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

Wordle 386 3/6

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AROSE
THEIR
BERTH

Same opener as chela, and same result!
My numbers have been all over the place lately, but this one made me feel like I still know how to play this game.

Wordle 386 3/6*

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PLAIN
THROW
BERTH

Hah! That’s more like it, Wordle.

Wordle 386 2/6*

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IRATE
BERTH

Wordlebot tells me that my second word was the only one left after my first word. So I guess I did come by it honestly.

Wordle 386 2/6

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Looks like today is a day of rest for us all.*

Wordle 386 2/6*

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Made it my bitch.

Wordle 386 3/6

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Normally happy with a trey, but not this time.

HEART
RETCH
BERTH

Well done everyone, but if anyone gets tomorrow’s in two, I’d be extra impressed.

Wordle 387 5/6

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Didn’t mean to disappear, but it’s been a crazy week. Since Tuesday, we’ve been in FL, trying to get my wife’s late grandmother’s house ready to sell, and of course it’s a ton of work. But on top of that, Saturday night a week ago (7/2) our A/C died, and the rest of the weekend was a scramble to deal with that. When your travel day is your most restful day in the last week…well, you get the idea.

A quick summary:

#380 5/6
#381 5/6
#382 forget to play, just as well, it would have kicked my ass
#383 4/6
#384 3/6
#385 forgot to play, which is too bad, I’d have had a good shot at a 3 or maybe even a 2, given my starting word. But I shouldn’t complain - the breaks clearly evened out between 382 and 385.

That brings me up to today:

#386 3/6

SLANT
CHORE
BERTH

On the 3rd guess, it was a choice between ETHER and the solution. Good to have a couple of 3’s in a row to make up for those back-to-back 5’s.

Wordle 385 4/6

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OUTER
STAGE
MODEL
STEAD

Fairly fast; needed a ‘non-hard-play’ consonant-eliminator test word.

Wordle 386 4/6

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AROSE
RIDER
LEERY
BERTH

A mistaken belief that R had to be in last position slowed me down plenty.

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Wordle is making me its bitch.

Wordle 387 5/6

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Wordle 387

TRASH
ABOVE
PANIC
GAUDY
MADAM

Wordle 386 3/6

DERBY
GHOST
BERTH

Wordle 387 4/6

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RATIO
SANDY
BADGE
MADAM

A little luck and a little skill. Some hunting for common letters and a final guess that I needed another vowel and it wasn’t likely to be u. I’ll gladly take the four. It could have been much worse. I probably should have guessed CAULK fourth.

Wordle 387 3/6

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CLAMP
STEAM
MADAM

I kind of felt smart on this one, in that when I couldn’t figure out how to end the word with ___AM, I thought to myself ‘Maybe it’s a palindrome?’ Sure was!

Wordle 386 3/6

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CHASE
HOVER
BERTH

I had to work a bit for this one. I had a hard time coming up with a valid word after my second word, that I could see anyways. But then I finally came up with one that was valid and thought that had to be it…happy to see it was right!

Welcome back…I can imagine how crazy of a week that was! And yes you dodged a bullet on #382 :laughing:

Wordle 387 3/6*

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MITRE
MOUND
MADAM

Pleased to get a palindromic double double in three.

Wordle 387 6/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
WHACK
BEFOG
MADAM

Wordle 387 4/6

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CRANE
TOILS
DUMPY
MADAM

Wordle 387 3/6*

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Idler
Gaudy
Madam
In other words a lady of the night😆

#387 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
MADAM

Wordle 387 4/6*

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BEARD
DAISY
PANDA
MADAM