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

The Game Room
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Wordle 397 5/6

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Wordle 397 3/6

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Feeling good about my three.

HEART
SHOAL
APHID

5023

Ugh that was a brain-buster. I had to resort to asking for a hint.

5024

Holy crap I didn’t see either of those at all. The first one, especially, I should have seen.

This just reinforces my belief that every time I think I’ve narrowed it down to one possible word, there’s still a bunch I just don’t see.

5025

A pretty quick 3 this morning.

Wordle 397 3/6*

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IRATE
PANIC
APHID

WordleBot says there was only one possible choice left after my second try, so that was lucky.

5026

Wordle 397 3/6

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CRANE
TOILS
I searched for possible remaining words and then tried to determine which word would give the best information if it was wrong. The word I came up with was APHID. The __ID is in VIVID. The A__I is in AFFIX, The P, A and I are in PIZZA. And so forth. It turns out that APHID is the actual word.

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Wordle 397 4/6

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AUDIT
ACRID
AVOID
APHID

I thought I had it in 2, then after I was like, “Oh, duh, there’s another vowel,” I was sure I had it in 3.
Stared for a looong time before the PH showed itself.
Tough word. I’m impressed by those of you who got it in 2 or 3.

5028

Wordle 397 4/6*

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TRACE
SHOAL
HAIKU
APHID

5029

I am giving no clues for tomorrow’s.

Wordle 398 4/6

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5030

Wordle 397 3/6*

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BEARD
GONAD
APHID

5031

Wordle 397 4/6

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STERN
POUCH
HAPPY
APHID

I had the P and the H and could NOT see a word using them given that H could not be in the last position and P could not be in the first. Took forever.

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Wordle 397 3/6

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RAISE
PLAIN
APHID

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
A trap of a different nature.

Wordle 398 4/6

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Wordle 398

SWEPT
ROAST
BURST
TRYST

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Wordle 398 3/6

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RATIO
TRUCE
TRYST

This is one where eliminating vowels was the most important.

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Wordle 398 3/6

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CRAPS
TRUST
TRYST

Nice and quick.

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Wordle 397 4/6

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SHEAR
PATCH
ALPHA
APHID

Not sure why I didn’t see Aphid with the A in green and the P, H were lit up in yellow. Alpha just came to me, and in spite of the double A, we all know how Wordle has been about that these days, so I went with it without thinking of other options. Such as it is…I’m ok with 4.

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Wordle 397 3/6* 7/21/2022

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TRITE → Good eliminations, but where to place the I?
SPAIN → Ah, there it goes. Can’t think of any ?P?IA words, so AP?I? it is…
APHID

Getting the P right on the second guess was the key.

5038

Don’t feel bad. :slight_smile: My average is 4.

5039

Wordle 398 3/6

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Audio
Stern
Tryst

It had to be this…all the vowels had been ruled out.

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Wordle 398 2/6

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TRANS
TRYST

Figured TRYST was a longshot, but I figured it had to be TR_S_ and that was for some reason the first thing that came to mind.