I was so sure I got it on my third try. Mean Wordle!
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IRATE
SCOUR
USURY
USURP
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taser
crisp
syrup
usurp
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SOGGY → Not much here. Go after the common letters
LEAST → Strikeout on guess two! At least there are just two vowels left, but the only way I can test them both means a plural… oh, well
RUINS → ?S??? or ??S??. Either way, looks like a U before the S, so US??? or ?US??. I think we must have 2 Us (can’t think of anything from ?USCH). It’s not USURY, so
USURP
What you eliminate is often as important as what you find. When I was down to one vowel, things narrowed considerably.
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ROBIN
ALERT
HURRY
USURP
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RATIO
ANGLE
SMALL
SCALP
SCALD
I was thinking that four was not a good word but was too lazy to think it through to get an alternative.
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LEASH
STOIC
HUSKY
USURP
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CLANS
DOPEY
SCALD
After 1 I immediately saw a scale, but then quickly noticed scald, scalp and scaly. Dopey checked them all for a quick and easy 3.
I almost forgot to do this today, with about 10 minutes left in ’today’.
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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
USURP
… and welcome to today!
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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
WHACK
SCALD
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GRAIN
CHASE
STACK
SCALD
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BEARD
GLAND
SCALD
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Summary
SLANT
SCALE
SCALD
After eliminating previous solutions SHALL and SHAWL, I had SMALL, SHALE, SWALE, SCALE, SCALD, SCALP, and SCALY as possibilities. Words with a C as the second letter, words ending in silent E, one with both, and one with neither. So SCALE, the one with both, was my second guess to narrow it down to one group or the other, or possibly get lucky. After SCALE, I was down to SCALD, SCALP, and SCALY: did I want to try for a 3 and possibly wind up with a 5, or did I want to go with DUMPY as my third guess and get a guaranteed 4? I generally prefer playing it safe, but I just didn’t like the idea of going with DUMPY here. So I gambled on SCALD, and got lucky.
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CRANE
SLACK
SCALD - One of three possible words. Got lucky
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QUALM
DEALT
SCALD
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HEART
LOANS
SLACK
SCALD
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Summary
Odium
Death
Scald
Quite grim
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CAUSE
SCARF
EMPTY
SCALD
I could randomly end up with anything from three to six, or I could guarantee myself a four. I chose the latter.
Ironically, SCALD would have been my first try had I chosen the former. C’est La vie.
Some days, the alphabet works.
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IRATE
CLASH
SCALD
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Even though I’m a math geek, I find that the alphabet has remarkable utility.