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

Add one more to the list:
Wordle 317 4/6

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ROAST
STROP
STORK
STORY

Maybe there are invisible photos of storks on every page of Discourse, due to some odd obsession of the creators, that influenced us all…???

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today

Wordle 318 4/6

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Wordle 318

ROACH
SHEAR
HYDRA → Hail!
HAIRY

Wordle 318 4/6

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RATIO
FAIRY
DAIRY
HAIRY

Wordle 318 5/6

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CRIMP
TRIES
BLIND
FAIRY
HAIRY

Well this didn’t go well. I reused the yellow R in the same spot for my second guess, then forgot to use R at all for my third. To add insult to injury, I finish it off by guessing wrong with a 50-50 shot. Just bad all around.

I was having a hell of a time thinking of any words with I in the third position and an R anywhere except the second position. (briar, bring, grief, grill, grind, etc…)

Then again, long day, fell asleep early, happened to wake up around midnight… Probably shouldn’t have played until morning.

Wordle 318 4/6*

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STALE
AVOID
RAINY
HAIRY

Felt pretty safe after 3 and luckily picked right option first time for a par.

Wordle 318 5/6*

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DEALT
ANGRY
MARRY
FAIRY
HAIRY

Wordle 318 3/6

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PLAIN
ARISE
HAIRY

Wordle 318 3/6

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CRANE
PARTY
HAIRY

Reduced this one to three choices by third guess. Got it in four.

Wordle 318 4/6*

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One of those days…

AIERY
FAIRY
DAIRY
HAIRY

Wordle 318 4/6*

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BEARD
ACORN
FAIRY
HAIRY

Back to back deuces!

Wordle 318 2/6

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HEART
HAIRY

Wordle 318 5/6

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ALIVE
SAINT
FAIRY
DAIRY
HAIRY

Ugh. I was going a bit too fast and was kicking myself for not thinking of DAIRY before FAIRY. When DAIRY wasn’t right I was genuinely surprised. So much so that I went through every remaining letter - twice - to make damn sure HAIRY was the only option left.
Still, had I slowed down and considered all the possibilities, the correct one probably would have been my last choice anyway. Some days are just like that.

Wordle 318 2/6* 5/3/2022

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STORY → Is this a trap? Need some vowels…
HAIRY

Could have been a trap but I got really lucky. Was thinking PARRY for a while but didn’t want to double up on the R so early. Also, starting from yesterday’s was a really good start.

Coulda had it in two, because the correct word came to mind first. But no-oooo, I had to second-guess myself, as usual!

Wordle 318 3/6*

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IRATE
FAIRY
HAIRY

Thank goodness DAIRY didn’t come to mind – I’d have picked that one in a heartbeat.

If I had read my answers like a story it would’ve come to me much sooner.

Wordle 318 4/6*

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Bleat
Chain
Apish
Hairy

Wordle 318 5/6*

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BEARD
APART
FLORA
CAIRN
HAIRY

Some of you may get tomorrow’s in one. I know I could’ve.

Wordle 319 2/6

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Yeah it’s a regular starting word for me. I got it in two though.

Wordle 318 5/6

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IRATE
RABID
CAIRN
FAIRY
HAIRY

Interesting that nearly all of us assumed that FAIRY (or DAIRY if F had been eliminated) was more likely for the Wordle creator to have okayed, than HAIRY.