UPSET → Not the letter I would have expected to match…
ROUGH → At least a lot of letters are gone…
FLUNK → ?LUF? or ?LU?F… maybe they’re ?LUFF, in which case…
BLUFF
I think you could make a story out of my guesses in reverse.
If a letter isn’t placed, it’s not required to be in the guess.
Only letters whose position is known have to be kept in subsequent guesses on hard mode.
I’m not sure why Wordle works this way, and I play hard mode like letters guessed but not positioned correctly still have to be part of all subsequent guesses I make. Just a condition I try to impose upon myself (though sometimes I forget or slip my fingers, and either don’t play such a letter or I play it again in the same place I knew where it was not).
Wordle 407 3/6*
CLAIM
CHAMP
CRAMP
So close to two 2s in a row. Still, got to be happy with a 3.
I just experimented with today’s Wordle using Hard Mode in a different browser. I began with ABUSE which had only one letter, the letter A, from the solution and that in the wrong position. I then tried PYLON and Wordle complained and said “Guess must contain A”
Wordle 406 5/6
LANCE
BROIL
BULLY
BLUNT
BLUFF
This is a new one for me - no yellows.
Wordle 407 5/6
TRANS
LOUIE
CRAZY
CRACK
CRAMP
#407 4/6
After the first two words, I was down to exactly two possibilities. Lost the mental coin toss, so got a 4 instead of a 3. So it goes.
SLANT
CHORE
CRACK
CRAMP
I now have 93 4’s in 186 Wordles played. Exactly half.
Could have been worse, could have been crazy.
Only if/when they start doing repeats - it was Wordle #41, almost exactly a year ago.
Wordle 407 3/6
CRANE - three greens but still a lot of options
SHAKY - looking for words like CRASH, CRASS, CRAZY, CRACK, etc. Nothing
CRAMP - and there was still CRAFT and CRAWL - that I can see
Wordle 407 5/6
HEART
GRAVE
FRAIL
BRAND
CRAMP
Wordle 407 5/6*
BEARD
GRAVY
TRAIN
CRAWL
CRAMP
Wordle 407 4/6*
Inert
Gravy
Fraud
Cramp
Wordle 407 4/6
ASIDE
CRANK
WALTZ
CRAMP
I found four possible CRA__ words: CRAWL, CRAFT, CRAZY, and CRAMP, and I think that’s all.
I could have stayed in self-imposed hard mode and landed anywhere from 3 to 6, or WALTZ my way to a guaranteed 4.
Glad I made the choice I did, since CRAMP was last on my list.
Wordle 407 4/6*
IRATE
BRASH
WRACK
CRAMP
Wordle 407 4/6*
FLAME
DRAMA
TRAMP
CRAMP
From my point of view, tomorrow’s is not a real word.
Wordle 408 4/6
Wordle 407 5/6
AROSE
BRAND
CRAFT
PLUMP
CRAMP
‘PLUMP’ being a test word, of course. This went quickly but not well (in the sense of getting a low score).
Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Oho, it’s one of words. No, no, not that kind of word. Those words.
Wordle 408 5/6
AEGIS
YACHT
BLOAT
DRAFT
QUART
Wordle 408 4/6
RATIO
TRACK
STARE
QUART
Took me a few minutes of running through the possibilities to get it. I still wonder if there were any other options.