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

The Game Room
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Wordle 277 4/6*

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Summary

Royal
Truth
Sucre
Purge

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Wordle 277 5/6

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AIERY
LOTUS
MUNCH
FUDGE
PURGE

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Wordle 277 5/6

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TRACE
SNORE
RIDGE
VERGE
PURGE
After the third pick I saw it could be VERGE, MERGE or PURGE. I chose one of the ERGE words because that would guarantee a 4 or 5. If I chose PURGE and it was wrong I would have to guess between the other two

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Wordle 277 5/6

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HEART
CREED
RISEN
FARCE
PURGE

what a pisser- couldn’t place the R or the E in the first 3 tries. Finally figured that the 2nd letter must be U or O, so GORGE would have been a valid guess too

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Wordle 277 5/6

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STONE
HAIRY
CLUMP
PRUDE
PURGE

i totally missed that the third letter of my fourth guess was the same as the yellow in guess three, that was meant to be a real guess. Not a good start to the day. I got to bed late last night.

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Wordle 277 2/6*

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Pure. Skill.

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Wordle 277 5/6* 3/23/2022

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SLOSH → Not an auspicious start
TAPIR → Only E & U left in vowels. Oh, and Y.
PERKY → Can’t be a consonant between P & R, so something with PUR and an E. Is now the time to try my newfound acceptance of repeated letters?
PUREE → No, it isn’t.
PURGE

Sometimes you’re the repeated-letter windshield; sometimes you’re the repeated-letter bug.

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One dumb guess in there

Wordle 277 6/6

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ADIEU
CHOMP
PRUNE
PUREE ← I thought for sure this was going to be it, only to miss the fact I’ve already tried the E in the fourth position
PURSE
PURGE

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Wordle 277 3/6*

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BEARD
GRIME
PURGE

I needed that.

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Wordle 277 6/6*

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STEAR
WRECK
REPLY
PRIME
PRUNE
PURGE

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Wordle 277 4/6

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CAMEO
GLIDE
HENGE
PURGE

So true.

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This one was hard for me - my first two guesses revealed almost nothing. Took me five, but not many options left at that point.

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Another 4. Chose the wrong third word.

Wordle 277 4/6*

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IRATE
CHORE
SURGE
PURGE

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Wordle 277 4/6

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STARE
JUDGE
BULGE
PURGE

“JUDGE” and “BULGE” were the products of distraction/dimwittedness, as I’d already learned that an “R” must be included.

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Another three-guess triumph!

Wordle 278 3/6

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Wordle 278

GRIEF
WHEAT
CHEST

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Wordle 278 4/6*

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ALERT
SPENT
GUEST
CHEST

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Wordle 278 3/6

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CRAMS
CHOSE
CHEST

Fortunately my opener had already eliminated CHESS, leaving only one word to guess.

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Wordle 278 3/6

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RATIO
TUNES
CHEST

Really just a lucky guess for #3. It was the first one I thought of that fit.

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I forgot to post my decent result this morning, to the point where it’s no longer tomorrow’s puzzle.

Wordle 278 3/6

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Wordle 278 3/6*

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GRIPE
CLEAN
CHEST