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

Wordle 444 5/6

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Alphabet hunt. I hate these.

OATEN
PAINT
GAUNT
DAUNT
TAUNT

Me, too. But today I outWordled Wordle.

Wordle 444 3/6*

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IRATE
HAUNT
TAUNT

TAUNT just seemed like such a Wordle word, I tried it sooner than I ordinarily would.

Wordle 444 3/6*

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CHOKE
STRAY
TAUNT

Wordle 444 4/6* 9/6/2022

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WHOOP → clean miss, not unexpected
STARE → Not a bad pickup for second guess. Where to try them… and perhaps get another couple vowels into the mix
LAITY → Haven’t tried N or M yet. Also, one vowel left. Need a word with it and a T in first or last… or maybe both?
TAUNT

I avoided the trap with a really lucky guess.

Tomorrow’s was not great.

Wordle 445 5/6

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If it’s LOUSY or something in a similar vein, I’m gonna be amused.

Wordle 443 4/6

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ROAST
CLONE
KOOKY
WHOOP

KOOKY was probably just as unlikely as WHOOP, but I felt like trying it.

Wordle 444 2/6

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SLANT
TAUNT

A word from the pattern ‘_ AUNT’ was not guaranteed to be the answer, but because so many of them came to mind, I decided to try one for Guess 2–then if it didn’t work I could try other NT-ending words with A’s. (I thought of DAUNT, GAUNT, TAUNT, and VAUNT, missing HAUNT; JAUNT had already been a Wordle answer.) Of the four ‘taunt’ seemed most likely, so I tried it.

Yeah, there was also the FAINT-PAINT-TAINT sequence. And I thought I’d find a bunch of words beginning with A, but AGENT was the only one that came to mind. In both the -AINT and -AUNT sequences, I somehow didn’t think of having a T at the beginning, which cost me a 3, as I would have gone with TAUNT before VAUNT if I’d thought of it, having already eliminated GAUNT, HAUNT, DAUNT, and AGENT with DOUGH as my second guess (SLANT was my first, as always).

Absolutely true. I didn’t even start brainstorming those, much less words beginning with A. Luck does play a role!

It does indeed. But well played regardless!

Always nice to see that unexpected “2”.

Wordle 444 5/6

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SCONE
PAINT
DOUGH
JAUNT
TAUNT

Saw the trap of five possible words after my second word, and I had to put down a “sleuth word” to narrow it down. It was not the result I hoped for, which left me with two choices (actually three…didn’t consider Vaunt, but I wouldn’t have tried that one till last), and of course I picked the wrong one. :roll_eyes:

Wordle 444 X/6

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Aaaarrrghh!!! I hated this one!!! I hate repeat letters!
All excited to get 4 letters after the 2nd guess, but all downhill after that.
SLANT
HAUNT
GAUNT
DAUNT
JAUNT
VAUNT

Grrrrr! My luck and skill ran out on this one!

Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
I think Wordle is getting tired of us.

Wordle 445 5/6

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Wordle 445

SCENT
BREAD
QUERY
EVERY
LEERY

Wordle 445 3/6

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RATIO
LURED
LEERY

Quick and easy,

Wordle 445 4/6

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CLANS
PILOT
WHEEL
LEERY

I very rarely get 3s anymore it seems. This 4 now catches up to my 3s with 83 each.

Wordle 445 4/6*

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STAIN
FLOUR
REBEL
LEERY

Wordle 445 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
LEERY

Wordle 445 4/6*

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BEARD
METRO
FERRY
LEERY

Weird one today !

Wordle 445 5/6*

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Befit
Penal
Jello
Leggy
Leery