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

The Game Room
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I thought I’d have it in two because of a very lucky random starting word. But, instead I made an annoying mistake. Still, nice to get a 3.

Wordle 297 3/6*

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MYLAR
RELAY
ROYAL

I didn’t notice that I was repeating a letter in the wrong place.

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Wordle 297 3/6

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ARISE
HARPY
ROYAL

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Wordle 297 4/6*

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Trade
Sonar
Coral
Royal

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Wordle 297 4/6*

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BEARD
RANCH
RIVAL
ROYAL

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Wordle 297 3/6

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TRACE
MORAL
ROYAL

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Wordle 297 5/6*

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BRAIN
SCARE
REALM
RURAL
ROYAL

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Wordle 297 5/6*

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That was close! Funnily enough, I almost used RELAX as my starter word because I was listening to a web station called ‘Relaxing Classical Music’ this morning, but I decided to go with something I’d heard earlier on the radio. It would have been a much, much better start.

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Oof, should’ve started with more coffee.

Wordle 297 5/6*

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IRATE
VAPOR
FLORA
CORAL
ROYAL

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No drama today.

Wordle 297 3/6

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CAMEO
ROAST
ROYAL

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Wordle 297 4/6* 4/12/2022

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SQUAD → Time for T & R, & another vowel
GREAT → Try R at the end, another vowel…
POLAR → LORA? could be LORAX or LORAN, but NYT doesn’t want to get sued. RO?AL…
ROYAL

Could have also been MORAL or CORAL, so I got a bit lucky at the end

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Wordle 297 4/6

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STARE
RADIO
ROMAN
ROYAL

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Wordle 297 4/6

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Felt like I shoulda got it earlier.

HEART
ARMOR
RADIO
ROYAL

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Tomorrow’s. Started out bad, ended okay.

Wordle 298 3/6

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Wordle 297 4/6

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OUTER
GROWN
ROACH
ROYAL

I felt safe in guessing that the ‘winning words’ list doesn’t contain anything as sordid as “roach,” but I just wanted to get on with it, anyway (and get some letters either confirmed or ruled out).

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Is the game trying to tell me something?

Wordle 298 3/6

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Wordle 298

STEAK → Good start
HOUND → Figure out what the vowel(s) could be
CHUNK → Only possibility left

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Wordle 298 4/6

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CLOMP
CRATE
CHUCK
CHUNK

Got me good today. I was all convinced it was a toss-up between chuck and chick, having already eliminated check. Neither! Never saw chunk until forced to.

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Wordle 298 5/6

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RATIO
DUNES
CHUMP
CHUCK
CHUNK

I completely messed up this one. Somehow I just didn’t see the N. It should have been a 3.

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Yay, its been a hot minute since I’ve seen a ‘three.’ I think the answer was the only possibility left unless I’m missing something obscure.

Wordle 298 3/6

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PERCH
CHAIN
CHUNK

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Wordle 298 3/6*

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VOICE
SCRAM
CHUNK

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Wordle 298 4/6

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AIERY
LOTUS
MUNCH
CHUNK