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

The Game Room
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Here’s tomorrow’s, and it’s another one! Argh!

Wordle 284 6/6

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The limited joy of guessing (still today’s) the first three letters in the second guess was replaced by the frustration of being lucky to guess it in five.

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Wordle 283 5/6

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Hmm, wondering what the other words @GuanoLad tried. I must have eliminated those letters by guess 4.

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For anyone interested, so as not to further hijack, I started a Semantle thread here.

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I did no. 284, you did no. 283. I’m usually contributing my post 12 hrs ahead of America.

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Oops, missed that. Thanks.

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Wordle 283 4/6

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IRATE
FLASH
SHAWL
SHELL

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Thanks for the welcome! I’ve been a lurker for a really long time, but finally decided to jump in the water. :slight_smile:

Yes, I do remember the word, and it was the #278 Wordle. Just in case anyone is doing the archives, I’ll put it in “spoiler blur” below. My start word was rather helpful, so I lucked out on that, but it still left me with several choices. I went with my first gut instinct and enjoyed seeing all the squares turn green.

COAST
CHEST

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Wordle 284 5/6

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Here’s mine.

However, my girlfriend had a different word! There is a word* in the answer list that she got for today’s Wordle but I didn’t, I got the next word in the list. Judging by the guess pattern, my word and @GuanoLad’s word is the same.

*Her “word” was HARRY.

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
It happened again!

Wordle 284 5/6

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Wordle 284

WHEAT
ROUTE
STONE
STORE
STOVE

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That’s weird. Another all green fiver.

Wordle 284 5/6

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CHOMP
STORK
STONE
STOLE
STOVE

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Wordle 284 4/6

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CRASH
STOLE
KNAVE
STOVE

With only three possibilities I could have just left it up to chance and taken the 3-5, but instead I bailed on hard mode and took the guaranteed 4.

I did notice that my anti-trap opener barely eliminated any possibilities. Only the R for store.

Even if I used CLAMP, my favorite opener, that would also have only covered one: L for stole.

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Wordle 284 4/6*

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ALTER
SPENT
SHUTE
STOVE

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Wordle 284 4/6*

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FLAME
CHIVE
PROVE
STOVE

Almost a perfect echelon!

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Wordle 284 3/6

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TRANS
LOUIE
STOVE

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Wordle 284 3/6*

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Happened to be easy because of my first two words.

CRANE
STOLE
STOVE

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Wordle 284 1/6

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I’m not amazing, I already knew the answer, but it was not STOVE it was HARRY.

Strange.

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Wordle 284 5/6

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RATIO
TONED
EMOTE
STOLE
STOVE

Overall, a run of the mill day.

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Wordle 284 3/6*

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Summary

Shank
Styme
Stove

I’ll take 3!

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Wordle 284 3/6*

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So will I!