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

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Wordle 295 2/6*

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Magnificent!

Yield
Black

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Wordle 295 3/6

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HEART
GLAND
BLACK

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Wordle 295 4/6

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PIANO
HEART
SLACK
BLACK

No blues today (yellows for most of you).
This could have gone very badly, but I figured CLACK and ALACK were both rather unlikely, so I chose to go ahead in faux-hard mode since I still had room for FLACK if necessary. A good satisfying par.

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Merely splendid today.

Wordle 295 4/6*

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IRATE
CHALK
SLACK
BLACK

I had the correct word in my mind first, but I thought it more likely SLACK than BLACK, because ‘S’ is a more common letter. Ah, well.

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Wordle 295 4/6* Palm Sunday 2022

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STAIR → RST and another vowel ko’ed…
CHAFE → I don’t think there’s an O in there, but maybe two A’s…
ALACK → Aha. Should have looked just a little longer…
BLACK

As a longtime Car Talk listener I’m glad I had already eliminated the initial C.

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Ha - you’ve nicked my start word !
I don’t know why i didn’t chose BLACK as my second word - it’s obvious now !
Wordle 295 3/6*

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BEARD
BLANK
BLACK

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Wordle 295 4/6*

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SLANT
PLAID
BLAME
BLACK

Another 4. My most common result.

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This is tomorrow’s. I really struggled.

Wordle 296 5/6

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Ha! I used your start word on #294! :whale:
#295 was my start word on an earlier puzzle (2/6) so it came to me all of a sudden after 1.

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Wordle 295 3/6

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TRAIN
SHAPE
BLACK

A no-drama day.

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Most unexpected.

Wordle 296 5/6

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Wordle 296

MOIRE → Not a promising start
AWFUL → I can work with this…
GAUNT → …maybe not
SCUBA → They couldn’t possibly…
SQUAD → …they did!

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Wordle 296 4/6

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RAISE
SOAPY
SUMAC
SQUAD

And once again happy to get a four. So glad I gave up on Sxx and decided to throw in the U.

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This one took me five. Was happy to get that.

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Wordle 296 4/6

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CLAMS
PASTE
SUGAR
SQUAD

After one I thought I was in for an _ASTE (CHPTW) trap, but figured lots of other words might also fit, and worst case scenario would be four guesses for a 5. After that failed it took a while to see SUGAR, which I was sure was right.

After three I was at a loss: the answer fit either S_UA_ or S__AU, and I didn’t see anything for either. For whatever reason, I just could not see Q as a consonant that pairs with S. (sh, sn, sw, occasionally sv…sq?!)

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Wordle 296 5/6*

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CASTE
SHANK
SPLAY
SQUAW
SQUAD

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Wordle 296 6/6*

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Whew!
The 5th I should’ve known better, but the 6th was a coin toss.

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YAY !! Splendid !
Wordle 296 2/6*

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BEARD
SQUAD

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Also a great band name.

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Wordle 296 6/6

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ROAST
SNAIL
SMACK
SAGGY
SHEAF
SQUAD

Two silly mistakes in using the A in the 3rd spot for my second and third guesses. And by the time I got to my fifth guess I was struggling…just wasn’t seeing it. I think my brain was on vacation…where ever it was I hope it was having a good time. I am happy I didn’t fail though.

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Wordle 296 4/6

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TRACE
NAILS
ASSAY
SQUAD
When I was done I checked to see possible words after my first two picks. There are only two words that it could be. And all I had was two letters and places they couldn’t be. One word has two double letters and the other is a Q word. I found ASSAY after a long time of thinking. I didn’t want to do that word, but at least it gave me the position of the A and S,