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

Wordle 374 5/6

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EARTH
LIONS
GLORY
PROWL
DROLL

Wordle 374 4/6

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TRANS
LOUIE
PROLE
DROLL

This one took me a good 7-8 minutes of thinking after my third guess.

Wordle 374 4/6*

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GUIDE
DROWN
DROOP
DROLL

After 2 I could only come up with 3 likely candidates and the all had a double letter. I guess a 4 is fair

Wordle 374 3/6

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CRANE
TOILS - I have the R and L in the right spot. O is probably the middle. There may be only one word.
DROLL

Wordle 374 4/6*

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Horse
Orlop
Troll
Droll

Wordle 374 4/6

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HEART
PRIOR
CROWD
DROLL

Wordle 374 6/6*

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BEARD
DROWN
DROPS
DROOL
DROOL ← WTF !! why could wordle not tell me i’d just used that word. BASTARD !
DROLL

Stupid boy.

Wordle and me, we got a thing going on today.

Wordle 374 3/6*

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IRATE
GROUP
DROLL

I don’t usually go with double letters this early, but after my first two guesses, there wasn’t much (anything?) left that made any actual word. Lucky again.

Wordle 374 5/6

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UNITE
ROACH
GROWL
DROOL
DROLL

Thought I was done when the D in DROOL turned over. I don’t feel bad about this five though. Tough word, and it looks like it’s giving folks some trouble today.

Wordle 374 5/6*

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DREAM
DRIFT
DROOP
DROWN
DROLL

I found tomorrow’s to be very difficult.

Wordle 375 6/6

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It looks like a pit of despair, fore warned is fair warning.

Wordle 374 3/6

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SLANT
LIMBO
DROLL

Thinking through consonant-combos that could precede an “o,” I got lucky.

Wordle isn’t letting me play today’s game (#374). I pulled up the site and yesterday’s game came up all filled in. It must be due to playing last night right before midnight and not finishing until a little past that, so it thinks I’ve already played today. :roll_eyes:

I played in Europe, came home the same date, and got a fresh Wordle of the same word on the same device.

Wordle 374 5/6

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SHARE
MINOR
PROUD
DROOL
DROLL

I don’t even know that word.

I played on a different browser, so at least I got to play today. I saw that my stats refreshed too on my usual browser…stupid Wordle!

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Point and laugh, Wordle. Point and laugh.

Wordle 375 5/6

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Wordle 375

SYNCH
LEAFY
TODAY
MURKY
GAWKY

Wordle 375 5/6

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RATIO
DANCE
PALSY
GAUZY
GAWKY

I was sure that I wasn’t going to get this one.

Wordle 375 5/6

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CREPT
SALON
GABBY
GAUDY
GAWKY

In a bit of a slump again, or perhaps this is just a single extended slump. I had a feeling it ended in Y but I didn’t love guessing gabby; I only did because that was the first word I saw. Felt really good about gaudy, and just like yesterday it would have been a very satisfying 4 if that were the answer, but again a frustrating 5.

I consider no-yellow boards a sign of elevated difficulty, and this is now two people in a row with no yellows.

Wordle 375 4/6*

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FLUTE
AVOID
GRAPH
GAWKY