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

Wordle 403 5/6*

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CHOIR
POSEY
MOUNT
MOTTO

A confident three for tomorrow’s.

Wordle 404 3/6

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Wordle 403 4/6

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CRANE
TOILS
BOOTH
MOTTO

Wordle 403 2/6

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EARTH
MOTTO

T in 4th position and the last letter cannot be A, E, or H…so I figure it’s got to be one of the remaining vowels, I, O, or U, or Y. I comes first alphabetically but how many common English words end “ti”? (Borrow-words, sure.) So I try O, eventually getting a few options, with “motto” being the most common word among them. (“Lotto” is also common, of course, but less ‘moral’.)

So: a lucky start and the thought ‘they haven’t had a double-double in a while’ resulted in ‘motto.’

404: Wordle not found :grinning:

Wordle 403 4/6* 7/27/2022

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CINCH → Nope, not that easy…
ROAST → One of my go-to second guesses comes up good. Now: E & U are left of vowels. If I try an E, what can fit? Repeat Ts?
TOTEM → MOTT?, not much left
MOTTO

That was really lucky third guess. Wonder what Wordlebot would say about it?

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Big disgrace.

Wordle 404 3/6

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Wordle 404

MICRO
SMOKE
STOMP

After a streak of 3s, 5/6

SLATE
ROBIN
DOTTY
POTTO
MOTTO

I got sidetracked by a beloved character in the Aubrey-Maturin series and came up with the least likely _OTTO word: POTTO

Wordle 404 5/6

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GROIN
QUOTE
BOOST
STOCK
STOMP

That finally took my average over 4 after 157 games.

Wordle 403 4/6

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STORE
BATON
MOTIF
MOTTO

Wordle 404 4/6

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RATIO
STOLE
STOCK
STOMP

Another trap but I was lucky. The next guess would have had to be a letter hunt. I can see STOOD, STOUT, STONY and I may be missing some others. My next guess may have been DONUT.

Wordle 404 4/6

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CRISP
SWAMP
SLUMP
STOMP

Boy that trailing P sure trapped me in the trap but good. Mostly it was my fault, as I kept guessing the moment I saw a word without looking for more. If I had stopped and thought of all three of the above S__MP solutions, I would have absolutely chosen to play stomp first. Which means I had a legit shot at a 2 on this one but pooched it into a 4.

Wordle 404 3/6*

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Ethic
Stamp
Stomp

Wordlebot says so lucky!

Wordle 404 3/6*

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GLEAN
SCOUR
STOMP

A bit lucky today but happy to take it.

Correction: If I had stopped and thought of possibilities before guessing, I would have seen and guessed stamp first because in my mind A > O > E > I > U. Meaning I would then guess stomp before stump, so a 3 was possible, but no way would I have gotten a 2.

Wordle 404 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
STOMP

#404 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
STOOP
STOMP

After two words, I was down to four choices for the solution: STOOD, STOOP, STOMP, and SOOTY. Can’t always guess right.

Wordle 404 5/6

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CRANE
TOILS
STOUT - have first three letters
STOOD
STOMP - finally

Wordle 404 3/6*

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BEARD
QUILT ← I tried PHONK - but it’s not on the list apparently !
STOMP

My luck’s back !

Wordle 404 4/6

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HEART
TOILS
STOOP
STOMP