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

Wordle 339 4/6

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CRANE
TAILS
LUMPY
ALBUM

Wordle 339 4/6*

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BEARD
CABIN
ABBOT
ALBUM

Yay, I beat wordlebot, but the bot was careful to tell me how much luck was involved.

Wordle 339 3/6

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BRINE
PLUMB
ALBUM

Wordle 339 4/6*

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TRAIN
VOCAL
BAULK
ALBUM

Wordle 339 4/6

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Tough nut today. Seems like U’s make it more so.
HEART
LOINS
UVULA
ALBUM

Wordle 339 3/6

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UNITE
POUCH
ALBUM

A combination of luck and reasoning. Like EllisDee, I tend to not think of Q words, which worked in my favor here. But other than that, and assuming an A, I don’t think there was much left.

Wordle 339 3/6*

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IRATE
WOMAN
ALBUM

I had to wrench for awhile on this one and got lucky with my third guess looking to eliminate letters. I’ll takes it, I will!

“Jagged Little Pill”?

Tomorrow’s. Was almost going to get it in four, but I second guessed myself.

Wordle 340 5/6

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Wordle 339 5/6* 3/24/2022

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HINGE → Cringe. On the other hand, it’s like I get to make my own choice of a start word…
ROAST → Nothing to boast about. No consonants but I need to check U…
CAULK → Need to clear my mind. Perhaps a short walk?
AWFUL → I see it now, no need to waffle.
ALBUM

Oh, and Wheelz wins today’s “make a thematic reference to someone’s winning Wordle sequence” contest. (I think it’s late enough around the world that we don’t need to cover the spoiler - I should note that Aspenglow was gracious enough to cover one of mine earlier this week!)

Wordle 339 4/6

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PASTE
ROACH
FINAL
ALBUM

Wordle 339 4/6

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AROSE
ADULT
AWFUL
ALBUM

A couple of dozen potential ‘start with A and don’t contain the prohibited letters’ words came to mind immediately; ADULT narrowed it down enough for a 4.

LOL, well done, you.

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
I think this wasn’t too hard, but I had to hammer out the possibilities.

Wordle 340 5/6

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Wordle 340

GLYPH
TRASH
BENCH
COUCH
VOUCH

Wordle 340 3/6

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CLAPS
TORCH
VOUCH

Back in form after yesterday’s 5. Took a minute to see it, but as far as I can tell, there was only one possible answer after 2.

Wordle 340 4/6*

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Upset, wagyu, cloud, vouch

Wordle 340 5/6

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RATIO
SHONE
POUCH
COUCH
VOUCH

A mini trap that cost me some guesses.

Wordle 340 6/6*

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FRAME
PIOUS
BOUND
TOUCH
COUCH
VOUCH

My third ever six. I could only think of two words that fit after 4 but still a bit nervous in case I had missed one.

Wordle 340 5/6*

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MINCE
WATCH
POUCH
COUCH
VOUCH

All green. Not that hard. Just lots of possibilities.

So close to a 3.

Wordle 340 4/6

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ASIDE
COURT
POUCH
VOUCH