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

Oh, my gawd, I struggled with this one.

Wordle 439 4/6*

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IRATE
CHILD
BISON
FUNGI

After the fact, WordleBot advised I had 2 choices after BISON: FUNGI and UNZIP. Fortunately, I was playing with UNI words when the answer finally came into view. I’d tried so many letter combinations at that point, I nearly whipped past it. Thankfully, the lizard brain kicked in: “Waitaminute… go back!”

Gad zooks.

A perfectly serviceable four on a perfectly bland word for tomorrow’s.

Wordle 440 4/6

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Wordle 439 3/6

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STERN
BOING
FUNGI

Medium amount of time spent going through alphabet, what with “ING” NOT being the ending of the word.

Wordle 439 5/6* 9/1/2022

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PRIZE → Not an unexpected opening result. Common letters, to the fore!
STAIN → Just an N. and not placed. Like the I. But IN is pretty common…
CHINO → …but I already tested the I there! Duh. Perhaps it’s in second position?
WINDY → No. The end? Must be a U in there, but not ENNUI. ?UN?I, so
FUNGI

That was harder than it had to be, though I’m still not sure what I could have done better at third guess.

Also,

Did Shakespeare do any plays about fake mushrooms?

Sweet!

An interesting choice for a first word, though - not a lot of high-frequency letters there.

I try to use a different word every time. Sometimes it works out for me, as it did this time and the one other time I aced it.

Total washout today. Danged Latin borrowing!

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
What Putin has failed to do in Ukraine. :ukraine:

Wordle 440 3/6

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Wordle 440

ARMED
MARCH
CHARM

Wordle 439 4/6

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SLATE
CROUP
WINGY
FUNGI

I was a bit surprised that WINGY was on the word list, but luckily it pointed me to the solution. I felt I deserved some luck after the 1st guess being unlucky and the 2nd being unlucky[/spoiler]

Wordlebot question: why does it go with CHORE as a 2nd guess, with a score of 99 for it? In contrast, my guess CROUP is rated at 93. I don’t see why CHORE is supposedly a good guess especially since when E has already been eliminated?

Wordle 440 3/6

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CRISP
CARET
CHARM

Nice and quick.

Wordle 440 3/6

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RATIO
GRADE
CHARM

This just felt lucky. I didn’t deserve this three.

Wordle 439 5/6

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MEATY
SOUND
HUNCH
RUNUP
FUNGI

Sometimes I really get annoyed with this game. In hindsight, I should have tried for the ‘i’ earlier on, but Wordle is always trying to trip us up, so I went with a double H. Then trying for a double U and that not being right either. :roll_eyes: Turns out it was a word with uncommon letter placements…another Wordle “gotcha”. Eventually, they will run out of uncommon letter placements, double letters, and non-words, and it will be easy street. :laughing:

That said, I don’t mind a challenge, but just feeling frustrated with the game these days.

Your spoiler blur did not work and the answer is revealed, unfortunately. I flagged for moderation, so hopefully it’ll get fixed. Thankfully I played before looking at the thread. :wink:

Wordle 440 2/6*

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CHAFE
CHARM

Fell right into a big ugly trap, then managed to leap straight out again.

Wordle 440 3/6

SLANT
CRIMP
CHARM

An easy 3. I’ll take it.

Wordle 440 4/6*

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BEARD
SPARK
CHART
CHARM

Wordle 440 3/6

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CRANE
Could be CHAR_ words (chard, charm, chart. Or chair. Start with the CHAR_ words
CHART
And the third word’s a CHARM

Wordle 440 3/6*

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Petal
Shark
Charm

Wordle 440 4/6

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After getting the middle three right in guess two, not many possibilities left. It’s like the game is taunting you- “Do you feel lucky? Well… do you punk?” And I was not.

HEART
SHARK
WHARF
CHARM

Yes well maybe while on mushrooms, it’s in the psychedelic gospels? :mushroom: