY  
MUSIC  
GUILE  
THING  
WEEDY  
SLUFF  
BLUSH

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**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1309 "2023-10-25T05:28:51Z")

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**Daily Quordle 638**

7️⃣9️⃣  
3️⃣5️⃣

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩  
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
CHOIR  
**STAIR** (3)  
PUDGY  
**CRONY** (5)  
DREAM  
**DREAD** (7)  
FAKER  
**RARER** (9)

Phew! So many \_A\_ER choices. 😬 Pudgy was a sleuth word for three of the words, and it helped for Crony, but not enough for the others. For the huge trap word, I hoped Faker would give me good enough info, and thankfully it did! Though it still could have been Raver, Waver, or Waxer, but I just felt Rarer was the more likely word.

@chiliwillybing Nice work on this one!

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**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1310 "2023-10-25T06:16:43Z")

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**Daily Sequence Quordle 638**

3️⃣4️⃣  
7️⃣8️⃣

🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩  
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
CHOIR  
**SHIFT** (3)  
**FLOUR** (4)  
CLOWN  
CLOMP  
**CLOCK** (7)  
**SNORE** (8)

I didn’t even see Clock…pretty sure I would have gone with that over Clomp. I often miss seeing the double-letter words, as the letter is grayed out on the keyboard, but I should have seen it regardless. However, I got a 50/50 right for once (between Floor and Flour), so there’s _that_ at least.

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**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1311 "2023-10-25T06:30:37Z")

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I forgot to play the Weekly Challenge too. Just played and failed. It’s not fun to continually fail and get poor scores. I used to average 7’s, but I am _lucky_ to get one anymore. I don’t mind a good challenge, but it’s just been a slog with so many trap words and multiple choices to choose between, every game. I may just pare it down to not playing so many of them in one day. We’ll see.

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**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1312 "2023-10-25T10:42:09Z")

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**Daily Octordle #638**

6️⃣7️⃣  
🕚3️⃣  
8️⃣🕐  
🔟9️⃣  
**Score: 67**

Missed words: Dumpy (sleuth), Cryer- **Cyber** (I didn’t see Cyber), and Novel- **Vowel**.

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**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1313 "2023-10-25T15:04:58Z")

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> [@SeaSun](#):
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> I used to average 7’s, but I am _lucky_ to get one anymore. I don’t mind a good challenge, but it’s just been a slog with so many trap words and multiple choices to choose between, every game.

I hear you. A lot of the quordles for the past few months have had 2 or 3 words where you have to guess, is it A or B, or A ,B, C or D. I enjoy actually figuring out which word it is, not just guessing at them. And it seems the only way to get a 6 or 7 now is to happen to guess right. Which is not a test of your skill, it’s just luck.

I do like finding sleuth words and I’d rather take a 2 on a word than take a chance at guessing. Guessing is only fun when you guess right, the rest (most) of the time it’s just plain annoying. So I think I’m just going to focus on sleuth words, maybe trying to find some that will help solve two words at a time. And also consider 6 or 7 as awesome and 8 as my average 🤷‍♀️

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**Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1314 "2023-10-25T15:07:36Z")

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welcome @Robot_Arm !

Daily Quordle 639  
6️⃣8️⃣  
4️⃣5️⃣

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨  
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
COUNT  
GUIDE  
GUILE - 4  
THING - 5  
WEEDY - 6  
BLIMP  
BLUSH - 8

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Daily Sequence Quordle 639  
4️⃣5️⃣  
6️⃣7️⃣

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜  
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜  
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜  
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RAISE  
TONAL  
AGONY  
AMONG - 4  
TOOTH - 5  
PASTY - 6  
BRAWN - 7  
Seems too here lately that they almost always go for what I would consider the lesser used word as with brawn/drawn.

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**Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1316 "2023-10-26T04:08:07Z")

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Daily Quordle 640  
7️⃣4️⃣  
6️⃣5️⃣

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜  
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩  
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

RATED  
PHONY  
MUSIC  
EATEN  
BARON  
SWOON  
CRUMP

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**Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1317 "2023-10-26T04:51:18Z")

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**Daily Quordle 639**

7️⃣6️⃣  
5️⃣3️⃣

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

LINER  
COAST  
**THING** (3)  
BUILD  
**GUILE** (5)  
**BLUSH** (6)  
**WEEDY** (7)

> **Summary**
>
> Now _that’s_ more like it! 😉 I changed up my start words to shake things up a bit (did same in Wordle too). I got lucky with Thing…had about 5 possible words I was seeing. Build was actually a sleuth word to help with Blush-Flush and Glide-Guile, and it gave me the D for the #1 word, so that was good. Though with just a yellow D and E…it took me a bit to see it (I sometimes forget about that W!).

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@Robot_Arm Your three start words give you a lot of good info! Do you find that you can start solving without the 3rd one sometimes? Or do you just automatically put it up no matter what? When I used to play Sedecordle, I had a list of various three words to start with…I lost that list (hard drive died), and can’t recall what my favorites were though.

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**Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1318 "2023-10-26T05:35:46Z")

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> [@chiliwillybing](#):
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> So I think I’m just going to focus on sleuth words

I was in a “mood” yesterday - lol. I decided I needed to shift my perspective and just focus on enjoying the process more, regardless of my score. I _have_ enjoyed some games that I barely made it with. And even if it’s a bit of a slog…I prefer to know what all of my options are ahead of time (after my two start words).

Through all of that, you can still get it wrong of course, but sometimes a miss will help with another word too, so it’s not always a bad thing. Just wish I got those 50/50’s right more often though. 😆

And I agree that the process of figuring out what the word is vs. just random guessing is more fun - sometimes I just wing it, but mostly I put thought into it all. And I’m not afraid to use a good sleuth word, as you know. I actually started making a list of them the other day (other than my trusty Dumpy) that I want to remember for various letters to check (I added your Kedge to it too 😉).

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**Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1319 "2023-10-26T05:55:03Z")

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**Daily Sequence Quordle 639**

4️⃣6️⃣  
7️⃣8️⃣

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨  
🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜  
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

LINER  
COAST  
AGONY  
**AMONG** (4)  
BOOTH  
**TOOTH** (6)  
**PASTY** (7)  
**BRAWN** (8)

I agree…been noticing the “less likely” word seems to show up more, but sometimes I’m just resistant to go with it. 😆 For the first word I had 5 words I was seeing, and Agony pretty much would tell me what it was, so no regrets on that one. Going with Booth instead of Tooth, in spite of telling myself “I _bet_ it’s Tooth”, gave me the B for Brawn, so I didn’t mind that miss either.

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**Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1320 "2023-10-26T05:59:49Z")

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> [@SeaSun](#):
>
> @Robot_Arm Your three start words give you a lot of good info! Do you find that you can start solving without the 3rd one sometimes? Or do you just automatically put it up no matter what?

I pretty much use those three words every time. Even if I get a lot of hits from the first two, and none from the third, that third word still eliminates a lot of likely possibilities.

I suppose if the first two guesses revealed enough information to know all the words, I’d skip my usual third word and just solve the puzzle. I’ve never hand that happen, though.

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**Daily Octordle #639**

7️⃣3️⃣  
🕚4️⃣  
9️⃣5️⃣  
🕛6️⃣  
**Score: 57**

Missed Words: Panda (sleuth word) at guess 8, and then Salsa- **Sally** …Sally? 🙄 Other than as a name, never heard of it used in the ways Webster’s dictionary defines. If I suspected a Y in the mix for any of the words, I would have gone with Pandy for my sleuth word (if it’d take that word). Oh well…learned a new word in any case - lol.

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**Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quordle-for-people-who-find-wordle-to-be-too-easy/980931/1322 "2023-10-26T08:45:35Z")

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> [@SeaSun](#):
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> Missed Words: Panda (sleuth word) at guess 8, and then Salsa- **Sally** …Sally? 🙄 Other than as a name, never heard of it used in the ways Webster’s dictionary defines.

Here’s a usage of “sally” some folks might recognize, albeit in the past tense.

“In a nutshell. And I thought to myself, “a little fermented curd will do the trick,” so, I curtailed my Scouting activities, sallied forth, and infiltrated your place of purveyance to negotiate the vending of some cheesy comestibles!”

“Come again?”

“I want to buy some cheese.”

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