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

The Game Room
5841

Wordle 436 4/6

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ROAST
NEIGH
CHIDE
CHIEF

Nothing for guess 1 then three for guess 2; tested consonant pair and got lucky. It had to be “CHIE_” after guess 3, and the only word that occurred to me was the winner.

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
No, it’s not Alzheimer’s.

Wordle 437 4/6

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Wordle 437

YOUTH
CREAM
OFTEN
ONSET

5843

Wordle 437 4/6

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RATIO
TOUCH
STOMP
ONSET

Once again, I decide not to check all the vowels but do OK anyway.

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Wordle 436 4/6* 8/29/2022

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GAUZE → Really thought I would hit on that Z… not.
HEIST → One of my favorite second guess words; did not disappoint
CHILE → E in fourth by process of elimination; CHIE? can only mean
CHIEF

I really didn’t expect my third guess to be valid - uncommon, proper noun - and if it hadn’t been I might have had a shot at 3.

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Wordle 436 3/6

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REMIT
NICHE
CHIEF

5846

Wordle 437 3/6*

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AGILE
ETHOS
ONSET

Took me ages to get past my second guess.

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CHILE[/spoiler] is an alternative spelling of [spoiler]CHILI

5848

Wordle 437 6/6

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I took all my chances with bizarre words before final.coset is a new word to me but I thought it might be it because of the story of the techie guy who made up the list.

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Wordle 437 3/6*

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Oaken
Owned
Onset

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Not very smart of me. I should’ve had this in 3.

Wordle 437 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
STONE — dumb! xxONx we already know doesn’t work!
ONSET

5851

Someone made a comment about the list being made by a techie guy. Apparently about a week ago the New York Times skipped over a word that might be considered techie that the average person may not know. The word was octal . I’m not sure if that needs to be spoiled.

Wordle 437 4/6

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CRANE
LEMON
HONEY - ingredients for something?
ONSET

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Almost but not quite a disaster.
Wordle 437 5/6*

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DRAIN
BUNCH
PEONY
NOVEL
ONSET

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Wordle 437 4/6*

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BEARD
MELON <–Stupid boy. The E can’t be there, can it ?
NOISE
ONSET

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Made work of this one.
Wordle 437 5/6

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HEART
EXULT
COVET
OBJET
ONSET

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Wordle 437 3/6

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CLAPS
STORE
ONSET

This took me forever. I even had to give up and sleep on it, and then it took me forever again this morning. I’m guessing onset was the only valid answer after 2. Man that was hard to see.

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Wordle 437 3/6

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AMUSE
SOBER
ONSET

This took a bit of brain power, but not a ton. Fun to have to work for it a little and still manage a three.

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Wordle 437 3/6

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POISE
SENOR - I’m very surprised to see this as a valid word
ONSET

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Behind the curve today.

Wordle 437 4/6*

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IRATE
CHEST
BESOT
ONSET

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Wordle 437 6/6* 8/30/2022

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CHIEF → Not a bad start. -ED or -ER ending? Naw, let’s try some common consonants
STREP → Try BYTES? No, ??SET is a better try…
UPSET → … but that wasn’t. I already tried the P just last word! OK, think of some words with another vowel. Repeated Es?
BESET → Nope. Double S? with a previously unused vowel?
ASSET → Nope. One try left. Gotta be an O. But ?OSET doesn’t scan. O?SET could be…
ONSET

That was closer to a loss than it had to be.

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Two minutes before I leave for work and I realised I forgot to play tomorrow’s Wordle. Maybe I should work quickly more often.

Wordle 438 2/6

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