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

Back in the saddle again.

Wordle 306 3/6*

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Wordle 306 3/6*

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BEARD
EXUDE
OXIDE

Lucky !

Wordle 306 4/6

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TRACE
Ignore E for now. Get more information
LIONS
The only words I could think of were OXIDE and MOVIE. I didn’t want to waste an X so early
MOVIE
OXIDE - I picked the wrong word for number 3.
Then I checked the word list and those were the only two possible words. I had a 50/50 chance.

Wordle 306 4/6

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HEART
DICED
INDEX
OXIDE

Very lucky to find the x in try 3

All green fiver here.

Wordle 306 5/6

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BRIDE
GLIDE
ASIDE
CHIDE
OXIDE

Wordle 306 4/6* 4/21/2022

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CARGO → Got a vowel, at least. Try common consonants
STOLE → Another vowel, but no consonants. Are there three vowels?
MOVIE → Yes there are. But no consonants yet. Which means a small list to choose from, and I’m pretty sure the O is the first letter, so
OXIDE

This may be the first time I’ve struck out on consonants until the solution.

Wordle 306 4/6*

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TRACE
SNIDE
GLIDE
OXIDE

Very happy with my 4. Wordlebot says I made really good choices, so that’s fun to know.

This was a hard one.
Wordle 306 5/6*

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BRAIN
CHIDE
GUIDE
SLIDE
OXIDE

Bloody words with multiple possibilities … [grumble grumble grumble]

Wordle 306 3/6

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MOUSE
DRONE
OXIDE

Nice to get a 3 again after the last few days. Just glad I didn’t get caught in the __IDE trap. Once I figured out O was the first letter it fell right into place.

An average splendid performance.

Wordle 306 4/6*

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IRATE
SHINE
OLIVE
OXIDE

Wordle Bot advised after the fact that OXIDE was the only remaining option after OLIVE, which I did discover without help. Wish I’d thought of it first, but I had martinis on my mind.

Tomorrow’s:

Wordle 307 4/6

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I found tomorrow’s really easy, a much needed change from recent ones.

Wordle 307 3/6

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Wordle 306 6/6

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IRATE
CHIDE
GLIDE
SNIDE
ABIDE
OXIDE

Not the smartest of play, today. I actually thought of OXIDE earlier but didn’t try it because it didn’t seem like a “wordle” word. (Only the second use of an X in a winning word–interesting.)

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Had a brain fart, but still got it in three. I think Wordle is telling me to change my diet.

Wordle 307 3/6

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Wordle 307

STEAK
FLOAT
PLANT

Wordle 307 3/6

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RATIO
ENACT
PLANT

I suspect this will be an easy one because it has common letters.

My first two in a while, due to a lucky first guess. That makes me undefeated with 100 in a row, but a (slightly high) average of 3.95 guesses.

Wordle 307 3/6

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CLOMP
PLATE
PLANT

The sting of yesterday’s 5 lingered, where I failed to check O early. I was going to guess plant for guess 2 – PLANT and PRINT are my only two P starters – but again the vowel issues yesterday led me to spend a guess on E.

Still, easy 3 with only one possible answer for the 3. I’ll take it.

Wordle 307 3/6*

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LOUSE
PLAIN
PLANT

Today’s was WAY too easy.

Wordle 307 3/6

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LOUIE
TRANS
PLANT

Hey… transplant! Cool!

Wordle 307 3/6*

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DEALT
SLANT
PLANT