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

Wordle 461 4/6

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ALONE
CLOUT
FLOOR
GLORY

I became convinced there was a double O in play; was kicking around FLOOR, FLOOD, and BLOOD. Luckily, I chose the word with an R in it.
Not much GLORY in a four, but it was a good workmanlike solve.

Wordle 461 5/6*

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QUART
CHORE
SWORD
IVORY
GLORY

Wordle 461 4/6

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STARE
RIGOR
GROWL
GLORY

The dunce cap for me, today: I completely ignored that I had a green R, treating it instead like a yellow R. If not for that dim-bulb move, I could have had a 3 (maybe). Oh, well.

Wordle 461 3/6

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MORAL
FLOUR
GLORY

Good start word. I then came up with a list of 6 words (that I could see). Five of them ended in R, and one ended in Y, so I thought it best to check that R placement at the end. I was glad to see it didn’t end in R…the answer was clear from there!

After I played yesterday’s game, I realized it was my 200th game! :partying_face: What’s interesting is Wordle is now showing my win percentage at 100%, but I have 1 fail. I also have missed playing 3 games in total, but I don’t think that affects the percentage…just the streak, which I’m now currently at 18 days (my longest is 74 games).

Guess Distribution after 200 games:

1 = 1 (got spoiled, so doesn’t really count :wink:)
2 = 11
3 = 59 (includes today)
4 = 72
5 = 41
6 = 16
Fail = 1

Wordle 462 4/6

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CRISP
TRONE
BRUTE
GRATE

This one hurts in hindsight because I really wanted to guess ‘great’ at 2 but refused because g is too low percentage. No idea what a trone is, but google voice recognizes it now and those were five letters that I wanted. C’est la vie.

Wordle 462 4/6

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RATIO
TRAMP
CRATE
GRATE

Wordle 462 2/6

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EARTH
GRATE

Wordle 462 5/6*

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FLOUT
TRAIN
WRATH
CRATE
GRATE

I had seriously considered GRATE as guess 3 but something was telling me no, oh well…

Wordle 462 4/6

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crane
grade
grape
grate

Really thought I’d get this in two. :frowning:

Wordle 462 3/6

SLANT
CHORE
GRATE

After two guesses, I was down to GRATE, IRATE, PRATE, and TRADE. Aspenglow’s lucky day, perhaps? But GRATE was the first one of the _RATE words that had come to my mind, so I went with that, and the roll of the dice came up my way. A lucky 3.

I’d say 4/6 wasn’t bad - you were definitely in one of those traps. There were also GRAZE and GRAVE that fit your GRA_E start. And in Jabberwocky, if the mome raths outgrabe, is ‘grabe’ a word? :wink:

Wordle 462 6/6*

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BEARD
GRAPE ← Uh oh…
GRAVE
GRAZE
GRACE
GRATE

Bastard !

Wordle 462 5/6

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FLAME
SPATE
CRATE
IRATE -Bah, went with the less obvious choice
GRATE

Wordlebot says my first word was distinctive and also lucky.
Wordle 462 2/6*

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Wordle 462 2/6

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My standard starting word paid off today and I went with the first next guess that popped into my head. This could’ve taken me out till four to get. This is my ninth “two” out of 221.

Wordle 462 4/6

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ANISE
WHALE
GRAFT
GRATE

I definitely chose the right test word at three! This was not just luck, but was based on the frequency of letters in the long list of possible answers I came up with. Saved par from what could have been a nasty trap.

This could have gone so very badly.

Wordle 462 4/6*

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WHILE
ARGUE
GRADE
GRATE

Wordle 462 3/6

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HEART
TRACE
GRATE

This is exactly how I played today, too.

Wordle 462 2/6*

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IRATE
GRATE

For once, impulsiveness paid off. My thought process after my opening word: “Great! GRATE!!”

There are too many possibilities.