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

Wordle 438 4/6

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ARIEL
TOPED
MAGIC
PRIZE

Funny story. I was thisclose to plopping down PRIZE at two, since it was the first word to pop into my head. But then, since there were way too many possible answers and I didn’t want to waste any guesses, I slowed myself down and took a more methodical approach. Which of course led me back to… PRIZE. In four instead of two.
Some days I hate this game.

Wordle 438 X/6

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Another epic fail going through the damned alphabet.

OATER
RIDGE
SPIRE
PRIME
PRIDE
PRICE

Bah.

Took a little bit of time, staring at the available letters, for me to figure out tomorrow’s, but once I arranged them a particular way, it was the obvious answer.

Wordle 439 3/6

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Wordle 438 4/6

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EARTH
OILER
CRIME
PRIZE

A trap (_R I _ E) that had several possibilities by guess 4; some luck plus the facts that some options had been eliminated, either by excluded letters or already-winning words, helped here.

Wordle 438 5/6

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MEATY
SUPER
PRIDE
PRICE
PRIZE

Unsatisfying result with the roll of the dice just not working in my favor. Win some lose some, but it wasn’t a fail…so there’s that.

Wordle 438 5/6* August 31, 2022

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CHIEF → Yeah, I started with the wrong “yesterday’s word” here. I don’t think it would have made much of a difference.
STILE → Two vowels in place, no consonants yet. Trap?
BRINE → Got one consonant. Two more in 3 guesses…
DRIVE → Swing and a miss. We’re running out of letters - maybe some rarer ones?
PRIZE

Still could have been PRIME, but I guess I was channeling the GAUZE answer from last week.

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Sometimes everything just falls into place.

Wordle 439 2/6

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Wordle 439

UNFIT
FUNGI

Wordle 439 4/6

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CLOPS
TAMER
FUNKY
FUNGI

Not hitting any letters in my first two words immediately reminded me of when the answer was hunky. My first instinct then was funky so I went with it here again.

Wordle 439 3/6

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RATIO
LINED
FUNGI

Wordle 439 3/6*

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GLEAM
BINGO
FUNGI

With a bit of head scratching after 2, I realised there was only one likely word possible

Wordle 439 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
FUNGI

Wordle 439 4/6*

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BEARD
QUILT
MUSIC
FUNGI

Wordle 439 3/6

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CRANE
LINTS
FUNGI
So far there have been three people who got it in 3 with the second word a IN_ word.

I’m gobsmacked. This is the second time I’ve aced it. After yesterday’s 6, this is nice.

Wordle 439 1/6*

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(I’m not going to bother putting the guess here.)

Wordle 439 4/6

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should have gotten it sooner, being such a fun guy.
HEART
LIONS
INCUR
FUNGI

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Wordle 439 4/6*

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First
Folio
Feign
Fungi

::touches the hem of Morgyn’s garments::

I, on the other hand, have been struggling lately.

Wordle 439 5/6

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EARTH
SOUPY
QUICK
HUMID - Using the ‘H’ again? Really?
FUNGI

Wordle 439 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
FUNGI

Another of those ‘glad to get it in 4, because I couldn’t have gotten it any faster’ rounds. One of those times when what saves you is you don’t have many letters that are still eligible. After three guesses, I knew only 2 letters, but as best as I could tell, there was only one possible solution anyway.

Wordle 439 3/6

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OPIUM
TUNIC
FUNGI

Quick and easy three, even before coffee. I thought this one might give people some trouble, given that a terminal I is unusual. But as a group we’re doing pretty well!