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

Wordle 382 5/6

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RATIO
DUNES
CHUMP
BLUFF
FLUFF

Wordle 381 4/6

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CHAMP
TROVE
BLEND
FIELD

I do the same thing! It helps a lot to write down my choices.

Just a wild guess after little info from my first three guesses… Wordle 382 4/6

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Wordle 382 5/6

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I use Excel for picturing combinations. Column A is the possible combinations for one letter, Column B adds another letter, etc.
And this may be cheating to some people, but I use Excel for when I have three greens. I put the remaining letters in the spreadsheet and with formulas, copy-pasting, and a sort I get all possible combinations of words (total number of “words” would be number of remaining letters squared). I then go down the list looking for real words. Before that I basically did the same thing in my head, but this way is a lot faster.

CRANE
TOILS
LUMPY
BLUFF
FLUFF

Though I was rolling after two guesses.
Wordle 382 5/6

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HEART
FLUID
FLUKY
FLUBS
FLUFF

Wordle 382 4/6*

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I feel fortunate to have gotten this in four.

This one was very tricky. After exhausting all five standard initial words, I wasn’t feeling too confident that I’d get the word.

Wordle 382 6/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
WHACK
BEFOG — wow, only L, U, and F are in; not too confident here…
FLUFF

3 of the same letter! I tried BLUFF first. Sometimes I hate this game.

Wordle 382 4/6

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dealt
Lions
Fully
Fluff

That was a head scratcher!

I do a similar thing on my phone. I have a Notes app that keeps my running Wordle work, but it also has my five standard guesses (starting with EARTH) with the letters remaining:

EARTH — I S O N L D C U M G P Y F B W K Z V X J Q
LIONS — D C U M G P Y F B W K Z V X J Q
DUMPY — C G F B W K Z V X J Q
WHACK — G F B Z V X J Q
BEFOG — Z V X J Q

I also keep my list of all the past Wordles there dating back to when I started playing on 12/24/2021.

Wordle 382 6/6

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PIOUS
MAUVE
GRUNT
CLUCK
BLUFF
FLUFF

Ugh. Two sixes in a row.
I feel like I need a break from this game, but I don’t want to lose my streak. Wordle, you have me trapped!!

The gloves are off now, eh, Wordle?

Wordle 382 5/6*

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IRATE
CLOUD
SLUMP
FLUNG
FLUFF

So annoying.

Wordle 382 6/6*

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BEARD
QUILD
PLUCK
FLUSH
FLUNG
FLUFF ← it’s either this, or fluxy - which isn’t a word !

Yes.
Phew.

I think Wordle is becoming an addiction for some of us.

Wordle 382 5/6*

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arise
mould
plunk
bluff
fluff

Triple F and only one vowel. Tricky.

nevermind

My head wasn’t in the game for tomorrow’s. I found a letter on the first guess that I subsequently forgot to apply to the rest of my guesses.

Wordle 383 5/6

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Anyone else feel the puzzles are becoming a little harder? Maybe I used to be better at guessing in two than now, but that essentially depends on luck and using more common letters. Still undefeated, but average probably just a shade under four.

Wordle 382 4/6

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EARTH
LIMBO
FLUNK
FLUFF

Took 14 minutes total; my mind just refused to consider any ‘three of the same consonant’ possibilities. “FLUGU?? FLUVY?? FLUDS??” Yeesh.

Could be subjective, but on the other hand it could have been a conscious strategy on the part of the game-maker to avoid hard/annoying words for the first few months, in order to get people hooked…

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
I am shocked that I got this in 3.

Wordle 383 3/6

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Wordle 383

WROTH
AISLE
AGAPE