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

The Game Room
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Wordle 388 6/6*

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BEARD
QUILT
VISIT
MIGHT
FIGHT
NIGHT

Yes. More phewness.

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Wordle 388 4/6*

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EARTH
THINK
THING
NIGHT

Had all five letters, but in the wrong order.

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#388 3/6

SLANT
CHORE
NIGHT

Having N as well as T in my starting word kept me out of the _IGHT trap that a bunch of people found themselves in. And once I had the H too, it was easy.

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Wordle 388 4/6

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OLIVE
AUDIT
FIRST
NIGHT

Very glad I didn’t try _IGHT AT 3, as I burned off F, R, and S all at once. I feel good about this 4, considering. Didn’t completely avoid the trap, but I’d narrowed it down enough that I knew I was OK.

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Annuder 4.

Wordle 388 4/6*

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IRATE
SPLIT
JOINT
NIGHT

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Wordle 388 2/6

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Wow, that took me like ten seconds. Fun when that happens. I’ve been doing this long enough now that I’ve just memorized the next step for some first-guess results.

STAIN
NIGHT

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[sigh]

I really hate getting the last 4 letters of a word that has a dozen or so options for the first one. Especially when I lose track of where a letter has already appeared.

Wordle 388 X/6*

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MATCH
HEIST
RIGHT
TIGHT
LIGHT
HIGHT

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I hope tomorrow’s is more forgiving for you all.

Wordle 389 5/6

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Yow! It was a brush with death here too.

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
How boring.

Wordle 389 4/6

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Wordle 389

CHOIR
PLANT
GLAND
BLAND

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Wordle 388 2/6

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SLANT
NIGHT

My habit of using a given-yet-unplaced letter as a starting letter, and then checking non-eliminated vowels, paid off here.

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Wordle 389 4/6

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RATIO
LEANS
PLANK
BLAND

Pretty straightforward today.

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Wordle 389 4/6

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CLIPS
ALTER
BLANK
BLAND

I saw flank, but I saw blank first. And for the first four greens of guess 3, I still hadn’t seen bland. Or gland, for that matter, now that I think of it. In any case, I don’t see any way I would’ve gotten a 3 on this one. For whatever reason I just put no stock in D’s.

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Wordle 389 3/6

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Sometime things come together.

Summary

CLIMB
BLEND
BLAND

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Wordle 389 3/6*

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FRAME
STAIN
BLAND

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Wordle 388 3/6

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ANISE
WINCH
NIGHT

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Wordle 389 3/6

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EARTH
LIONS
BLAND

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Wordle 389 3/6

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CRANE
DOLTS - to get possible letters - got 2 of them
BLAND

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Wordle 389 4/6*

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PEARL
BLAST
BLACK
BLAND

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#389 3/6

SLANT
PRICK
BLAND

SLANT gave me LAN, and brief visions of a 2. But as I considered the possibilities, I was reminded of everyone struggling with _IGHT yesterday: I came up with eight possibilities, including four different first letters for _LANK. Hence PRICK, after which I was down to GLAND and BLAND, and the latter seemed more likely.