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

Wordle 316 5/6

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CRUEL
ROAST
DOWRY
HONOR
FORGO

Wordle 316 4/6*

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Yearn
Torch
Forum
Forgo

Oh snap broke my streak of threes.

Tomorrow’s is one of those ones I’m afraid.

Wordle 317 6/6

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Wordle 316 5/6

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Me vs. wordlebod. My word is first,
CRANE/CRANE - start the same
TIROS/SHOUT - I find out where the R was from the first word. It ignored the yellow R and did five new letters. It eliminated H and U,
LOBBY/LOBBY - It complained about my word, even though we used the same word. It suggested a word without the R.
But, I was left with three words. One with an H and one with a U. It had eliminated those with the second word.
MORPH/FORGO - I tried the H word.
FORGO - my previous pick eliminated the U word, leaving this one

Oops my bad. My thanks to whoever fixed it.

Wordle 316 5/6

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NOISE
TOUCH
BOARD
ROOMY
FORGO

I was getting genuinely worried here. Glad I found the second O at four, but even after running through every possible combination of every unused letter, I still wasn’t confident typing out FORGO. Didn’t care for this one.

I understand time zones and all, and I know you didn’t spoiler the actual word, so I’m not mad.

But may I ask those who are a day ahead to spoiler-blur any and all comments about what might be in store for us tomorrow so we can go in completely fresh?

Or am I being too snowflakey here?

Wordle 316 4/6

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HEART
PRISM
FLOOR
FORGO

What an unpleasant puzzle today.

Wordle 316 4/6*

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IRATE
SCOUR
WORRY
FORGO

I’m just glad I thought of FORGO before PORNO.

Back to my more regular 4 guesses.

Wordle 316 4/6*

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TRASH
RULER
MICRO
FORGO

Wordle 316 5/6* May Day 2022

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LARVA → Well, that’s something. I’ll have to build from the middle out
SURGE → Low on vowels. Gotta be one after that RG digraph, but not an E…
CORGI → Nor an I. Getting a little worried with # of consonants still in play
PORGY → OK, no Gershwin. Two Os, though. ?ORGO, run through remaining consonants…
FORGO

I’m sure Wordlebot would taunt me mercilessly for my 3rd and 4th guesses. Also: all greens!

I believe it’s a play on “allergy” = “a lurgy”

Wordle 316 5/6*

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BEARD
GROUT
CORGI
PORGY
FORGO

After my 3rd guess, i was desperate !

Yet another “I was sure the word wasn’t spelled that way”. After some letter elimination turns and a lucky guess on the first letter, I finally got it just under the wire:

Wordle 316 6/6

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STARE
ROUND
HOLLY
MORON
FOLIO
FORGO

I don’t think you are, or at least, then I am, too. I’d prefer no unspoilered comments or hints about the answer.

I think commenting on your own play without spoiler tags is OK, like saying you messed up, or got lucky, or Wordlebot was impressed, or whatever. But comments on the puzzle should be obscured in my opinion.

I don’t mind spoilering comments. I don’t think my comment added anything that wasn’t obvious from the picture though.

Booyah! The progress on tomorrow’s one worked out well for me.

Wordle 317 3/6

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Wordle 316 3/6

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AROSE
DONOR
FORGO

I’m another who looked up the difference between ‘forgo’ and ‘forego,’ having been a bit shaky on the topic.

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today

Any and all comments, sure thing. What about the puzzle itself, that’s a spoiler, isn’t it?

Wordle 317 4/6

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Wordle 317

PLEAD
CHOIR
STORK
STORY

Wordle 317 4/6

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CLOMP
STORE
STORK
STORY

I knew it was more likely to be story, but I saw stork first so I went with that. Fortunately my opener eliminated storm and actually checked store, so there were only two choices anyway.

Wordle 317 6/6

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RATIO
TORCH
FRONT
STORK
STORM
STORY

Totally messed this one up. After guess three I went through the alphabet to make sure that I was considering all options. Not only did I get lazy and give up at W totally missing the actual word, but I also missed the fact that I hadn’t used an E yet and it could have been store. It came down to a 50/50 guess on the last word which I consider an unforced error.