Wordle 290 5/6*
TRACE
BLOAT
VITAL
FATAL
NATAL
I thought of NATAL before FATAL, but went with the latter because I though it was more likely to be the answer. Oh well.
That was too close for comfort for me. My streak nearly ended.
Wordle 290 5/6
HEART
TANGY
FAINT
BATON
NATAL
That was nearly your…natal mistake.
Today I lucked out. One letter correct in my first word - and in the wrong position. I picked a word with that letter as the first letter, and it was the right word. Worldle was easy today too.
Tomorrow’s I got in 4, but if I had been willing to trust my instincts and experiment, I might have got it quicker.
Wordle 291 4/6
Wordle 290 5/6
STARE
TAUNT
PANTY
MATIN
NATAL
I spent WAY too much time on this one. (And yes, I should have guessed that “PANTY” would never be used as a day’s answer in this somewhat puritanical game, but I just couldn’t come up with anything else to try.)
Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
I acted on a hunch and it paid off.
Wordle 291 2/6
Wordle 291
CREAM
COMMA
Wordle 291 4/6
RATIO
DONAS
POACH
COMMA
I’m happy with a four today with an unusual double letter.
Tied your four. Your efforts were equally good but still require spoiling. Guess you agree. 
I cannot get the spoiler tags to work consistently on this phone. They don’t work if I type them in manually and they seem to work randomly if I click blur spoiler. I don’t know what I am doing wrong but I never can tell if they worked until I hit post.
Wordle 291 3/6
CLAPS
CREAM
COMMA
Took forever to see any word to fit after two. When I finally thought of one I guessed it immediately instead of looking for more. It feels like in Wordle, your first instinct is your best bet.
Wordle 291 4/6*
VOICE
COAST
CORAL
COMMA
Wordle 291 5/6*
STAIN
ALOUD
CROAK
COPAY
COMMA
I should have thought longer instead of playing COPAY. I knew that wouldn’t be it, but thought it would give me good information. It did help, but I think I could have gotten it in 4. Maybe I need to stop playing at midnight…
Wordle 291 5/6
TRANS
LOUIE
PODAL
COCOA
COMMA
After PODAL I knew the last letter had to be A but I couldn’t think of anything, so I looked up a list of “five letter words that end with A” to figure out the answer. Does that count as cheating? I don’t think it does.
Nice one.
The tags have to be on their own lines – is that possibly it?
I can help with the being able to tell part – while you are typing a post on your phone, there should be a little icon that looks like a computer monitor in the lower right of the composing window. Tap that to get a preview of your post. If it looks good, you can hit reply to post it, and if not, tap the pencil icon to go back to composing.
I don’t think so either.
Wordle 291 5/6
AIERY
LOTUS
MUNCH
COPED
COMMA
After MUNCH I thought it might be COMMA, but I went with COPED instead to isolate the CO and also eliminate a few more letters.
Wordle 291 4/6
TRACE
CLOAK
CAPON
COMMA
I kept moving O and A around and got yellows. After the third pick it narrowed it down to the right positions. It was easy after that (unless there was another word I didn’t expect)
Wordle 291 4/6*
STAIR
AMPLE
WOMAN
COMMA
Wordle 291 4/6
Wordle 291 5/6
Another tough nut to crack.
HEART
AGONY
POLKA
MOMMA
COMMA