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

Wordle 284 4/6

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I tried a new starting word today. I got STOVE as my word. Dunno what’s up with multiples.

Wordle 284 3/6

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TRACE
STONE
STOVE
After the second pick I knew it was one of three (unless I missed one). I debated between a guaranteed 4 (pick a word with at least 2 of K, L, V) or take a chance to possibly get it in 3. I was lucky

A close one today!

Wordle 284 6/6

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Summary

AIERY
LOTUS
MUNCH
FUDGE
FLOWN
STOVE

It could also have been STOKE

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Wordle 284 5/6*

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Summary

BEARD
LUNGE
POISE
STOKE
STOVE

Wordle 284 4/6*

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TASER
GUEST
STOKE
STOVE

I hate these.

Wordle 284 6/6*

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IRATE
THOSE
STOLE
STONE
STOKE
STOVE

Oh, well.

Apparently NYT shuffled 10 words around for some reason. So if you got the 2nd word up there, then you’ll have to make sure you reload the game somehow to avoid getting more and more out of sync.

Wordle 284 6/6* 3/30/2022

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SHALL → OK. That’s a start
STRIP → Still looking for a vowel. E or O?
STOCK → It’s an O. And then I went a bit off the rails…
STOWN → My mind thought STONE but my fingers typed differently. So now the N is out, but there still might be a double O…
STOOD → No, that wasn’t it. One shot left: try with a terminal E, what might be the 4th letter? L, R, K, N are out, so all that’s left is
STOVE

If someone tells me STOBE is a word, I will consider myself very lucky. Plus, I got all greens, and en echelon!

That’s how I did it too, just about a year ago. So from one “Sun” handle to another, welcome!

Wordle 284 5/6

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RADIO
THOSE
STONE
STOLE
STOVE

I thought about trolling for letters at four, but unless I missed something, STOLE, STOVE, and STOKE were the only choices left, so I was guaranteed to have it by 6. I’ll gladly take a 5 under those circumstances.

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today

Wordle 285 5/6

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Wordle 285

TREAD
YOUNG
NOISY → all five regular vowels have been used
WOOLY → eliminated the chance for a double ‘O’
LOWLY → this was the only possibility left

Wordle 284 3/6

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TRAIN
JOUST
STOVE

Nice to have a 3, again (and a lucky guess as I tried “stove” before “stole”).

Wordle 284 4/6

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PLASM
SHORE
STONE
STOVE

So much for trying a new start word just for fun, but I’ll take getting it in 4 tries!

Thanks SunUp! :sun_with_face:

Wordle 285 5/6

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RATIO
NODES
WORMY
JOWLY
LOWLY

I tried every combination I could think of after the third guess and it took several tries to even come up with one wrong word.

Wordle 285 6/6

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CLITS
LEARN
LOOPY
LOBBY
LOLLY
LOWLY

Man I just didn’t see any of these words. Probably cursed by the vulgarity of my very last CL/CR opener. I actually considered CRAWL for my opener, too. Ah well.

A well-earned 6. Ouch.

Tricky, tricky. I guess I’ll just get fives from now on.
Wordle 285 5/6

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DRAPE
GHOST
BONNY
JOLLY
LOWLY

Wordle 285 5/6*

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CURIO
TOPAZ
LOOSE
LOLLY
LOWLY

Same here.

Wordle 285 5/6*

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I was getting worried, but a lot of letters were eliminated by the first three tries.

REACH
MOIST
POUND
JOLLY
LOWLY

Wordle 285 5/6

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AIERY
LOTUS
LOBBY
MUNCH
LOWLY

Not great but I was hoping I’d get it in three.