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

Wordle 412 3/6*

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BEARD
BOING ← i love this word !
BUGGY ← not many other options, if any.

Catching up:
#410 5/6

SLANT
CHORE
TOUGH
MOUTH
YOUTH

One of those times you think you’ve got it at the third try, and then again at the fourth, and you’re wrong both times. Had a 6-5-5 streak of futility at this point.

#411 3/6

SLANT
CHORE
RHYME

I broke down and went to the dictionary to see what words began with RH. Sometimes, a frood’s just gotta do what a frood’s gotta do.

Wordle 412 4/6

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CRANE
TOILS
DUMPY
BUGGY - If I checked correctly there are two words on the list without A, E, I or O and without the nine consonants in my first three words. So, I had narrowed it down to BUGGY and FUZZY and picked the right one i

#412 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
BUGGY

I’m pretty happy about this one. My first two standard words have 10 of the 11 most frequent letters that have appeared in Wordle solutions (at least in the first 322 of them; I need to update), and my first three have 15 of the top 16 letters. (The exception, in both cases, being ‘I’.) But this time, my first two words yielded zero matches, and my third word got me only two letters - fortunately in the right positions!

Anyway, I could only think of one word using my remaining letters that worked, and it turned out to be the answer. I’ll cheerfully take the 4. :slight_smile:

Wordle 412 4/6*

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FROST
PHAGE
MUGGY
BUGGY

Wordle 412 5/6

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What a pisser to strike out in the first two guesses.
HEART
SPOIL
MUDDY
CUBBY
BUGGY

Wordle 412 5/6*

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Basil
Botch
Berry
Bunny
Buggy

I believe there’s definitely haiku material on this thread :grin:

Wordle 412 5/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY — could be FUZZY BUGGY CUBBY
FUZZY
BUGGY

Well, that was unpleasant.

Wordle 412 5/6*

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IRATE
CLOUD
SKUNK
BUMPY
BUGGY

Didn’t take long, but damn, I guess we’ve entered the ‘Y’ phase of Wordle.

Wordle 412 3/6

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Got this one pretty easy after a lucky first two guesses

BEAST
BOUGH
BUGGY

Wordle 412 6/6

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AUDIT
OUNCE
BULLY
BUMPY
SHAGS
BUGGY

This is what happens when I Wordle before coffee. Like GuanoLad, I was rushing it.
It was probably either BUSHY or BUGGY at five, but damned if I was going to let BUZZY kill my streak, so I took the six and lived to Wordle another day.

I know, right? COYLY, YOUTH, RHYME, and now BUGGY all in a row.

That letter was only used 48 times in the first 322 Wordles. (I really must update my stats.)

Wordle 412 4/6* 8/5/2022

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RHYME → Lately Wordle has had more Y’s than in inquisitive toddler
TYPOS → Strikeout! Try Y on the end, a couple more vowels…
GAUDY → UY seems a rare ending. GY probably better, but that would put the U in second rather than as an UN- prefix… and M’s been used, so
BUGGY

Starting off with a yellow Y has really validated my “strategy” of starting with yesterday’s word…

There’s a chance some folk might get tomorrow’s in one. Though I didn’t.

Wordle 413 4/6

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Wordle 412 4/6

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STARE
COLIC
PUDGY
BUGGY

Another ‘two guesses without a single hit’ player, here. Disconcerting!

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Fascinating

Wordle 413 3/6

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Wordle 413

RIGHT
SWINE
ALIEN

Wordle 413 4/6

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CROPS
METAL
GLADE
ALIEN

Pretty standard 4.

Wordle 413 4/6

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RATIO
DIVAN
ALIGN
ALIEN

I really thought I had it in three.

Wordle 412 4/6

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ANISE
GROUT
MUGGY
BUGGY

Wordle is really lovin’ the Y’s…four days in a row now! Almost had this one in 3 but changed my mind at the last second, darn it. I’ll take the 4 though.

Wordle 413 3/6

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TRANS
LOUIE
ALIEN

In Wordle, noone can hear you scream.