# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1)

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Hmmm, I’ll read that. But first here’s …

Wordle 304 3/6

⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨  
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

AIERY  
LOTUS  
FOYER

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> [@EllisDee](#):
>
> I’ve long been fascinated by the “aiery lotus munch” opening gambit. Aiery as a first word is good if you’re only giving yourself two research words, but if you get three, why stuff so many vowels into a single word? It ends up repeating ‘u’, which seems wasteful.
> 
> Over the past several months I’ve occasionally tried to come up with a better combo and always failed. So finally I sat down and coded up an ‘opening book finder’ of valid wordle guesses. Feed it some letters, it’ll tell you all possible word combinations. Repeat letters allowed.
> 
> AIERY LOTUS MUNCH
> 
> If you’d like to drop the second U and replace it with a P:
> 
> CLAIM RUSTY PHONE
> 
> Instead of P maybe you prefer K:
> 
> HINKY CAMEL TOURS
> 
> W could also be strong:
> 
> TOWSY HUMAN RELIC
> 
> But that’s assuming you’re firm on the other 14 letters. If I were going with three research words and ignoring hard mode (like I had to do for today’s stumper) I would probably drop both U’s, keep the Y, and add both P and K. So, ‘AIERY LOTS MNCH PK’, which could be done as:
> 
> CHALK MINER TYPOS
> 
> Each one of these queries returns hundreds of possibilities, mostly using obscure words like towsy. If anyone would like a particular set of 15 letters to use for an opener, let me know and I’ll hook you up. (Or any multiple of 5. Program can handle 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 letters.)

Cool, Ellis. I was going by this wiki article on Letter frequency, [Letter frequency - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_frequency), which gives this list in descending frequency:

E T A I S O N R L H D C U M G P Y F B W K Z V X J Q

What does your algorithm yield for E T A I S O N R L H D C U M G?

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> [@Bullitt](#):
>
> What does your algorithm yield for E T A I S O N R L H D C U M G?

NUTSO GAMER CHILD, though the first word could be the more traditional SNOUT, albeit less sentence-y when combined with the other two.

Alternately, and more story than sentence:

LAUGH SNORT MEDIC

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LAUGH SNORT MEDIC; sounds great and I’ll go with these. Thanks

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> [@EllisDee](#):
>
> So finally I sat down and coded up an ‘opening book finder’ of valid wordle guesses

You just gave me some awesome three starter words for Sedecordle! I play that one daily as well, and my strategy has always been to put three starting words that have all the “good stuff” in them, but I’ve struggled to come up with new ones, and I get bored playing the same three start words (I only have a few), so now I’ve got more to play around with! 🙂

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Wordle 304 6/6\*

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨  
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩  
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩  
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Phew.

AVOID  
STONE  
POKER  
COWER  
BOXER  
FOYER

I saw FOYER after my second word,.but it seemed less likely to me than the others I tried. Oh well.

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**Wordle 304 4/6**

⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STORE  
LOWER  
COVER  
FOYER

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Another one bites the dust! And another one gone! X/6\*

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Above I wrote that I would use the following 15 letters if I were doing 3 research words and ignoring hard mode:

CHALK MINER TYPOS

I mentioned that each check returned hundreds of hits, mostly using obscure words. Here’s the complete list for the above letters, just to give you an idea:

> **Click to show list of 308 solutions**
>
> acers/acres/cares/carse/escar/races/scare/scrae/serac mothy plink  
> acers/acres/cares/carse/escar/races/scare/scrae/serac mythi/thymi plonk  
> aches/chase imply tronk  
> aches/chase kylin/linky tromp  
> aches/chase milty pronk  
> aches/chase prink ymolt  
> acker/crake/creak hotly nimps  
> acker/crake/creak hymns pilot  
> acker/crake/creak lymph oints  
> acker/crake/creak milts phony  
> acker/crake/creak milty phons  
> acker/crake/creak nymph toils  
> acker/crake/creak pylon smith  
> acker/crake/creak sylph timon  
> acmes/cames/emacs/maces hiply tronk  
> acmes/cames/emacs/maces hotly prink  
> acmes/cames/emacs/maces kylin/linky thorp  
> acmes/cames/emacs/maces plonk yirth  
> acmes/cames/emacs/maces porny/proyn thilk  
> acnes/canes/scena kilty morph  
> acnes/canes/scena milky thorp  
> acorn/caron/narco/racon ethyl/lythe skimp  
> acorn/caron/narco/racon hemps kilty  
> acorn/caron/narco/racon hempy kilts  
> acorn/caron/narco/racon hilts/liths kempy  
> acorn/caron/narco/racon imply khets  
> acorn/caron/narco/racon kelps/skelp/spelk mythi/thymi  
> acorn/caron/narco/racon kelpy smith  
> acorn/caron/narco/racon kempt shily  
> acorn/caron/narco/racon kilps thyme  
> acorn/caron/narco/racon kites/skite/tikes lymph  
> acorn/caron/narco/racon kythe limps/plims  
> acorn/caron/narco/racon milky thesp  
> acorn/caron/narco/racon pithy skelm  
> acorn/caron/narco/racon thilk ympes  
> acros/arcos/orcas/oscar plink thyme  
> actin/antic helms porky  
> actin/antic holks/kohls premy  
> actin/antic holms perky  
> actin/antic kelpy mohrs  
> actin/antic kempy shorl  
> actin/antic keros/kores/rokes lymph  
> actin/antic kyles/yelks/ylkes morph  
> actin/antic polks rhyme  
> acton/canto/cotan/octan helps/plesh/shlep mirky  
> acton/canto/cotan/octan hempy lirks/skirl  
> acton/canto/cotan/octan hiply merks/smerk  
> acton/canto/cotan/octan hyper milks/sklim  
> acton/canto/cotan/octan keirs/kiers/reiks/siker/skier lymph  
> acton/canto/cotan/octan kilps rhyme  
> acton/canto/cotan/octan mirks/smirk phyle  
> actor/taroc helms pinky  
> actor/taroc hemps kylin/linky  
> actor/taroc hempy kilns/links/slink  
> actor/taroc hymen kilps  
> actor/taroc kines/skein lymph  
> actor/taroc likes nymph  
> actor/taroc meshy plink  
> actor/taroc minke sylph  
> actor/taroc minks phyle  
> acyls/clays/scaly kempt rhino  
> acyls/clays/scaly meith pronk  
> acyls/clays/scaly metho prink  
> acyls/clays/scaly minke thorp  
> acyls/clays/scaly month piker  
> acyls/clays/scaly moper/proem think  
> acyls/clays/scaly pinko therm  
> aeons lymph trick  
> ahent/neath/thane clomp risky/yirks  
> ahent/neath/thane clops mirky  
> ahent/neath/thane corks/rocks imply  
> ahent/neath/thane corky/rocky limps/plims  
> ahent/neath/thane corps/crops milky  
> ahent/neath/thane crimp yolks  
> ahent/neath/thane locks primy  
> ahent/neath/thane mirly pocks  
> ahent/neath/thane molys/moyls prick  
> ahent/neath/thane picky slorm  
> ahent/neath/thane porky sclim  
> ahint/haint/hiant clems porky  
> ahint/haint/hiant clerk mopsy/myops/yomps  
> ahint/haint/hiant clomp rykes/skyer/skyre/syker/yerks  
> ahint/haint/hiant corms kelpy  
> ahint/haint/hiant cymol perks  
> ahint/haint/hiant locks premy  
> ahint/haint/hiant mercy polks  
> ahint/haint/hiant merls pocky  
> ahint/haint/hiant mocks/smock plyer/reply  
> ahint/haint/hiant pecky slorm  
> airns/naris/rains/ranis/sarin chomp kelty  
> airns/naris/rains/ranis/sarin clomp kythe  
> airns/naris/rains/ranis/sarin cloth kempy  
> airth clomp ensky  
> airth clonk ympes  
> airth clons kempy  
> airth clype monks  
> airth cymes plonk  
> airth cymol penks  
> airth mecks pylon  
> airth poncy skelm  
> airts/artis/astir/raits/sitar/stair/stria/tarsi/tiars chyme plonk  
> airts/artis/astir/raits/sitar/stair/stria/tarsi/tiars cloke nymph  
> airts/artis/astir/raits/sitar/stair/stria/tarsi/tiars clonk hempy  
> aisle nymph trock  
> aitch kelpy morns/norms  
> aitch lymes/yelms/ylems pronk  
> aitch merks/smerk pylon  
> aitch monks plyer/reply  
> aitch porny/proyn skelm  
> alcos/calos/coals/colas hinky mpret  
> alcos/calos/coals/colas kiter/trike nymph  
> alcos/calos/coals/colas pinky therm  
> alcos/calos/coals/colas premy think  
> alcos/calos/coals/colas prink thyme  
> aleck horny timps  
> aleck impro/primo synth  
> aleck month spiry  
> aleck morns/norms pithy  
> aleck morph tiyns  
> aleck mothy pirns  
> aleck mythi/thymi porns  
> aleck myths orpin/porin/prion/proin  
> aleck nymph riots/roist/rosit/rosti/rotis/tiros/torsi/trios/trois  
> aleck phony strim/trims  
> aleck porny/proyn smith  
> aleck rhino tymps  
> aleck shiny tromp  
> alecs/claes/laces/scale hinky tromp  
> alecs/claes/laces/scale mothy prink  
> alecs/claes/laces/scale mythi/thymi pronk  
> aleph conky strim/trims  
> aleph corks/rocks minty  
> aleph corky/rocky mints  
> aleph cronk misty/stimy  
> aleph cyton mirks/smirk  
> aleph micky ronts/snort/trons  
> aleph mincy skort/stork/torsk  
> aleph mocks/smock nitry  
> aleph monty ricks  
> aleph morns/norms ticky  
> alert/alter/artel/later/ratel/taler chimp yonks  
> alert/alter/artel/later/ratel/taler choky nimps  
> alert/alter/artel/later/ratel/taler chomp sinky  
> alert/alter/artel/later/ratel/taler comps hinky  
> alert/alter/artel/later/ratel/taler kophs mincy  
> alert/alter/artel/later/ratel/taler micks phony  
> alert/alter/artel/later/ratel/taler micky phons  
> alert/alter/artel/later/ratel/taler mochs/schmo pinky  
> alert/alter/artel/later/ratel/taler mochy pinks/spink  
> alert/alter/artel/later/ratel/taler nymph sicko  
> alert/alter/artel/later/ratel/taler pinch smoky  
> alike/alkie crost/torcs nymph  
> alike/alkie synch tromp  
> alist/litas/tails chyme pronk  
> alist/litas/tails cronk hempy  
> alist/litas/tails nymph ocker  
> alkos/kolas/skoal chimp entry/yrent  
> alkos/kolas/skoal chirp meynt  
> alkos/kolas/skoal chyme print  
> alkos/kolas/skoal citer/recit/recti/trice nymph  
> alkos/kolas/skoal crypt hemin  
> alkos/kolas/skoal minty perch  
> alkos/kolas/skoal nicht premy  
> alkos/kolas/skoal primy tench  
> almeh/hemal conks/nocks tripy  
> almeh/hemal conky spirt/sprit/stirp/strip/trips  
> almeh/hemal corky/rocky pints  
> almeh/hemal cronk tipsy  
> almeh/hemal crost/torcs pinky  
> almeh/hemal crypt ikons/kinos/nkosi/oinks  
> almeh/hemal knots/stonk/tonks pricy/pyric  
> almeh/hemal nicks/snick porty  
> almeh/hemal nitry pocks  
> almeh/hemal norks typic  
> almeh/hemal picky ronts/snort/trons  
> almeh/hemal pirns tocky  
> almeh/hemal pisky/spiky tronc  
> almeh/hemal pocky snirt/trins  
> almeh/hemal poncy skirt/stirk  
> almeh/hemal ponty/poynt ricks  
> almeh/hemal porns ticky  
> almeh/hemal porny/proyn stick/ticks  
> almeh/hemal prick stony  
> almeh/hemal print yocks  
> almeh/hemal pyins/snipy/spiny trock  
> almeh/hemal spicy tronk  
> almes/lames/leams/males/meals/melas/mesal/samel chirk ponty/poynt  
> almes/lames/leams/males/meals/melas/mesal/samel choky print  
> almes/lames/leams/males/meals/melas/mesal/samel conky thrip  
> almes/lames/leams/males/meals/melas/mesal/samel cronk pithy  
> almes/lames/leams/males/meals/melas/mesal/samel itchy/tichy pronk  
> almes/lames/leams/males/meals/melas/mesal/samel nicht porky  
> almes/lames/leams/males/meals/melas/mesal/samel north/thorn picky  
> almes/lames/leams/males/meals/melas/mesal/samel phony trick  
> almes/lames/leams/males/meals/melas/mesal/samel pinky rotch/torch  
> almes/lames/leams/males/meals/melas/mesal/samel porny/proyn thick  
> aloes nymph trick  
> aloin crypt shmek  
> alone/anole chirk tymps  
> alone/anole myths prick  
> altho/loath/lotah crems/mercs pinky  
> altho/loath/lotah crepy minks  
> altho/loath/lotah crimp ensky  
> altho/loath/lotah cymes prink  
> altho/loath/lotah mercy pinks/spink  
> altho/loath/lotah micky perns  
> altho/loath/lotah mincy perks  
> altho/loath/lotah necks/sneck primy  
> altho/loath/lotah nicks/snick premy  
> altos/loast/lotas/lotsa/salto/tolas chyme prink  
> altos/loast/lotas/lotsa/salto/tolas erick/icker nymph  
> altos/loast/lotas/lotsa/salto/tolas hymen prick  
> altos/loast/lotas/lotsa/salto/tolas kench primy  
> altos/loast/lotas/lotsa/salto/tolas merch pinky  
> amens/manes/manse/means/mensa/names/nemas/samen hiply trock  
> amens/manes/manse/means/mensa/names/nemas/samen hotly prick  
> amens/manes/manse/means/mensa/names/nemas/samen kilty porch  
> amens/manes/manse/means/mensa/names/nemas/samen licht porky  
> amens/manes/manse/means/mensa/names/nemas/samen pocky thirl  
> ament/manet/meant/menta chirk ploys/polys/slopy  
> ament/manet/meant/menta chirp yolks  
> ament/manet/meant/menta choky pirls  
> ament/manet/meant/menta corks/rocks hiply  
> ament/manet/meant/menta holks/kohls pricy/pyric  
> ament/manet/meant/menta hylic porks/spork  
> ament/manet/meant/menta kilps ochry  
> ament/manet/meant/menta kophs lyric  
> ament/manet/meant/menta picky shorl  
> ament/manet/meant/menta pilch yorks  
> ament/manet/meant/menta porch silky  
> amice sylph tronk  
> amine/anime/minae crypt holks/kohls  
> amine/anime/minae sylph trock  
> amino/amnio sylph treck  
> amins/mains/manis/minas cloth perky  
> amins/mains/manis/minas kelpy rotch/torch  
> amins/mains/manis/minas kelty porch  
> amins/mains/manis/minas kotch plyer/reply  
> amins/mains/manis/minas letch porky  
> amins/mains/manis/minas phyle trock  
> amirs/mairs/ramis/simar clept honky  
> amirs/mairs/ramis/simar kelpy notch  
> amirs/mairs/ramis/simar ketch pylon  
> amirs/mairs/ramis/simar plonk techy  
> amity/atimy chelp norks  
> amity/atimy clerk phons  
> amity/atimy cronk helps/plesh/shlep  
> amnic/manic ethyl/lythe porks/spork  
> amnic/manic holts/sloth perky  
> amnic/manic horst/short kelpy  
> amnic/manic hotly perks  
> amnic/manic kophs tyler  
> amnic/manic kyles/yelks/ylkes thorp  
> amnic/manic phyle skort/stork/torsk  
> amnic/manic sylph toker/troke  
> amoks/makos chelp nitry  
> amoks/makos chyle print  
> amoks/makos clint hyper  
> amoks/makos clipt henry/rhyne/yrneh  
> amoks/makos entry/yrent pilch  
> amoks/makos hylic prent  
> amoks/makos linty perch  
> amoks/makos nicht plyer/reply  
> amoks/makos pinch tyler  
> amole crypt knish  
> amole prick synth  
> amort/morat chelp sinky  
> amort/morat chins kelpy  
> amort/morat chyle pinks/spink  
> amort/morat clink hypes  
> amort/morat clype knish  
> amort/morat ensky pilch  
> amort/morat hiply necks/sneck  
> amort/morat hylic penks  
> amort/morat inkle/liken psych  
> amort/morat kyles/yelks/ylkes pinch  
> amort/morat kylin/linky pechs  
> amort/morat kypes/pesky linch  
> amort/morat nicks/snick phyle  
> amort/morat plink yechs  
> ample/maple/pelma chirk stony  
> ample/maple/pelma chirt/crith/richt yonks  
> ample/maple/pelma choky snirt/trins  
> ample/maple/pelma conks/nocks yirth  
> ample/maple/pelma conky shirt  
> ample/maple/pelma corky/rocky hints/thins  
> ample/maple/pelma corny/crony kiths/shtik  
> ample/maple/pelma crits honky  
> ample/maple/pelma crost/torcs hinky  
> ample/maple/pelma cyton shirk  
> ample/maple/pelma hocks/shock nitry  
> ample/maple/pelma horns/shorn ticky  
> ample/maple/pelma horny stick/ticks  
> ample/maple/pelma hyson trick  
> ample/maple/pelma itchy/tichy norks  
> ample/maple/pelma knits/skint/stink/tinks ochry  
> ample/maple/pelma nicht yorks  
> ample/maple/pelma north/thorn sicky  
> ample/maple/pelma notch risky/yirks  
> ample/maple/pelma rotch/torch sinky  
> ample/maple/pelma shiny trock  
> amply/palmy cento/conte/oncet shirk  
> amply/palmy ceros/cores/corse/score think  
> amply/palmy chert/retch ikons/kinos/nkosi/oinks  
> amply/palmy chiks/hicks noter/ronte/tenor/toner/trone  
> amply/palmy chine/niche skort/stork/torsk  
> amply/palmy chino treks  
> amply/palmy chins toker/troke

I just happened to notice CREAK NYMPH TOILS, which I rather like.

ETA: Not sure why this is flagged as a reply to Bullitt. It was intended to be a standalone post.

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I came up with TRACE, LIONS, DUMPY.  
I often use TRACE as a starting word. LIONS will get the nine most frequent letters and C.  
It looks like I leave out G and H of the top 15 but get 16 and 17.

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> [@Author\_Balk](#):
>
> TRACE, LIONS, DUMPY.

I like this group a lot. I particularly like checking both A and O in the center position. In a perfect world the third word would have I as the third letter, but meh.

ETA: Also checking both E and Y in the last position is solid.

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Wordle 304 X/6\*

⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩

My streak lasted 'till 105. Oh well!

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Wordle 304 6/6\*

⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜  
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

BEARD  
GRIME  
THREW  
POKER  
LOVER  
FOYER

Yes. Phew

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Came close to snapping the streak.

Wordle 304 5/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜  
⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
CREED  
POWER  
BOXER  
FOYER

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> [@EllisDee](#):
>
> NUTSO GAMER CHILD, though the first word could be the more traditional SNOUT, albeit less sentence-y when combined with the other two.
> 
> Alternately, and more story than sentence:
> 
> LAUGH SNORT MEDIC

Hi @EllisDee can I give you two more sets of 15 letters? What words do you generate from these sets?

E T A I S O N R L H D C U M Y — ?

E T A I S O N R L H D C U Y G — ?

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Wordle 304 6/6

Wordle 304 6/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨  
🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩  
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

TRACE  
OILER  
Words to find the first and third letter. It took until the fifth word to finally get to F.  
FOYER  
Disclosure and Coincidence: Last week I lost on a practice site on a \_O\_ER word. I looked at the word list and saw five words, including FOYER that would be difficult. I still remember the five words.  
After the fourth pick I knew three of the difficult words were still possible. I had those words in mind when I came up with the fifth pick.  
Last night I was doing a “what if”. What if it was a “\_O\_ER” word and there were three words left (including FOYER), what would be a good fifth word. I was in the same situation of my “what if” last night - three of the five words left, including FOYER (one of the words was different from my situation last night).

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> **Wordle 304 3/6\* 4/19/2022**
>
> 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩  
> 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> **F** LAI **R** → Not a bad start. I bombed on FEWER recently; perhaps it’s what I tried while missing?  
> **F** EV **ER** → Nope, but that gets me closer. From OUY, what’s that second letter - and then what’s the middle?  
> **FOYER**
> 
> “Start with yesterday’s solution” is sometimes suboptimal, but here it tamed a monster. FRYER was also a possibility.

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Wordle 304 6/6

🟦🟧⬛⬛🟦  
⬛🟧⬛🟧🟧  
⬛🟧⬛🟧🟧  
⬛🟧⬛🟧🟧  
🟦⬛⬛⬛🟦  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

ROUSE  
LONER  
COVER  
POWER  
EMBAY  
FOYER

After what I thought was a good start, I fell _right_ into the \_O\_ER trap. After four, I still had a choice of FOYER, BOXER, HOMER, DOZER, and JOKER (I _think_ that’s all). 10 (!) different consonants, and no valid words with consonants from four of the five words. I figured DOZER was probably the least likely, so I found a word with letters from three of the other four. Probably the hardest I’ve ever worked for a Wordle solution.

My sympathies to all who lost their streaks on this one. I almost joined you.

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lost! 😢

STARE  
DONER  
POWER  
HOMER  
LOVER  
JOKER

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Well, this wobbled the stats a bit. I feel fortunate to have gotten it at all.

Wordle 304 6/6\*

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨  
⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛  
🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛  
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩  
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

IRATE  
SHRED  
RUMEN  
LOVER  
POWER  
FOYER

Phew indeed. I’m only glad I didn’t think of BOXER before FOYER.

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