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

The Game Room
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Wordle 373 5/6

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CLANS
TROPE
OTHER
METRO
RETRO

This would have been a way more satisfying progression if the answer were metro. Starting with all black and then four yellows, I felt good about ‘other’ for the win. When that came back with another four yellows it got interesting. Finally seeing metro I thought ‘Now this was a good wordle.’

Having to burn another guess after metro felt like I just had a solid drive and approach but then 3-putted the green where the second putt was three feet away and I yoinked it.

(I don’t play real golf, but I do enjoy it as a video game.)

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Wordle 373 4/6*

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SPICE
ENTRY
METRO
RETRO

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Forgot to post this early, so now it’s late.

Wordle 373 4/6

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Wordle 373 3/6*

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Surprised me with 3.

Hinge
Perch
Retro

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I compared a list of words with date from the internet vs. actual used words. (I only looked at words in the past). Apparently there were two times that they skipped over a word because the word of the previous day was similar. Three of the letters were in the same place.

Wordle 373 3/6

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CRANE
OILER
RETRO

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I almost hate it more when I get one or two letters in the right spot. All other words flee.

Wordle 373 5/6*

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FEIGN
BEARD
SEERS
MERRY
RETRO

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Wordle 373 4/6*

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BEARD
PETRI ← Wasn’t sure this would be allowed !
METRE
RETRO

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Wordle 373 4/6*

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IRATE
OVERT
METRO
RETRO

Really annoying, Wordle.

At least it didn’t let me waste attempts on HETRO or PETRO. I tried them both first but got shaky letters.

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I thought I might lose this one stumped after 5 guesses, but I pulled it out.

Wordle 373 6/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
VOTER
WHACK
RETRO

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Wordle 373 4/6

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Should have gotten it sooner
HEART
PETRI
METRE
RETRO

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Sometimes hanging on by your fingertips for the win is more satisfying than getting it in 2, statistics notwithstanding.

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#373 4/6

Another prefix elevated into a word. This is getting to be a habit.

SLANT
CHORE
METRO
RETRO

After the first two tries, I thought I had it narrowed down to METRO and UTERO. Glad I tried METRO first, otherwise I’d have had a 5.

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:partying_face:

Wordle 373 2/6

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LEMON
RETRO

Got very lucky with that O. Knew it couldn’t start OE and was unlikely to have EO in the middle so that meant it had to end in O and RETRO was all I could come up with.

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Wordle 373 4/6

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ALIVE
OUTER
METRO
RETRO

Yep. I guess METRO is too, though I would have been much happier with that three.

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For tomorrow’s I was spoilt for choice.

Wordle 374 4/6

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Wordle 373 3/6

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ROAST
RECTO
RETRO

Count me as another non-fan of the “prefix now considered a word” phenomenon. (“RECTO” is a REAL word, dammit…why couldn’t that have been the winner??)

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
I bet you think that’s funny, don’t you, Wordle?

Wordle 374 X/6

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Wordle 374

SYLPH
LANCE
FLOUR
BROIL
GROWL
TROLL

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Wordle 374 5/6

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CRITS
PRONE
BROOM
GRODY
DROLL

I almost always check both R and L in my first two words – never both in the same word – but when either shows green on the first word I sometimes forget about the other. This was one of those times.

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Wordle 374 6/6

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RAISE
TUMOR
GLORY
PROWL
DROOL
DROLL

OK, I probably should have had it in five. Not easy though. I usually check d and l earlier.

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Wordle 373 4/6

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CHASE
PERKY
REFER
RETRO

I almost didn’t make it in time…started playing at 11:55pm, so I was hurrying to get my words down - I didn’t know if you had to finish before midnight or not. Good to know you don’t. And getting it in four ain’t bad, considering I was rushing.