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

Wordle 267 4/6*

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Turns out I had a bit of a nautical theme going today.

BURST
SPUME
BOSUN (accidental repeat on the B)
FOCUS

Wordle 267 4/6*

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BEARD
QUILT
CHUNK
FOCUS

Wordle 267 4/6

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TRAIN, SCOLD, COUCH, FOCUS

Wordle 268 3/6

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CLOTH
STALE
SMELT

The only two possible words I could see were SMELT and SPELT, but the latter is British, not American. Even still, I wasn’t confident in SMELT and was relieved when it came back all greens.

Wordle 268 3/6*

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ALERT
SPELT
SMELT

Spelt is also a kind of grain.

Wordle 268 4/6

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Wordle 268

FOCUS
STEAD
SPELT
SMELT

I knew what spelt was, so I went with that first, to my detriment.

Not common enough, I don’t think. Valid word to guess, sure, but I’d bet a dollar it’s not in the answer list.

Wordle 268 3/6*

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GRIEF
CHEAP
SMELT

Having had what I thought was a poor start i was still just chasing letters. Very surprised to see it go all green.

I don’t think the words are necessarily American variants, the creator is Welsh after all. I think American spelling of words like Humor and Rumor are in because they are five letter words. If we lived in a world where the British spelling was Humor and Rumor then it would’ve been the British spelling in the game.

It is in the answer list (I had to look quickly then glance away so I didn’t see the date and surrounding words :wink: ).

Thought I had it in four but couldn’t share it, grr
Wordle 268 5/6*

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Sugar
Swipe
Sheen
Smell
Smelt

Wordle 268 4/6*

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RATIO
FLUTE
STEEL
SMELT

The connection between my 3rd and 4th guesses is funny.

Wordle 268 4/6

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I, too, was surprised this was on the answer list. But it was the only thing i could guess.

Wordle 268 4/6

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TRACE
NOTED
BLEST
SMELT

Wordle 268 3/6*

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Like others, I used SPELT. Could’ve gotten it in two if I’d considered a more likely alternative.

Wordle 268 3/6

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HEART
CLEFT
SMELT

I don’t think this is correct. Wardle is “based in” New York City – whatever that means – and Wordle using American instead of British spelling was already a story last month.

I’m quite surprised to read this. You sure it was the shorter 2000+ word answer list and not the longer 8000+ guess list that you checked?

Wordle 268 5/6*

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ASPIC
TRUSS
STOVE
SWEET
SMELT

I took the list and removed the dates. It’s in alphabetical order. And based on this comment, I will probably make another list with the words in random order. Then I can search for a word and not see similar words next to it.