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

Wordle 469 4/6*

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SPINE
TRACE
BLADE
LEAVE

Wordle 469 4/6

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CRANE
GHOST - Looking for letters, only eliminated words
BLAME - The L helped
LEAVE

Wordle 469 4/6

SLANT => when the A in the middle turns green, it’s often the only vowel in the solution
CRIMP => so I didn’t go with my usual CHORE b/c I wanted to fish for more consonants
LEAFY => after that failed, this was the best I could come up with
LEAVE => and that narrowed it down to the solution

Wordle 469 6/6

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Blargh.

Wordle 469 5/6*

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BEARD
TEACH
PEAKY
WEAVE
LEAVE

More Blargh.

Wordle 469 4/6

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HEART
MEALY
LEANS
LEAVE

Wordle 469 4/6

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ABOUT
IMAGE
CRASH
LEAVE

Quoted for truth.
I typed a looong list of possible __A_E words (and I’m sure I missed a few). S,H,C, and R came up most often in the list, so eliminating those four letters was huge.
Even then, there were at least four words left (probably more), so I definitely had some luck on my side today.

Yeah, this was a good day to get a 4.

Wordle 469 4/6*

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IRATE
SHALE
PLACE
LEAVE

WordleBot tells me I’m one lucky so-and-so. Well, duh.

Wordle 469 6/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
WHACK
BEFOG
LEAVE

Wordle 469 5/6

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OUTER
NEIGH
MEALY
LEASE
LEAVE

A fast 5 (which could have been something worse).

Wordle 469 4/6*

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RHYME
AISLE
BLADE
LEAVE

Wordle 470 4/6

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CLOMP
STARE
WHITE
TWINE

Pretty standard 4.

Wordle 469 3/6* 10/1/2022

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SCORN → What a start. OK, try A, E & some common consonants
LATHE → Then SunWife looked over my shoulder and said “Leave”
LEAVE

So she should get the credit, though I think I’d have gotten it in a minute or so.

Wordle 470 3/6

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RATIO
TILDE
TWINE
Again, not thinking it through serves me well. Although if I do think about it, the opening was probably limited to TH or TW anyway.

Wordle 469 4/6

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ORATE
SHALE
BLAME
LEAVE

This could have been a lot worse if the L was in the 2nd spot. I was glad I didn’t have to do a sleuth word and got 'er done in 4.

Wordle 470 4/6*

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COPSE
IRATE
TINGE
TWINE

I believe this is my sixth 4 in a row, Feel like I need a 3.

Wordle 470 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
FEINT
TWINE

Wordle 470 3/6

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taser
while (this was to test more letters)
twine

Wordle 470 3/6

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CRANE
TOILS - Now I have four letters
TWINE

Wordle 470 4/6*

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BEARD
CHIME
POISE
TWINE