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

The Game Room
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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Is this some sort of veiled political commentary?

Wordle 378 4/6

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Wordle 378

BLOAT
CREST
REFIT
EGRET

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Wordle 378 4/6

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RATIO
TRUCE
BERET
EGRET

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Wordle 378 5/6

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CLASP
TENOR
BRUTE
RIVET
EGRET

I’ll take the 5. Words with duplicate vowels are a known weakness in my three-vowel strategy. At least it wasn’t a 6, and in fact egret may have been the only valid answer left after four guesses. Still, yet another 5. Ouch.

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Wordle 377 4/6

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LEAST
TROMP
POUTY
PINTO

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Wordle 378 4/6*

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OCEAN
WEIRD
ERUPT
EGRET

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Wordle 378 2/6

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EARTH
EGRET

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Wordle 378 4/6

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CRANE
OILER
RESET
EGRET

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#378 4/6

SLANT
CREEP
BERET
EGRET

RSVP Egrets only.

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Wordle 378 4/6*

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False
Crept
Remit
Egret

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I worked for this one.

Wordle 378 3/6*

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IRATE
THREW
EGRET

The first two tries were quick. Then I wrenched and wrenched until I had two choices: STREP and EGRET. I like the bird better than the disease, so I tried that one first. That much was luck.

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Wordle 378 4/6

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IRATE
TONER
RESET
EGRET

Another fun four. Same opener as Aspenglow, but I couldn’t bear to not check for an O at two. After that, I didn’t see any U words, so went ahead with the double E at three. I’m happy with my solve, and the word EGRET always makes me smile for some reason.

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Wordle 378 5/6*

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A couple of poor showings this week.

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Wordle 378 4/6*

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BEARD
GRIME
LUGER
EGRET

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Wordle 378 4/6*

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PAINT
CREST
ERGOT
EGRET

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I worked for mine too. After my typical first guess, EARTH, and seeing the resultant :green_square::black_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:, I didn’t try my typical second word, LIONS, to eliminate any more letters. I wanted to get it in 2.

Fortunately I did not see any other possibilities other than the correct word. Are there any?

Wordle 378 2/6

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I’ll take the 2.

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No, I don’t think so. I tried quite a few letter combinations based on what you knew with your first try, and EGRET smacked me in the face as the only option.

Well done you for getting it in two tries, and working at it!

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Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good!

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Wordle 378 3/6

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OUTER
RESET
EGRET

Nice and fast.

I would have thought that LUGER would be disallowed as it’s a brand name. But doing a search I find that "person who participates in the sport of LUGE" is a valid definition.

Learn something new…

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Animal, mineral, or vegetable?

Wordle 379 4/6

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Wordle 379

WORST
ANKLE
LAUGH
LILAC → The only other possibility was LLAMA. I’m glad I chose vegetable.

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Nearly forgot to play today.
Wordle 378 3/6

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HEART
ERUPT
EGRET