Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
After three guesses with only a measly two yellows, I was resigned for another strike out. But then I remembered the Boy Scouts.
Wordle 403 4/6
Wordle 403
BREAK
LIGHT
STUMP
MOTTO
Wordle 402 5/6* July 26, 2022
ELOPE → Strikeout on the opener
SHIRT → Not the hits I was expecting…
HUMID → At least I’m taking out a lot of consonants
VICHY → Still haven’t tried an N. If it’s ?INCH, I may have a trap…
CINCH
Trying the repeated letter worked out for me this time.
Wordlebot points out that the guess you made was the best in this case, with but one solution left. But if the solution was a different word, you would have had more different possibilities remaining by guessing what you did (PLUME) than by what it suggested (BIPOD or BINGO). And on 69 percent of actual solutions, its suggestions would have left fewer remaining words than your guess did.
So Wordlebot is playing the percentages, but acknowledging that the overall lower-percentage play was - in this case - the better play.
Wordle 403 4/6
CLOPS
TENOR
MOUTH
MOTTO
I really didn’t have much to work with after my two research guesses, so I halfway did a third research guess specifically to check M. I’ll gladly take the 4 on this double-double horror show.
Wordle 403 3/6
RATIO
OUTGO
MOTTO
I think I broke the curse! No traps, no sixes, only a little thinking required to get the answer.
Thank you for this explanation.
Oh, I see now, thanks. I didn’t realize that WordleBot was calculating percentages “if the solution was a different word”.
Wordle 403 5/6*
BANJO
CURIO
PESTO
LOTTO
MOTTO
Almost but not quite a pleasing pattern. If I had only the last three correct on guess 4 it would have been a fibonacci sequence. Disappointing.
Wordle 402 5/6
ANISE
LOGIN
NIFTY
PINCH
CINCH
Was a tough one for me today…the N and I were being stubborn. Then I was so sure Pinch was going to be the word, but nope. Had two choices from there (Cinch and Winch), and thankfully I chose correctly and avoided getting a “phew”.
Let’s see: a Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. Nope, not getting anything. “Do a good turn every day”? Nope, not that either. 
What I want to know is, what’s all this stuff still doing in my brain, when I haven’t been a Scout for 55 years?!
Of course they were. Ni! Ni! Ni!
#403 4/6
SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
MOTTO
After three guesses, I had the M, O, and T, but none in their correct positions. So I’m doing something like this on pen and paper:
MOT__
MO_T_
M_TO_
M_T_O
M__TO
and by that point, in this case anyway, the solution just kinda jumps out at you.
Oh, and “Do a good turn every day,” which I mentioned earlier, is the Scout slogan. I’ll let Tom Lehrer tell you about their motto.
Wordle 403 6/6*
BEARD
QUILT
STOCK
TOFFY
MONTH
MOTTO
Back to the phewness.
Wordle 403 4/6
HEART
TOILS
POUTY
MOTTO
Wordle 403 3/6*
Lathe
Potty
Motto
Wordle 403 3/6
OATEN
DITTO
MOTTO
Well, I really shouldn’t be playing so late at Knight.
A tricky one today.
Wordle 403 6/6
EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
WHACK
BEFOG
MOTTO
Wordle 403 4/6
ANISE
PROUD
BOTCH
MOTTO
I don’t think I had any options left except the correct one. But I made it harder than it really was. So hesitant was I to plop down a double-double at four that I typed out MOTTO and erased it three times, thinking there’s got to be something else. When I couldn’t find anything else I went for it, still fearing the worst. Double-doubles suck.
I agree, very tricky.
Wordle 403 4/6*
IRATE
CLOTH
POUTY
MOTTO
My first 3 tries eliminated all but the correct answer (again). But it took me forever to work out the actual answer!!
Me no likey.