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

Took me four, exactly the average.

But WordleBot said I have mad skillz. Numerically.

Great. One more judgey character in my life! :wink:

You have to have a NYTimes subscription to use wordlebot, don’t you? I have a puzzles subscription but not a full site sub but I can’t seem to use it.

Seriously. You made me laugh. Good think I wasn’t drinking milk.

Not sure. Bot was not obviously connected to Wordle. You need to go to the WordleBot site and it automatically pulls and gets all judgey about your latest Wordle. (Site linked above.)

I just switched to a new tablet and I see my stats have vanished. Looks like they’re tied to the specific device you were using.

Tomorrow’s one came down to the wire, and I only got it because of the letters that were left over.

Wordle 306 6/6

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How do you get tomorrow’s Wordle early?

Time zones. I’m in Australia. It changes when the International Date Line (middle of the Pacific Ocean) hits midnight.

Wordle 305 4/6

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ROAST
BROAD
MANOR
CARGO

For another ‘different people having same guesses’ coincidence today, Wheelz’ 2-through-5 are identical to my 1-through-4.

I’m givin’ it up: 100 puzzles / 100 successful solutions / 375 total guesses (which I rate as okay, but not great). My luckiest moments were definitely the two times it took me 6 guesses - in both these cases multiple single letters remained that would have made a valid solution.

Why quit? I wasn’t happy when the NY Times took over: I feel their reporting in the Duke Lacrosse case was deeply unethical, and thus that it’s wrong to support this newspaper even to the extent of playing their word game.

That is all - continue with daily discussion.

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
After some recent X/6 debacles, I was afraid that I was getting rusty. I’m glad that’s not the case.

Wordle 306 3/6

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Wordle 306

HOIST
OLIVE
OXIDE

I solved a quordle and an octourdle today but could not get the official Wordle even though I had ALL FIVE letters, wheat-flour-argon_grace Then I could not come up with another word.

I got this one in three. Only one guess left after two. You won’t be impressed. But WordleBot judged me maximal skillz.

Wordle 306 5/6

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CREPT
SLIME
ABIDE
GUIDE
OXIDE

It’s a trap! (But only if you didn’t check O.)

Wordle 306 4/6

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RATIO
SCION
DOILY
OXIDE

Happy with a four.

Wordle 306 3/6*

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POISE
OLIVE
OXIDE

Wordle 306 5/6

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HEART
SPEND
MODEL
DIODE
OXIDE

Close one.

Wordle 306 6/6*

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AIERY
TEPID
CHIDE
GUIDE
SLIDE
OXIDE

Wordle 306 4/6

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LAUGH
SNORT
MEDIC
OXIDE

Only the second time ever since 12/24/2021, that

X was used in a Wordle:

PROXY — Wordle 213 on 1/18/2022
OXIDE — Wordle 306 on 4/21/2022

According to my notes, anyway.