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

The Game Room
5001

Wordle 396 3/6

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COATI
MIRTH
TRITE

I’ve got another little three streak going! I didn’t see WRITE right away, or I probably would have gone with that and avoided the repeated letter. Sometimes it pays not to think so hard.

5002

Wordle 396 4/6

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I’m in a rut again.

5003
Wordle 396 6/6* 7/20/2022

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ANGRY → Not a great start.
THROB → Not a great second guess either, though I did KO another vowel.
TRICE → Found where the R goes, but now it looks like a trap - but at least a lot of common letters are gone
TRIPE → That wasn’t it. Go for slang?
TRIKE → Nope. One guess left. Unused letters don’t look promising - so maybe a repeat?
TRITE

Not exactly what I imagined for my redebut, but I’ll take it.

5004

Thought I had it in 2, but Wordle saw me comin’.

Wordle 396 3/6*

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IRATE
WRITE
TRITE

WordleBot laughed.

5005

POOP!

Wordle 396 X/6*

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UNCLE
AWOKE
RHYME
SPIRE
DRIVE
BRIBE

5006

Wordle 396 4/6*

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BEARD
GRIME
PRIZE
TRITE

5007

I couldn’t help but notice IRATE this morning as I was playing around, even though it wasn’t a possible solution since I’d eliminated the A right off the bat. But it was a nearly perfect a start for this Wordle, and ‘nearly’ only in that it left you with that mental coin flip between WRITE and TRITE on the second guess.

So close to that 2 - I know how frustrating that can be.

5008

Here’s tomorrow’s. That first guess limited my options for what could come next, so I thought I had another two.

Wordle 397 4/6

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5009

Wordle 396 4/6

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EARTH
RECTO
WRITE
TRITE

I was lucky to avoid the ‘trap’ situation; I had three letters right away and the fourth by step 3.

5010

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Sometimes my strategy actually works.

Wordle 397 3/6

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Wordle 397

ALTER
AMUCK
APHID

5011

Honestly, I don’t mind threes. I love a two when it happens, but I’m pleased with threes. And Wordle knows me so well! I will almost always try the word that doesn’t repeat letters before the word that does.

Fours, not so much. :wink:

But thanks for your kind empathy!

5012

Wordle 396 3/6

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STARE
ROUTE
TRITE

There were three words that I saw after my second word, and I picked the right one! That’s always a good feeling. :slight_smile: And after a week of 4’s and 5’s, I was happy to get this one in 3.

5013

Wordle 397 2/6*

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I’ll take two!

Aside
Aphid

5014

Wordle 397 3/6

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RATIO
CHAIN
APHID

5015

Wordle 397 3/6

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CLAMS
TAPER
APHID

Took me like 45 minutes to finally see aphid. I’m thinking that might have been the only possible word after 2.

5016

There’s also pizza and aping.

5017

Wordle 397 4/6*

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FRAME
WAIST
ANVIL
APHID

5018

Wordle 397 2/6

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audio

aphid

5019

A 2!! Nice. I’ll take my 4 and go quietly.

Wordle 397 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
APHID

5020

#397 4/6 really?!

SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
APHID

After my first three words, I had 4 of the 5 letters, and the solution was the only word I could find that fit them. Let’s just say that while it’s a word I know, I hardly consider it a common word. The only time I ever see it is on those rare occasions when I’ve needed to resort to chemicals to control some garden pest, the container will tell me if it works on aphids. And that’s all I could have told you about them. So I’m going ‘WTF, Josh?!’ on this one.