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

The Game Room
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Wordle 427 3/6

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OUTER
TREAD
TREAT

A lucky first guess helped; my disinclination to waste a letter (given that TREAT has that repeated T) led to a 3 instead of a 2. Still, only three minutes, so: works for me.

I like the idea of WHIRL! (And will probably give it a … well, you know.)

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You are on some kind of roll there - hope it keeps up!

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
The answer rather summarizes my feelings.

Wordle 428 4/6

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Wordle 428

CHASE
SABLE
PASTE
WASTE

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Wordle 428 4/6

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CRITS
SLATE
THROW
WASTE

After 2 I saw haste immediately, then noticed paste, taste and waste. I discarded baste as borderline for the answer list, but in hindsight that is probably a valid answer. If that were the answer I would have still gotten a 5.

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I went with haste/taste/baste. The right answer was the one I ran out of guesses for.

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Wordle 427 5/6

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MANOR
REACT
ALERT
GREAT
TREAT

After my 2nd word with getting 3 yellows and the T in green, I thought I could get this one in 3-4, but then I saw I had four words to choose from (not sure if there were more). It was just a matter of rolling the dice what order to play them (one was ruled out after my 3rd word).

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Wordle 428 5/6*

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HOIST
STEAM
TASER
PASTE
WASTE

After 4 still had WASTE, BASTE, and CASTE as possibilities. Could have gone so much wronger.

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:rofl: I needed a good laugh tonight. Thank you for that.

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Wordle 428 3/6

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RATIO
TAMED
WASTE

I feel lucky to avoid the -ASTE trap.

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Wordle 428 5/6

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ASIDE
COURT
TASTE
PHONE
WASTE

PHOBE was not a valid guess, to eliminte PASTE, BASTE, anH HASTE. PHONE still left BASTE and WASTE, so i was guaranteed at least a 6.

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Wordle 428 4/6

SLANT
TASTE (and into the -ASTE trap, with BASTE, CASTE, PASTE, HASTE, WASTE on tap!)
WATCH (for CASTE, HASTE, WASTE)
WASTE

Ending a nice streak of 3’s, but I’m really the play-it-safe type: I would rather limit the possible outcomes to a 4 or 5 than have them fall in a range from 3 to loss.

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Glad you enjoyed it! And thanks to BobLibDem for teeing it up so perfectly. :smiley:

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Wordle 428 4/6

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CRANE
TAILS - It’s probably one of the _ASTE words
WHIPS - waste, haste, paste, if none try baste.
WASTE

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Wordle 428 3/6

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SPORT
TASTE
WASTE (Lucked out with that choice)

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Wordle 428 5/6*

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BEARD
AMPLEE
VAGUE
CASTE
WASTE ← nearly went for taste !

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Feeling a little reckless but the streak survives.

Wordle 428 6/6*

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Bulky
Sated
Taste
Paste
Haste
Waste

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Wordle 428 3/6

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LOUPE
RAISE
WASTE

I was playing too fast. Saw WASTE and BASTE, but I missed seeing TASTE, HASTE, and CASTE. Whoops; that could have gone very wrong. I’ll call this a lucky three.

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Wordle 428 3/6

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EARTH
WATCH
WASTE

After EARTH I knew it had to be xASTE. But was it WASTE or TASTE or CASTE or HASTE or PASTE? So I went with WATCH to get it in 3.

Edit — @Wheelz, yes it could have also been BASTE!

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I am, and thank you! It (sort of) continues today, given the “trap” word. I hope your games continue well, also. :slight_smile:

Wordle 428 3/6*

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IRATE
PASTE
WASTE

I really dislike these and feel very fortunate to not have ended up with a 6 today.

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Wordle 428 6/6* 8/21/2022

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TREAT → No repeated T, and a good start. Will this be easy?
BEAST → Up to 4 letters. Still nothing placed yet
STALE → Got the E placed. Am I in a trap?
PASTE → Yes I am! OK, no BASTE or TASTE at least…
HASTE → One guess left, gotta try
WASTE

I didn’t even see CASTE. The non-rhyming thing. A lot harder in the end than I thought it would be.