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

The Game Room
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Wordle 398 4/6*

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BRINE
GROUP
TRACK
TRYST

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#398 plus tax 4/6

SLANT
HORSE
TRUST
TRYST

Deviated from my usual second word (CHORE) to verify the expected ST ending. Thought of TRUST after my first word, but decided that if I used it as my second word and was wrong, I’d learn too little and might wind up with a 5 or 6. So I got to the solution in 4 instead of 3. I think it was the right decision, though.

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Wordle 398 4/6

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Ah, the old no regular vowels trick. Once that was known, the solution seemed obvious.
HEART
GROUT
PRINT
TRYST

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Wordle 398 2/6*

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Twirl
Tryst
Try a double T on the second guess why not! wordlebot did too but got it in 3.

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Wordle 398 3/6

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ENTRY
PARTY
TRYST

Heh, I hadn’t even tried all the vowels but TRYST seemed like one of those tricky words they like to use so went with that one. I realize now my second guess used the Y in the wrong place, had I noticed that before using it I coulda had TRYST in 2!

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Wordle 398 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
TRYST

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Wordle 398 4/6

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Wordle 398 4/6*

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BEARD
ROIST
CRUST
TRYST

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Average as can be today.

Wordle 398 4/6*

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IRATE
TRUCK
TROLL
TRYST

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Wordle 398 4/6

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OILER
URBAN
CRYPT
TRYST

Glad I got AEIOU out in the first two words. I felt good about CRYPT but I’m perfectly OK with a four on this one.
(I’m a little surprised I’m not seeing more CRYPTs up in here.)

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Wordle 398 4/6*

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FLING
COVER
BRUSH
TRYST

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Wordle 398 4/6

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CRANE
TOILS - now have TR. It has an S, and no A, E, I, or O. I think only 2 options left
TRUST
TRYST

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I can already anticipate the comments for tomorrow’s.

Wordle 399 4/6

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Also, nearly at #400. I assume there won’t be a fancy celebratory word for that one.

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Wordle 398 2/6

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STARE
TRYST

Lucky starter gave me three, and an inclination to use the given letters to start a word, combined with trying I before O or U, gave me ‘tris_’—which quickly led to ‘why not try TRYST?’

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Wordle 398 4/6* 7/22/2022

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APHID → Strikeout, but two vowels are gone…
ROUST → A is gone, which means it’s not KARST, so try the R in second. E is still out there…
CREST → So the middle letter must be a Y, which means it’s
TRYST

I really don’t expect to go through all five vowels with no hits, but once it happens, there’s not much left.

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
:musical_note: Summertime, and the living is easy. :notes:

Wordle 399 3/6

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Wordle 399

GRIST
BEGIN
MIDGE

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Wordle 399 4/6

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CLOTS
REMAP
MIXED
MIDGE

Boo, hiss! I saw midge very quickly but discarded it out of hand as not a real word. Finally after a while I saw mixed.

Google says a midge is a type of fly. Learned my something new for the day.

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They’re tiny, usually emerge from a swamp or marsh, and swarm in their bajillions. Nasty little buggers.

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Yeah, to be clear, I am grateful for my ignorance.

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Wordle 399 3/6

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RATIO
LINES
MIDGE

One again, trying to find letters with a word that I know can’t be a possibility leads to a three.