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

The Game Room
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Wordle 432 4/6

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STERN
DIVAN
PYLON
CLOWN

CLOWN had been on my brain-storming list (as a way to test a consonant pair plus another vowel) after guess 1…but then I got diverted. Came back to it.

Wordle 433 5/6

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STARE
ROUGH
FLOOR
BROWN
IRONY

After step 4 I was pretty sure the middle three letters had to be RON, and there aren’t that many English-language words that would end that sequence with any letter (from those still available) other than Y. (Any?) So I was down to guesses “CRONY” and “IRONY” and guessed the latter first.

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
I always knew Wordle was a heartless bastard.

Wordle 434 5/6

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Wordle 434

CHART
EMOJI
PURGE
RULER
RUDER

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Wordle 434 5/6

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RATIO
RULES
RUPEE
RUMEN
RUDER

I didn’t think I would get this one. I almost went on a letter hunt on five but really was running out of possible words. No yellows, though.

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Wordle 433 3/6

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SHARE
ROUND
IRONY

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Wordle 434 5/6

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CRAPS
TENOR
LITER
UDDER
RUDER

Looks like I have some company in the 5 club today. Reused a known bad T for my guess at 3 but it didn’t matter. If I had noticed I would have just guessed liver and gotten the same info.

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Wordle 434 6/6*

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Merit
Baker
Power
Luger
Queer
Ruder
Another squeaker, eek!

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Wordle 434 5/6

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CROWN
FAKED
LIGHT
BUMPS
RUDER
I was nervous about this one. Had they ever gone with a comparative adjective before?

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I don’t know but I don’t love it. I might have excised them along with simple -s plurals.

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Wordle 434 4/6*

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SPOIL
TREAD
UNDER
RUDER

Didn’t want to go with RUDER but it was the only possible option at that point. More pleased with my 4 now I see others found it challenging today.

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Past solutions FINER and FEWER didn’t bother me. But SURER and now RUDER do, because though the root may be common, I rarely see it in the comparative form. IME, I tend to see ‘more sure’ or ‘more rude’ when I see them that way at all.

ETA: There don’t seem to be any -ES plurals as well as no -S plurals.

Anyhow, aside from all that, for me this was a straightforward 4 that wasn’t going to be a 3 or a 5.

Wordle 434 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
RUDER

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I found about 15 words on the answer list that fits the category being discussed.
Wordle 434 4/6

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CRANE
OILER - Does it end with ER, and does it have O or I - Yes, No
DUETS - Does it have a U, along with three more common letters - Narrows the answer to _UDER
RUDER

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Wordle 434 4/6*

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BEARD
DRIVE
UNDER
RUDER

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What a strange word.

Wordle 434 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
RUDER — I tried RUDER only because it fit, not thinking it’s a common word. (sigh)

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This.

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Wordle 434 6/6

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AGILE
TONER
SUPER
QUEER
RACED
RUDER

I did not like this one. I agree that adding an R to a four-letter adjective is akin to adding an S to a four-letter noun, and I was resisting it. So much so that I resorted to a test word at five. I realized afterward that that word wouldn’t really have helped me if the answer wasn’t RUDER, but I was frustrated by that point.
I wasn’t too sure about QUEER either, but I think in the UK it’s more commonly used to simply mean “unusual” so I went for it. Would have been a better answer if you ask me.
Oh well, I got it, even if it did take six. Onward.

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After yesterday’s 2, this was disappointing.
Wordle 434 6/6*

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TROPE
FIBER
LAYER
QUEER
HUGER
RUDER

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Wordle 433 3/6* and Wordle 434 3/6* 8/26-27/2022

Wordle 433 3/6*
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CLOWN → N in 2nd or 4th. SNOUT? SNORE? or TROOP? Let’s try…
DRONE → Not BRONC. Lotta vowels left - try two?
IRONY

So that was kinda lucky…

Wordle 434 3/6*
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IRONY → Try R in first, and some common vowels…
REACH → There’s another vowel in there in second letter. A, I or U? But I always end up with an -ER ending, and thus a repeat. Well, give it a shot…
RUDER

So, very lucky this time out. Was also thinking RAWER or RIPER.

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Yeah, today’s Wordle pretty much pissed everyone off.

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Well, this sucked.

Wordle 434 6/6*

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IRATE
SCREW
POKER
FLYER
BUYER
RUDER

The only thing that saved me was a ‘Q’ blind spot. If I’d seen it – and I should have – I would have tried QUEER before today’s answer.

Not a proud Wordle day.

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Another “ugh”.
Wordle 434 6/6

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