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

The Game Room
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Wordle 313 4/6

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CRANE
TILES
PESTY
ZESTY
I didn’t know if PESTY was one of the words (apparently it isn’t), But, it helped,

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Rats. I should have paid closer attention, I knew there weren’t two Ts.

Wordle 313 X/6*

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HEART
DEITY
JETTY
LEFTY
PETTY
TESTY

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Another tough nut.
Wordle 313 4/6

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HEART
TEPID
MELTS
ZESTY

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Wordle 313 5/6

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SNORT
MEDIC
LAUGH
BYLAW
ZESTY

A tricky one.

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No I don’t use Wordlebot. My guesses were

SNORT (yours here was SNORE)
SPOON
SHOWN

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Wordlebot said I had the unluckiest possible outcome with my starting word with 568 solutions remaining.

Wordle 313 5/6

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LIMBO
GREAT
CHUTE
PETTY
ZESTY

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Wordle 313 4/6*

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BEARD
WENCH
PESTO
ZESTY

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This is the third one in a row where, faced with two choices, I thought “No, I’d better go with the one that uses more common letters” only to have the other one be the actual answer. Need to trust my gut more, I guess.

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Wordle 313 5/6* 4/28/2022

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SHOWN → Well. That’s a start.
TRASH → And a second. Striking out on vowels right now
MISTY → Uh oh - another trap today? At least I’ve narrowed the vowels down to E & U
BUSTY → and it’s not U (it’s me). Not TESTY, and the best word using a remaining consonant must be
ZESTY

I’m kinda happy with a 5 on this one.

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How did you eliminate TESTY?

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That was me this morning, too. Had the correct word and could’ve had it in two, but didn’t trust my gut. That’s no way to celebrate a century!!

Wordle 313 3/6*

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IRATE
MELTS
ZESTY

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Second word, TRASH → if there were two Ts, the second couldn’t be the first letter.

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Wordle 313 6/6

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RELAY
PETTY
DEITY
HEFTY
TESTY
ZESTY

This one did my head in…just wasn’t seeing it and thought I was going to have to take the big X. Thankfully my win streak continues.

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Wordle 313 4/6

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ARISE
SPENT
TESTY
ZESTY

Shoulda had a three. I’ve regretted not repeating a letter before, so - somewhat reluctantly - I went for it here. I even ran through other possibilities for _ESTY first, but somehow the Z escaped my notice. :man_facepalming:

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Tomorrow’s is much easier.

Wordle 314 3/6

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Of course. Thanks.

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Wordle 313 4/6

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TRAIN
STUCK
GHOST
ZESTY

I struggled; took more time than I liked.

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today

Wordle 314 3/6

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Wordle 314

SWINE
DISCO
TRASH

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Been a while since I scored a deuce!

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Wordle 314 6/6

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RATIO
TRADE
TRACK
PLUMB
WASHY
TRASH

Got caught in a trap. I might have had it in four, but I might have also wanted to try TRAMP. TRAWL, TRANS. I went hunting for letters, hoping for the SH. Probably could have been more efficient but at least I got it eventually.