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

Wordle 419 4/6*

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MANIA
PAVED
LASER
LABEL

I was a bit distracted so rather a weak opener using a double A. I had considered LABEL as my 3rd but wanted more letters so avoided double L. Not a disaster.

Wordle 418 4/6

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SHORE
TEPID
CLEAN
GLEAN

One of my rare 6’s. No rush for a 2 or 3…a 6 is still a ‘win’.

Wordle 419 6/6

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ASIDE
COURT
NYMPH
FLEET (check for double E)
BAGEL (I thought i had it)
LABEL (the B gave me 4 of the 5 letters)

Wordle 419 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
LABEL

Wordle 419 3/6*

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BEARD
AMBLE
LABEL

My luck’s back !

Wordle 419 4/6

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CRANE
STEAL
Probably a _A_EL word such as BAGEL, GAVEL, HAZEL, etc.
BOUGH - found B, not at beginning. Must be…
LABEL

Wordle 419 6/6

Stumbled my way to a 6. Maybe I shoulda stuck with CHORE as my second word, but I’m not sure it would have helped that much.

SLANT
CRIMP
DOUGH
BELAY
FABLE
LABEL

Wordle 419 4/6*

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Parse
Waxen
Bagel
Label

tough nut today
Wordle 419 5/6

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HEART
PLEAD
ALIVE
MALES
LABEL

Urgh. Fives are the new fours.

Wordle 419 5/6*

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IRATE
CLEAN
LEAFY
LAPEL
LABEL

I screwed up on my third try by repeating the letter ‘A’ in a spot I already knew (should have known) it wasn’t. More coffee before playing!

Wordle 419 4/6

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ALIEN
CAMEL
LAUGH
LABEL

After CAMEL, I found six _A_EL words, with eight different consonants. Finding a good test word proved difficult, as I found no words containing any four of the eight consonants. Two words started with L and two contained G, so I figured LAUGH was my best bet. After that, a lucky coin flip for the four. This one was fun.

Phew.

Wordle 419 6/6*

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FRAIL
PEDAL
ANGEL
CAMEL
EASEL
LABEL

Tomorrow’s almost stymied me.

Wordle 420 6/6

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Wordle 419 5/6* 8/2/2022

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GLEAN → That sequence is too nice to break up.
LEAPT → At least I placed one right… Can I find some common consonants?
LASER → No, but I’ve got the three letters from the start placed right. Seems a bit trappish… try past tense verbs?
LAMED → Nope. I’m thinking repeated letter, so
LABEL

Could have also figured out LADEN from that fourth guess. This was a pretty fun five, just the right amount of skull sweat.

Wordle 419 3/6

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STARE
PLEAD
LABEL

More than one possibility at step 3 so a lucky guess (this time).

Wordle 419 4/6

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SHORE
TEPID
BLEAK
LABEL

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
What is Wordle smoking?

Wordle 420 5/6

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Wordle 420

CRONE
AUDIT
FUNKY
JUNKY
HUNKY

Wordle 419 4/6

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The streak comes to an end in my 199th game.

Wordle 420 X/6

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CLAMS
PILOT
UNWED
BUNGY
FUNKY
JUNKY

1: 0
2: 12
3: 80
4: 69
5: 29
6: 8

After 198 wins and 1 loss my average winning score is 3.702.

Wordle 420 4/6

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RATIO
UNLED
CHUNK
HUNKY

Not too happy with this as a word, but another decent four.