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

The Game Room
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Wordle 321 4/6

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CREST
MAPLE
VAGUE
BADGE

This was a fun one. I thought vague was the only possibility after two, and then when that didn’t work I noticed it could have also been gauge or gauze.

Took a long time to see badge. Kudos to those who checked B or D or both early. I never would, and I am definitely not looking forward to the day when the answer is dodge. (Or ‘kudos’ for that matter.)

This was my 100th game, no losses so far:

1:0
2:9
3:41
4:31
5:12
6:7

3.67 average after 100. I suspect that my middle 50 (26-75) is significantly better than my first and last 25. Mainly because I’m pretty sure all seven of my 6s would be in the latter group. (I had something like four in the past three weeks, and at least one or two the first week I started playing.)

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I’m missing a Wordle in my list. Can someone help? Here’s what I have.

HEIST Wordle 310
SHOWN
ZESTY
TRASH
LARVA Wordle 315

What’s the missing Wordle? TIA.

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Wordle 321 4/6

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SNORT
MEDIC
LAUGH
BADGE

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Wordle 321 3/6

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HEART
ABOVE
BADGE

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Wordle 321 6/6*

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Phew! I wandered so far I almost got lost!

scale azure vitae gaffe mange badge

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Wordle 321 5/6*

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REACH
STEAK
APPLE
MANGE
BADGE

For some reason I just had trouble seeing words for this one.

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Wordle 321 4/6* 3/6/2022

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HOMER → Not a lot to go on
STEAD → That’s a bit better… but no ED ending? Hmm…
DANCE → Can’t think of a word ?A?DE… So ?AD?E. LADLE would be risky… maybe
BADGE

I probably should have gone with STEAL for my second guess, which in retrospect would have made this a lot more difficult. Though it would have eliminated LADLE…

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Wordle 321 4/6*

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IRATE
LAPSE
GAUZE
BADGE

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Wordle 321 3/6

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PIANO
BREAD
BADGE

Got a bit lucky with the B; TREAD would have been a smarter second word. In fact, with just a single misplaced A, there were many, many options for my second word that would have been much less helpful. You never know with this game!

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Wordle 321 5/6

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TRUCE
SHAME
VALVE
GAFFE
BADGE

Tough one for me today…just wasn’t seeing it. But finally, after staring at the keyboard for what felt like an eternity, BAM! there it was. That’s a good feeling, even if it took 5 tries and a lot of staring to get there. :wink:

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#310 was ASKEW, and HEIST was #311, the rest are in correct order and game #'s from there.

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Tomorrow’s took me some effort.

Wordle 322 4/6

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Wordle 321 4/6

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OUTER
BEACH
BLEAK
BADGE

“BAIZE” would have fit what I knew after guess 3, but it seemed a tad obscure for the Wordle list of winners.

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today

Wordle 322 4/6

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Wordle 322

SWEAT
HOIST
FIRST → Only two possibilities that I could see and I chose the more common one.
MIDST

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Wordle 322 5/6

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Found a word with all new letters in my fourth guess again, as is my custom. It feels so rewarding when I am able to do that, plus, this time it was a fun word:
SPANK
GHOST
CRUST
BLIMY
MIDST

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Wordle 322 4/6

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RATIO
THINE
MISTY
MIDST

Happy with a respectable 4.

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Took me six. Sigh. Word didn’t even occur to me until had the last four letters. Shoulda got it in four.

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Wordle 322 4/6

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CLAPS
STORE
MISTY
MIDST

Technically I should have guessed stone instead of store for my second guess, but I spaced. Probably wouldn’t have mattered.

After 2 I could see twist, misty, musty, and then realized that last one is possibly an _USTY (BDGLMR) trap, and I had only eliminated M and R. A couple of those are borderline, though; not 100% they’re in the answer list.

As is common, the actual answer was none of the words I saw. And thankfully no trap. I’ll happily take the safe 4.

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Wordle 322 3/6*

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POISE
FIRST
MIDST

It didn’t feel like a very Wordley word but I struggled to find anything else to go between I and ST

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Wordle 322 3/6

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CRANE
TOILS
MIDST