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

Wordle 423 4/6

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TRACE
GRIEF
GREEN
GRUEL

I forgot to play yesterday. So the streak starts over. :roll_eyes: The real irksome thing about not playing is I know I would have played the same start word I played the previous day, and that would have given me four letters in yellow. I most likely would have gotten it in 2 or 3 at the most from there, as there were only two possible words. Such as it is. Today is another day…and it was a fairly quick and painless one.

Wordle 424 2/6

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CREST
TWICE

I really wanted to check L instead of W (and a instead of i) but I couldn’t figure out how to get an L in there with the T. Then I started feeling like twice was actually the answer, so went for it. Yay 2!

Wordle 424 4/6

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RATIO
NIGHT
SPITE
TWICE

Wordle 424 4/6*

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VALUE
PRIDE
WHINE
TWICE

Wordle 424 5/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
WHACK
TWICE

Wordle 424 5/6*

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BEARD
CHOSE
MINCE
JUICE
TWICE

Wordle 424 5/6*

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Outed
Great
Stile
Thine
Twice

Wordle 424 3/6

SLANT
CHORE
TWICE

After the first two words, I had the silent E at the end, and the C and T somewhere. Wrote down the nine possibilities for where the C and T could be, and the solution was the only word that jumped out at me, so I went with it. Figured I’d at least narrow things down. :slight_smile:

Wordle 424 3/6

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CRANE
SPICE
TWICE - which was my third word about a month ago when the word was VOICE

Wordle 424 5/6

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Made work of this one.

HEART
STEEL
ABATE
TINGE
TWICE

Wordle 424 3/6

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ALIEN
SMITE
TWICE

Something starting with TR would actually have been a smarter third guess, but for some reason I felt really good about TWICE. Had it not been correct, my fourth word would have been more carefully considered. But a little luck got me the quick and easy three!

Well, this was unexpected. I can claim no real skill today other than wanting to test letters in various positions. My butt barely got comfortable in the seat!

Wordle 424 2/6*

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IRATE
TWICE

I’m the windshield! I’m the windshield! :smiley:

Quite a story your word list told, @Wheelz. :wink:

Wordle 424 4/6*

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SCOUT
HATCH
TRICK
TWICE

Wordle 424 4/6* 8/17/2022

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GRUEL → Where does the E go? (ego?)
STARE → At the end. And no R. So try TH to start…
THINE → Nice! But what’s the second letter? Not E, O or Y, not R or H, I think there’s only one other letter that can go there…
TWICE

There may be complaints about tomorrow’s.

Wordle 425 4/6

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Wordle 424 4/6

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EARTH
TEMPO
TINGE
TWICE

Fast and rather enjoyable today (though of course not an impressive score).

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Wordle is a Marie Osmond fan?

Wordle 425 5/6

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Wordle 425

DRONE
CHINA
PLANT
STANK
TWANG

Wordle 424 3/6

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SAINT
WRITE
TWICE

Got lucky with my second word…the answer could only be one word from there (ruled out Twine with my first word).

Wordle 425 4/6

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CLIPS
TAMER
THANK
TWANG

Unambiguous and quick. There is no universe in which I would guess (or even see) twang before thank, so I’ll happily take the 4.

Wordle 425 4/6

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RATIO
CHANT
STANG
TWANG

They wouldn’t start with TW twice in a row. The T has to be second.