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

My first play after getting x/6 I was feeling a little reckless what have I got to lose!

Wordle 301 3/6

:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

CHARM
CHOKE
CHEEK

Huh. just “great” today.

Wordle 301 5/6*

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

BEARD
QUITE
WOKEN
SLEEK
CHEEK

I’m just great, too.

Wordle 301 5/6*

:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::black_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

IRATE
FLESH
CHEWY
CHECK
CHEEK

Another ‘just great’:
Wordle 301 5/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

TRAIN
CLOUD
CHEWY
CHECK
CHEEK

Another variant: “Redactle,” which blanks out all the key words in a randomly selected article from Wikipedia’s top 10,000. Unlimited guesses fill in the blanks one word at a time as you guess them, and you win when you’ve guessed the title. Today’s looks like this:

█████████ ████

A █████████ ████ (████████ ████████ to as a █████████) is an ████████ ████ ████ █████ and █████ ████ by ████████ it to ███████████████ █████████ in the █████████ █████████ █████. ████ ███████ █████ █████████ in the ████ to ██████ and ███████ ███████ ██████ in a ███████ █████ as ██████████ ███████. █████████ █████ ████ █████ ███████ and ███████████ because ██████████ is ██████ ███████ in the █████ of a ███████████, ████ █████ ███████ ████ ████.

Brain fart today.
Wordle 301 5/6

:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

HEART
CHEWY
CHEFS
CHECK
CHEEK

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
This one was surprisingly hard.

Wordle 302 X/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Wordle 302

YOUTH
LASER
IDEAL
CABLE
ANGLE
APPLE → I went for the more common word, alas

Wordle 302 3/6

:black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::black_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

CLASP
APPLE
AMPLE

After the first word I only saw apple, apply, and (for research only) possibly paler. Since I couldn’t see anything else I went for the win on 2.

I so couldn’t see ‘ample’ that once I had four greens, I had to mentally try every letter in that spot, but still didn’t see. Second pass uncovered it.

Would have been an excellent day to open with clamp. (Assuming I didn’t pull a knucklehead move and follow that up with ‘lamps.’)

Wordle 302 3/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RAISE
CHAFE
AMPLE
Not as hard as I expected. I kept wanting to guess algae so I told myself to just try something with an L. Once I was pretty sure it started with A there weren’t a lot of options.

Wordle 302 4/6*

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

GUIDE
PLATE
MAPLE
AMPLE

Wordle 302 5/6

:green_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

AIERY
LOTUS
MUNCH
PUDGE
AMPLE

Wordle 302 5/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

TRANS
LOUIE
FLAME
MAPLE
AMPLE

I realized after typing in FLAME that it couldn’t be right because I knew A wasn’t in the middle, but getting the P lead me to the correct answer (or at least an anagram of it.)

Your last three words are the same as main.

Wordle 302 5/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

TRACE
AMUSE
AMINE
AMBLE
AMPLE

This one did me in a bit…struggled for a while with the third word - I was so focused on putting a vowel after the M that I didn’t even consider the B or P. I’ll take a “great” on this one.

Risky business today

Wordle 302 5/6*

:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::green_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::black_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Float
Rally
Scalp
Apple
Ample

Wordle 302 3/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

HEART
MAPLE
AMPLE

Not so good today, but I made it.

Wordle 302 6/6*

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

TRACE
ALGAE
AISLE
ANKLE
AMBLE
AMPLE

Wordle 302 3/6

:blue_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::blue_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

LOUSE
ALIVE
AMPLE

Really happy with this three. I immediately thought of APPLE, but then AMBLE popped into my head. Then I realized there’s a word that would help me in either of those cases, so I went for that.
This is what (sometimes) happens when I do Wordle after my morning coffee!

Wordle 302 6/6* Easter 2022

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

CHEEK → No repeated E, at least.
STARE → Slow start
MANGEReally slow start
AMUSE → This is feeling like a trap. Could I have two As?
AMAZE → No. Oh, boy. I can think of one possibility…
AMPLE

Phew is right. AMBLE completely failed to cross my mind. This has been one tough Wordle weekend for me.