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

The Game Room
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Wordle 451 4/6

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SPORT
PUNCH
HAPPY
ALPHA

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Four seems to be the popular pick. And I extend my streak o’ fours.

Wordle 451 4/6*

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IRATE
AGONY
ALBUM
ALPHA

At least it’s done for today.

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Tomorrow’s sucked. That’s it. I give up.

Wordle 452 5/6

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Sorry to hear that. But when a game stops being fun, it’s time to take a break.

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Wordle 451 5/6

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SLANT
CLOAK
ALIBI
ALLEY
ALPHA

Like Rufus I began with SLANT, but I did less well from there.

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Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Maybe this can be a song by Garfunkel and Oates.

Wordle 452 3/6

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Wordle 452

SLANT
TUMOR
THYME

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Wordle 452 3/6

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RATIO
TUNED
THYME

Wait just a second. Didn’t we just have THEME? Wordle is being too tricky.

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Wordle 452 3/6

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CLOMP
STEAM
THYME

Yay, finally a 3!

I messed up the second word by moving the green M. I should have guessed teams instead of steam. Wouldn’t have changed anything, though.

Yay! So happy to get a 3.

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Wordle 451 4/6* 9/13/2022

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BOOZE → whiff. Try commons
STAIR → near whiff. Likely two vowels
PLAUD → why o why did I repeat the A in the middle? At least I have L placed and P. Not CLAMP - don’t want to repeat my middle A folly a third time. ?LYAP - nah. Sat and thought for a while here.
ALPHA

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Wordle 451 4/6

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SPARE
PAINT
AMPLY
ALPHA

After my third word, I had two words to choose from again, but this time I chose correctly. Finally!

So it sounds like this could very well be random then, and not an evil ploy by NYT to mess with us. We currently are at 9 days out of 13 for September, so I wonder what the lifespan is of this one out of a thousand double-letter word streak (or curse as some may call it :wink:)…feels like it’ll never end. :laughing:

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Wordle 452 4/6*

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PILOT
STEAM
THEME
THYME

A rather mundane 4

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Wordle 452 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
THYME

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Wordle 452 3/6

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Taser
Theme
Thyme

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Wordle 452 4/6

As I was starting to work on this, I kept thinking: haven’t I already done this one?
Not exactly, but close enough to #447 for deja vu to seriously kick in:

SLANT => Slow start
CHORE => Better! But where’s the T? Could be theme or thyme, but white works too
WHITE => theme was Wordle #447, white’s a more common word than thyme, right?
THYME => :notes: no thyme left for you… :notes:

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Wordle 452 5/6*

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BEARD
EQUIP
CLOVE
THEME
THYME

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Wordle 452 3/6

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CRANE
TOILS - Same first two words and results as last week
THYME - Since THEME was the word last week.

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I’m thinking maybe the new Guess Who tribute band, Guess the Wordle.

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Wordle 452 4/6

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HEART
THINE
THOSE
THYME

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Another lucky first guess.

Wordle 452 3/6*

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JERKY
MAYBE
THYME

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Wordle 452 4/6

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PATIO
BRUTE
STYLE
THYME

After my recent spate of fives, a four looks pretty good. I actually enjoyed the mental workout today. A bit challenging, but gettable. I’m not through with Wordle just yet.