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

Tomorrow’s is one of those “I couldn’t think of anything else that could fit” answers.

Wordle 325 3/6

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:white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
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Wordle 324 4/6

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IRATE
BILGE
SEIZE
SHINE

No drama, other than that of being aware the word had been switched.

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today

Wordle 325 4/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Wordle 325

STARE
FIELD
HONEY
GECKO

Wordle 325 4/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

CRAPS
TONIC
BLOCK
GECKO

Greenless until I saw it.

Wordle 325 3/6

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RATIO
NOSED
GECKO

No way should this be a three. Note how I ignored the O placement on guess two. Anyway, I’ll take it.

Wow, that is unfortunate. Good on them tho’.

Wordle 325 4/6*

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SPOIL
OTHER
DEMON
GECKO

Wordle 325 4/6

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SNORT
MEDIC
GECKO
CELLO

Now I need to read what all the to-do was about the NYT changing yesterday’s Wordle.

Wordle 325 3/6*

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

BEARD
FELON
GECKO

Impressive !

Wordle 325 4/6*

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This one was hard for me to come up with.

INERT
ABODE
MOLES
GECKO

Wordlebot tells me the solution was the only word left after 3. It took a long time for me to see it.

Wordle 325 3/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

HEART
LEMON
GECKO

Got it quicker than I should have. Some win streaks are going to fall today.

Wordle 325 4/6

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:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

SHINE
TREAD
YOKEL
GECKO

Yesterday’s snafu may have thrown me off my game a little, but I thought this was a tough one. Long pauses before three and four. Glad to have gotten this in four.
At least I know I’m back on track with everyone else.

I only had one valid guess left at four (as I was informed by wordlebot) but I burned a guess while vamping trying to find the word.

Wordle 325 5/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

GRAND
GHOST
GOUGE
GIZMO
GECKO

Great, now SCOTUS is even interfering with my wordle! The word that was removed was fetus.

GIZMO is not considered a “valid guess”???

Wordle 325 5/6* 3/10/2022

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SHINE → An inauspicious start
TIRED → And not much from the second guess either. Things look…
BLEAK → What is this word? Try for a CK digraph, and only two places left for the E…
PECKY → which doesn’t seem like a word, but leaves me with very little left
GECKO

On a little reflection, I could have thought a bit longer and come up with it in 4. But I was pretty happy with that 5, so I’ll take it.

It also reminds me I have to call my auto insurance company today. Wordle as a DayPlanner?

I know it wasn’t the answer because it didn’t contain an ‘E’. Wordlebot informed me that it is in the valid guess list but not the answer list.

Wordle 325 5/6*

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CAIRN
POUCH
SCOFF
DECOY
GECKO

Ugh. Never get a big head with Wordle.

Wordle 325 5/6*

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

IRATE
FLESH
EBONY
CODED
GECKO

According to WordleBot, I eliminated every other possible answer before I finally got the right one. Figures.

Wordle 325 5/6*

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Yacht, ficus, emcee, bocce, gecko

For pity’s sake!