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

A lucky second guess. I was just testing letters and there it was!

Wordle 351 2/6*

:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square::yellow_square:
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IRATE
DEPTH

It was the only word I could think of that ended in ‘TH’ and had an ‘E’ in it.

Wordle 351 3/6*

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BEARD
DEPOT
DEPTH

Tomorrow’s took longer for me than it should’ve.

Wordle 352 5/6

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Wordle 351 4/6

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

AROSE
THEFT
ETHIC
DEPTH

This one was painful. I stared at “_ E _ T H” for a long time, trying various letters, and “depth” just didn’t occur to me for ages.

Flipped you the bird too!

Wordle 351 3/6

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:green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SAINT
DOTER
DEPTH

Sort of off-topic…does anyone play Redactle? I’ve been having fun with that one. There is a thread here where a few are posting their results, but it’s in the Semantle thread.

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today

Wordle 352 4/6

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Wordle 352

BUNCH
AISLE → Four vowels tested and none of them have come up.
GLORY → Let’s try the other two.
GLOOM → The only possibility left.

Wordle 351 3/6*

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

MEANT
PULLY
DEPTH

Wordle 352 5/6

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CLIPS
ALTER
FLOWN
BLOOD
GLOOM

Been doing poorly lately; might be up to a week since I’ve gotten a 3. And again a letter I commonly check (this time M) but I did not check comes back to bite me. That’s two in a row.

Wordle 352 4/6

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RATIO
SHONE
CLOUD
GLOOM

Wordle 352 4/6*

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:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

BIPED
VOUCH
MANOR
GLOOM

Has anyone ever gotten the word on the first try? Getting it second made my day the one time it happened.

Wordle 352 4/6

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CRANE
TOILS
FLOOD
GLOOM - I checked after I finished and BLOOM was also valid. I picked the right one.

Got a little nervous for a minute.

Wordle 352 5/6

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HEART
LOINS
CLOUD
BLOOM
GLOOM

With my new starting words, this one took 6 guesses.

Wordle 352 6/6

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:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square::yellow_square:
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EARTH LIONS DUMPY WHACK BEFOG

With my new starting words, after five guesses the only remaining unused letters are Z V X J Q.

Wordle 352 4/6*

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Not the best starting word, I guess.

THANE
CRUMB
IMPLY
GLOOM

Wordle 352 3/6*

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Radio, spoon , gloom

Wordle 352 4/6

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

ANISE
TOUCH
BROOD
GLOOM

There’s a lot to be said for black squares! I got a little worried when all I had was “OO” after three. But I’d eliminated enough consonants that the answer fell right into place.

Wordle 352 4/6

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their

flour

sloop what the heck was I doing here

gloom

Yes I once got a ‘done in One’ with my usual start word -(todays start word) I even have 4 2s Don’t remember what those were.