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

The Game Room
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Yes we did too I shall not forget it so soon.

2702

My second guess was the same as yours!

But I got it in 3.

2703

Nyeah. :wink:

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Wordle 289 4/6

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TRAIN
SHACK
PLEAD
SHAWL

Third word a ‘test’ word (non-‘hard’ play) to rule out some of the many “sha _ _” words.

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Good catch! I noticed a lot of people tried SHALL, but I too realized it was already an answer word not long ago. I just happen to be a bit of a “record keeper” and I have a trusty Excel sheet where I put down all the answer words so far (since I started playing) so I don’t use them again. Though I know some enjoy the process and don’t mind how many tries it takes to get the word.

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Tomorrow’s puzzle. I got to guess three and struggled with what it could be, so had to go with a “clearly not the word” answer (I think it has been an answer already) to get some more clues.

Wordle 290 5/6

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today

Wordle 290 5/6

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Wordle 290

CRATE
TANGO
HAUNT → I was relieved that it wasn’t one of those words
SATIN
NATAL

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Wordle 290 6/6

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RATIO
SATED
PATTY
LATCH
FATAL
NATAL

I’m pretty happy to get this one at all. I really should have guessed the N and L earlier, but I was looking for vowels and couldn’t think of a word to use.

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Wordle 290 4/6*

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FRAME
GAINS
PANTO
NATAL

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Wordle 290 4/6

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CREPT
SALTO
FATAL
NATAL

I did not know SALTO was a word; just trying letters I wanted. After two I was 100% positive the answer was LATIN, but oddly that’s not a valid guess. How is Salto valid but Latin is not?

Anyway, after that I saw both FATAL and NATAL but guessed wrong.

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Wordle 290 3/6

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OPINE
NASTY
NATAL
I’d like to say that I was bold to reuse the A, but truthfully it was because NATAL was the first matching word I could think of.

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Wordle 290 4/6

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TRACE
SAINT
BATON
NATAL

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Wordle 290 6/6

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AIERY
LOTUS
MUNCH
PUDGE
FLOWN
NATAL

A close one for me today. I almost lost. FLOWN was not a good choice for the 5th guess, given what had already been revealed as the correct yellow letters.

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Wordle 290 5/6*

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ALIEN
LUNAR
NASAL
NAVAL
NATAL

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Wordle 290 4/6

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STONE
HAIRY
CLUMP
NATAL

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Wordle 290 3/6*

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Valet
Fatal
Natal

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Mamma mia. A struggle today

Wordle 290 5/6

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PRICE
SHOWN
GAUNT
NATTY
NATAL

Huh, natty is a word and not just a nickname ala ‘natty light’.

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Wordle 290 4/6

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MOUSE
TRAIN
PLANT
NATAL

PLANT was a mistake, since I had determined that’s not where the A was, but a productive mistake that gave me all the letters I needed. No way I would have come up with NATAL on three, so I’m happy.

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I definitely had to wrench this one hard today.

Wordle 290 4/6*

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IRATE
TAWNY
BATON
NATAL

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Wordle 290 4/6* 4/5/2022

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SHAWL → Not bad. Something with T & R, perhaps? Also, try another vowel…
PETAL → Am I in a trap? Start thinking…
VITAL → There’s a couple more with repeated A’s…
NATAL

I was also worried about OCTAL but figured I could guess it if the A missed.