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

Wordle 279 5/6*

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Our set of words is very close (except I had an extra guess)

TRAIN
STORE
HOTEL
BEGOT
DEPOT

I had to stare at the last ones for a long time. I knew it would not likely be BEGOT, but I couldn’t think of another word. The silent T made it harder for me.

Tomorrow’s. I look forward to your reactions.

Wordle 280 5/6

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Wordle 279 5/6

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IRATE
STEEP
PETTY
TEMPO
DEPOT

As others have implied in connection with today’s game, more strategizing could have resulted in a better score, but… meh.

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
WTF

Wordle 280 4/6

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Summary

STARE
FLECK
PINED
EPOXY

After finding out where that dang yellow letter went, I think there was only one choice.

Wordle 280 4/6

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FRAME
CLUED
SPENT
EPOXY

Wordle 280 3/6

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CLOTS
PHONE
EPOXY

As far as I can tell, after my first two guesses there was only one possible word left.

To the point I had to step away for a minute. While washing dishes and pondering ‘EPO__’ words (EPORT?!) it finally came to me.

Wordle 280 5/6

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RATIO
LOUSE
ENDOW
EPOCH
EPOXY

Another one I feel I was lucky to get.

Wordle 280 4/6*

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STAIR
PLUME
CHEEP
EPOXY

This one was hard. Took four. Got the common vowels early. .Fortunately guessed the P and the Y in the third guess, which left only one option.

Same here, although my first two words were different from yours.

Wordle 280 3/6*

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STARE
ENJOY
EPOXY

Wordle 280 5/6

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AIERY
LOTUS
MUNCH
FUDGE
EPOXY

Wordle 280 4/6*

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BLAME
CREDO
ETHOS
EPOXY

Wordle 280 4/6

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TRACE
LINES
WEEDY
EPOXY
After the third pick I knew the first and last letter. Maybe there is only one possibility. It took a long time to think of it

I would have thought that this would be hard given three somewhat rarer letters. But I am often surprised by how few alternatives there are after a few guesses, good or bad.

Wordle 280 4/6*

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Summary

Cleft
Boner
Spoke
Epoxy

Whatever it takes to reach the right word eh😜

Wordle 280 3/6* 3/26/2022

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DEPOT → Quite a start. Try something that starts with that P?
POESY → Stroke of luck gets me close. OPERY? Nah. DOPEY is ruled out by first guess, though MOPEY may be possible. But let’s try
EPOXY

When I was that close on the second guess, I took a little extra time to think it over - and it worked.

Wordle 280 5/6

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ARIEL
HOUSE
EMOTE
EBONY
EPOXY

Tough one for me today. EMOTE was dumb since I knew there was no E in the fifth spot; I didn’t even realize I’d doubled up. :man_facepalming: It did, however, give me the placement of both E and O, and - I thought - the win in four. It took me a lot longer than it should have to get from EBONY to EPOXY.

Wordle 281 5/6

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This one was fun, particularly once I discovered…

TOMORROW!

…it was a five letter word with no vowels.

Wordle 280 3/6

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STOKE
EPOCH ← got excited there when I saw the first three flip green, but alas …
EPOXY

Wordle 280 4/6*

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IRATE
FLESH
ENJOY
EPOXY