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

The Game Room
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Wordle 353 4/6*

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LENTO
MOLAR
SPOOL
FLOOD

Glad I went with the double O early. Definitely surprised by those repeated middle letters.

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Wordle 353 5/6

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AGILE
LUNCH
STOOL
BLOOM
FLOOD

I must admit that GuanoLad’s minor spoiler had me on the lookout for something unusual, which is why I went to the double O at three. Didn’t help me a whole lot in the end. Gonna take the bogie and move on.

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Wordle 353 5/6*

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Maybe I should find one good opening word and stick to it?

BIRCH
AMOUR
EVOKE
PLOTS
FLOOD

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Wordle 353 4/6*

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BEARD
SOUND
OVOID
FLOOD

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Wordle 353 2/6* 6/7/2022

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GLOOM → floor, blood, flood… can’t see much else. I think I’m guaranteed a 3…
FLOOD

@EllisDee right you are!

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I wasn’t even really commenting on the word, it was more the progression of the guesses.

Anyway, here’s tomorrow’s. I really struggled with this.

Wordle 354 3/6

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Thanks; guess it would have been surprising if it had been a possibility.

Wordle 353 5/6

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SLANT
PLUME
GLORY
BLOCK
FLOOD

Like many I resisted the idea of two “OO” winners in a row. !!!

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Nothing too surprising this time.

Wordle 354 4/6

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Wordle 354

BLUSH
ARGOT
CRAFT
TRAIT

Then you give up on getting 1/6 by pure luck.

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I already did that, though!

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Wordle 353 5/6

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SAINT
JERKY
POOCH
BLOOM
FLOOD

Got a little nervous with this one. I thought there could be a double O after my second word, and thankfully I was right. Looking at the letters I had left to play, I thought, nah…they wouldn’t have Gloom and Bloom back to back would they? You never know, so I went for it, but nope. Only saw one word it could be from there and was at least able to avoid getting it in 6 or…gulp…a fail.

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Wordle 354 4/6

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CLANS
PRATE
DRAFT
TRAIT

This went well but again I just can’t seem to get a 3. Starting to feel like I’ve lost the touch.

Also, no idea what a prate is, I just like the letters. The Google voice thing did properly recognize the word when I spoke it just now. Ha! Looking it up, it describes the write-ups I do for my Wordle solutions. Zing! (It appears to be a synonym of prattle.)

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Wordle 354 4/6*

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2nd guess worked well, shoulda coulda in 3.

Threw, trout, tract, trait

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Wordle 354 4/6

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RATIO
TRAIL
TRAIN
TRAIT

Well that was annoying.

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Wordle 354 3/6*

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TAKEN
TRAIL
TRAIT

I really thought I had it in 2 when all those green squares lowly revealed themselves. Still pleased with a 3.

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Easy one today.

Wordle 354 3/6

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TRANS
TRAIL
TRAIT

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Wordle 354 5/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
WHACK
TRAIT

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Wordle 354 4/6

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CRANE
SLEPT - Putting in possible letters in the missing spots. Found the T
I saw CRAFT, GRAFT and TRAIT (could be others). GRAFT or CRAFT would be better to eliminate the other word. Chose GRAFT
TRAIT

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Wordle 354 5/6

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A stupidly played 5, should have been 3 at most.

HEART
TRACK
TRAIN
TRAIL
TRAIT

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Wordle 354 6/6*

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CAROM
BREAK
PRAYS
DRAFT
GRANT
TRAIT

Phew indeed.

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Wordle 354 4/6

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RADIO
BRAIN
TRAIL
TRAIT

Might have saved a step by choosing a T word for the second guess, which would have been wiser than the B. I seem to recall TRAIN being used already, so if I’d given it more thought I probably would have gone TRAIL, TRAIT. Still, four is fine by me.