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

The Game Room
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Wordle 437 2/6, making up for that 6 the other day.

SLANT
ONSET

Had the T in position, and there were technically 7 possible locations for the N and S. But only this one yielded a word that I could think of. I really expected there’d be at least one word ending in NST, but tried each of the consonants with all the vowels and came up empty. So I tried that one word, and it came up green. :slight_smile:

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Unfortunately for me, I DID think of another word:
Wordle 437 3/6

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SLANT
INSET
ONSET

After SLANT I ran through possible words ending EST, IST, OST, and UST (words that also contained an N)–no luck. So then I looked for _NS_T and thought of the IN version first. Oh, well.

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Wordle 437 3/6

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taser
inset
onset

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Thanks for nothing, Wordle.

Wordle 438 5/6

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Wordle 438

OFTEN
BASIC
DRIVE
PRIME
PRIZE

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Another surprise 2 for me!
Wordle 437 2/6

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TRIBE
ONSET

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Wordle 437 3/6

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CRANE
LIONS
ONSET

Pleased to get it in 3!

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Wordle 438 5/6

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RATIO
MINER
PRICE
PRIDE
PRIZE

Got caught in a little trap. Luckily, I had more guesses than options.

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Wordle 437 4/6

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ROAST
SPOUT
BESOT
ONSET

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Me too. I also played Besot for my 3rd word, and was sure that had to be it. The answer word didn’t occur to me for some reason…until I saw it finally. Getting it in 4 is fine with me though, but of course 3 is better :wink:.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that word before. Glad they skipped it!

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Wordle 438 4/6

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CRAMS
TROPE
PRUDE
PRIZE

After 2 I saw prude first, but then I also saw pride and prune. I would have guessed pride first, but prude was the only one that would positively identify among those three. When that got no extra hits I had to start looking again but then prize was obvious.

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Wordle 438 5/6*

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PILOT
PRIME
PRICE
PRIDE
PRIZE

Aaaaggghhhh!!! Could so easily have been a 2 but the fourth letter could have been any of C D M S or Z

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Two threes in a row.

Yesterday;

Wordle 437 3/6

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TRANS
LOUIE
ONSET

And today;

Wordle 438 3/6

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TRANS
LOUIE
PRIZE

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Wordle 438 5/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
PRICE
PRIZE

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Wordle 438 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
PRIZE

Wasn’t gonna get this in any fewer than 4 guesses, so I’m happy with this one.

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Wordle 438 6/6*

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Phew!

Alter
Reign
Shire
Drive
Prime
Prize

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Wordle 438 4/6*

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BEARD
GRIME
WRITE
PRIZE

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Wordle 438 3/6

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CRANE
PIVOT - Information word
Could be PRIDE, PRIME or PRIZE. Chose the order. I want to win a prize (first word), pride is bad (last word), leaving prime as the fourth word
PRIZE

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Wordle 438 5/6

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HEART
DICER
REIGN
PRIME
PRIZE

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Should have been 5. The wrong letter in guess 5 was one I’d already eliminated.

Wordle 438 6/6*

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VAGUE
STOLE
CHIME
PRIDE
PRIME
PRIZE

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Another tricksie Wordle. I’m quite happy with a 4 today.

Wordle 438 4/6*

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IRATE
CRIME
PRIDE
PRIZE

After CRIME, I quickly realized this was another ‘trap’ word. I identified 6 additional words it could be. At least I’d already eliminated PRIME and PRICE. I decided to try PRIDE first, in case the word was DRIVE. Once the ‘P’ was in place, it could only be the PRIZE.

Do we have a 'flipping off Wordle" emoji?