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

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today

Wordle 279 4/6

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Wordle 279

STARE
HOTEL
BEGOT
DEPOT

Once again, I guessed the rarer word before the more common one.

I’m up late.

Wordle 279 4/6*

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Summary

Stove
Tower
Extol
Depot

Wordle 279 4/6

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RATIO
TOQUE
ONSET
DEPOT

I thought it looked pretty impossible but I just went with common letters.

Wordle 279 4/6

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CLIPS
PORTA
OPTED
DEPOT

Foolishly played a past tense verb ending in -ed – could be filtered out like plurals – instead of rearranging the letters first. In my defense, it was several minutes before I could see any word that would fit.

On the plus side, apparently PORTA is a valid guess.

Wordle 279 5/6*

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FLAME
WREST
EVICT
TENET
DEPOT

I struggled to get any traction with this one and desperation was setting in after 3. Not much confidence with my 5 so a relief to see it go green.

First time I’ve ever gotten five yellows;

Wordle 279 4/6

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TRANS
LOUIE
POTED
DEPOT

Wordle 279 3/6*

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STARE
EMPTY
DEPOT

Wordle 279 4/6

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TRACE
INLET
DEMOS
DEPOT
On the third word I knew the last letter was T, but I put a word in with another letter to get more information. Looking at it after, I may have got it in 3 if I left the T there.

Wordle 279 5/6

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CHINA
SPORK
POUTY
TOPED
DEPOT
It really brings down my average for me to keep playing words that give me lots of information and are fun but are relatively rare. But “spork” itself is fun to say so I had to play it.

Tomorrow’s today.

Wordle 280 X/6

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The final guess was just giving up, I couldn’t get it. Like vivid, it was a word I knew but I couldn’t construct it from the letters I had remaining.

Phew indeed.

Wordle 279 6/6*

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BEARD
HEDGE
DECOY
DEMON
DETOX
DEPOT

Wordle 279 4/6

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Tough one.

HEART
FEIST
BEGET
DEPOT

Wordle 279 5/6*

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SIGHT
ABOUT
COMET
OVERT
DEPOT

Starter words made this a gimme:

Wordle 279 3/6

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Went with my original two starters for the first time in awhile:

ADIEU
PORTS
DEPOT

With the DE on top of the POT in my second guess, it was kinda hard not to see.

Wordle 279 4/6

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STONE
WHEAT
REPOT
DEPOT

i knew “repot” wouldn’t be the answer, but i wanted to try other options for the vowels, and check whether there was an “R”.

If i were better at these things i might have gotten it in 3, but I’m pretty happy with my 4 today.

Wordle 279 5/6

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AIERY
LOTUS
MUNCH
PUDGE
DEPOT

Wordle 279 4/6* 3/25/2022

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CHEST → Not a bad start
INLET → Not much progress, but I knocked out another vowel. Try a third?
EXPAT → Lucky P! Down to O & U left in vowels, and only one place left for the E…
DEPOT

Reading through others guesses, I’d never have thought to try POTED.

Quite happy with a 3 today.

Wordle 279 3/6*

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IRATE
SLEPT
DEPOT

Wordle 279 3/6

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CANOE
ELBOW
DEPOT

Very happy with this 3. I was seconds away from typing REPOT when the light bulb clicked on.

Wordle 279 5/6*

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Letters were slippery little buggers today, and didn’t want to be nailed down.

AIERY
STONE
HOTEL
TEMPO
DEPOT