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

Wordle 340 4/6

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CRANE
LOTIC
POUCH
VOUCH

Wordle 340 4/6

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STERN
CLOUD
POUCH
VOUCH

Wordle 340 6/6

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NOISE
ROACH
POUCH
COUCH
TOUCH
VOUCH

Ugh. A total brain fart day. I was surprised when I didn’t have it in four. Was looking for rhymes of POUCH and COUCH, so TOUCH didn’t register for a while. Then I was shocked that it wasn’t TOUCH. “There’s nothing left!!” For some reason the V became completely invisible to me, and I didn’t see VOUCH until my third trip through the remaining letters.
Ah well, the streak is intact and tomorrow is another day.

Wordle 340 5/6* 3/25/2022

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ALBUM → I did not expect to hit on the U of all letters here
ERUPT → Also thought about PRUNE here. Would have changed the next guess too…
WOUND → No consonants yet? Should have done HOUND, which would have gotten me another yellow
COUGH → So it’s a trap word, but I’ve already used P & T and the C doesn’t start so
VOUCH

I wonder how many Wordles I solve where I test neither the I nor the S.

WB gets personal!
WAGYU? impressive vocabulary!”

They go on to say and this cracks me up…

“I’ll be honest, I had to look that one up.”

NTL there was till a better choice. LOL!

Another 4.

Wordle 340 4/6*

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IRATE
CLOUD
POUCH
VOUCH

I got my second COVID booster yesterday. I felt lucky to get Wordle done today at all.

Seems like a day that a silly puzzle game is not the best way to occupy my mind, but anyway, here’s tomorrow’s.

Wordle 341 5/6

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Wordle 340 3/6*

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SAVOR
VIDEO
VOUCH

Wordle 340 4/6

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ROAST
BOUND
POUCH
VOUCH

T was prohibited by the first guess; at step three I hesitated between V and P and thought the P more likely (oops). At step 4 I took a chance that V was more likely than a repeated C, and that one paid off.

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today

Wordle 341 4/6

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Wordle 341

LYMPH
VIDEO
ANGER
ASSET

I was left with ASKEW, ASSES, and ASSET. I knew plurals weren’t allowed and ASKEW was previously an answer, so only one choice remained.

RATIO
DEALT
CHEAT
ASSET

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Wordle 341 4/6

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CROPS
STALE
BEAST
ASSET

Got an ideal first two words but then made a foolish blunder by guessing A in the third position which was known to be wrong. Ah well.

Wordle 340 6/6

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LEASE
MINOR
DOUGH
POUCH
COUCH
VOUCH

Once I saw the mini trap, the order in which I plunked down the words was a crapshoot. So, six it be.

Wordle 341 2/6*

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A very fortuitous two.

SMELT
ASSET

I was thinking of DEALT for my opener, but I’m a bit contrary, so I get annoyed by Wordlebot harping on it being the very bestest first word. I was apparently feeling a bit childish, as SMELT popped into my head. For my second word, I thought it might be the answer, and I figured if it wasn’t, I’d get the placement of the S. I’m very pleased. My previous couple of twos all have had a bit of an asterisk next to them, but this was a straight up two.

Wordlebot is a sore loser, spouting off about how lucky and unskillful I was.

Wordle 341 4/6*

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THEIR
MEANT
ECLAT
ASSET

Took a bit of pondering but, as is often the case, the solution made itself apparent when I plugged in the remaining letters.

Wordle 341 3/6

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CRANE
STEAL - four yellows. Now to play the scramble game
ASSET - According to wordlebot it was the only word left

I learned something. Maybe everyone knows this and I’m the last to know. For Wordlebot it has DEALT as the best first word if you are in hard mode. If you aren’t in hard mode it has CRANE as the best first word.

Wordle 341 3/6

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STERN
LEAST
ASSET

Interesting. And no you’re not the last to know. But I don’t use Wordlebot so maybe you’re the last to know among those who do…? :slight_smile:

Wordle 341 4/6* 5/26/2022

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VOUCH - “Aiiiir ball, Aiiiir ball…”
STARE → Four yellows! What could the last letter (probably consonant) be?
TASED → A?SET, so it was a double…
ASSET

I’m wondering if I could have gotten it in 3, but I think the clean miss for the first guess left me with too little information about placement after the second.