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

Wordle 266 4/6*

:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

BEACH
TRAIN
TALKS
TODAY

It took me some time to get from 3 to 4, but much better than the last one.

Wordle 266 3/6*

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

GLEAN
STRAP
TODAY

For some reason it took me ages to find any word after 2, kept having to leave it and come back later.

Nobody else has seen @Terminus_Est’s clever clue.

Wordle 264 5/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Well that’s weird. I thought I’d seen this word before. For some reason my browser gave me Wordle 264 instead of 267. I’ll have to try again.

Wordle 267 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Had to empty the cache.

Wordle 266 3/6

:green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

TRACE
MONAL
TODAY
I was going to do TONAL as the second pick but the T wouldn’t provide any additional information

Wordle 266 4/6*

:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::green_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Texas? What was I thinking!
Slate
Attar
Texas
Today

Wordle 266 4/6

:black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

STONE
HAIRY
TOADY
TODAY

I saw “toady”, and thought, "should i look for other possible words? Naw, it will give me lots of good placement info even if it’s wrong. Then i saw the result and thought, “duh”. Typing this, my phone even corrected “toady” to “today”. :woman_facepalming:

Well, after yesterday’s humiliation, I bounced back with a 3.
Wordle 266 3/6*

:black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RATIO
FLOAT
TODAY

After the 2nd word, I knew that the 2nd letter was most likely O (since I couldn’t think of any OT_A_ words), leaving T in the first spot and it was easy.

My 2nd to last was toady as well. :man_facepalming:t3:

Wordle 266 3/6*

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

BEARD
ADOPT
TODAY

yay !

Wordle 266 3/6*

:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

IRATE
TALON
TODAY

Took awhile, but I got there.

I did the exact same thing:

TOADY, then TODAY.

WTF is a toady? Rhetorical question, I know I can look it up but I probably won’t.

AIERY
LOTUS
MUNCH
TOADY
TODAY

A toady is a sycophant or henchman.

ETA: Yay! Figured out my spoiler issue. You know how blur spoilers toggle on and off each time you click them? If you click it visible, edit the post and then save it, when discourse redraws the edited post it remembers the blur toggle state and shows it visible, as if it weren’t working, instead of resetting to blurred like I would expect on a redraw.

Not a fan, but at least now I know how it works.

Wordle 266 5/6*

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

BEFIT
TRACE
TALON
TOADY
TODAY

TOADY is a word i know, and it didn’t seem too weird to me to be an answer.

It’s a person who is kind of halfway between a thug and a sycophant

Wordle 266 4/6* 3/12/2022

:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

WATCH → Not a bad start
STARE → slow progress. Thought about TOADY, but needed to place the A somewhere else…
ADOPT ->Try T in front, A 4th, so must be
TODAY

This may be my first time with no greens until the win.

Thanks for this.

I was having that trouble with my post today. The odd thing is that the blur spoiler was not initially working (when I initially posted. So I deleted my post and replaced it with ‘never mind’. I was able to fix it, although I don’t know how. I’ll pay more attention to that.

And, thanks all for the definitions!

I got tomorrow’s in three. Options were so limited it was my only choice.

Wordle 267 3/6

:white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: