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

That’s what prompted my question.

Wow, a very tricky one today!

Wordle 406 5/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
WHACK — at this point the only unused letters are G F B Z V X J Q, and I only know there’s a U and an L.

BLUFF — I think this is the only possible word (are there any others?). Fortunately it was correct

Nice!

Me neither. Good to know!

#406 4/6

Another of those ‘was able to get it because I didn’t have many letters left’ Wordles.

SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
BLUFF

Could have been FLUFF if that hadn’t already been used.

I’d been wondering what the asterisk meant.

Wordle 406 4/6*

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BEARD
BONUS
BULKY
BLUFF

Wordle 406 4/6

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Mine is close to gkster.
CRANE - same for both
TOILS - vs,. LIONS
LUMPY - vs DUMPY
BLUFF - same for both

Wordle 406 5/6*

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Stoic
Learn
Pully
Fluff
Bluff

Wordle 406 4/6

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HEART
SPOIL
LUCKY
BLUFF

Wordle 406 4/6

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ARISE
MOUNT
PLUCK
BLUFF

I was going to try a research word at three, but then realized PLUCK would probably give me good information and had a chance of being correct. It did indeed give me the information I needed to get the par in “hard” mode, so I’m happy.

I thought of FLUFF as well. That would have sucked.
Has there ever been an answer with a triple letter?

Wordle 406 4/6*

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SHRED
PLAIN
BLOCK
BLUFF

Wordle 406 4/6

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What a colossal brain fart on the third guess.

How soon we forget!

Another 4. I’ll take it.

Wordle 406 4/6*

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IRATE
CLOUD
SLUMP
BLUFF

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I feel like tomorrow’s has been done before.

Wordle 407 5/6

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Wordle 406 4/6

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OUTER
CLUMP
FLUSH
BLUFF

“Flush” eliminated several possibles, including FLUFF (though that had already been an answer.) That left BLUFF.

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Took me way too long to get this one.

Wordle 407 5/6

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Wordle 407

WORDY
AUGER
RANCH
CRAFT
CRAMP

Wordle 407 3/6

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CLIPS
CAPER
CRAMP

I had a real shot at a 1 on this one, as cramp is my second favorite starting word after clamp. A 1 in 18 shot, technically, since I have 18 openers I rotate through equally.

Wordle 407 4/6

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RATIO
SNARE
CRAWL
CRAMP

An average four. It could have gone much worse.