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

The Game Room
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Wordle 472 5/6* 10/4/2022

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STING → That’s… not much. And not the letter I’d have expected
GLOAM → Wasn’t sure it was a word… but for the O, I’ll take it
VOGUE → Only one place left for the G now… ?OUG?, no H yet…
ROUGH → Trap! B, C or D with two guesses left… what the heck, alphabetical order, so
BOUGH

I should have seen the trap coming; but on hard mode, there would have been little I could do about it. As it was, I got lucky.

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Wordle 472 4/6

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CRATE
LIONS
DUMPY
BOUGH
A surprise to get it in 4, after the 1st 3 guesses turned up just 2 yellows and just trying any letter combos that were left

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Wordle 473 3/6

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CLAMS
MASON
MARSH

Finally a quality 3.

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Wordle 473 3/6

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EARTH
MARCH
MARSH

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Wordle 473 4/6*

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FLOUT
PRIME
MARCH
MARSH

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Wordle 473 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
HARSH
MARSH

First one in a while that I kinda misplayed. Saw HARSH early, and somehow overlooked the solution which I would have probably tried first if I’d seen it.

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Wordle 473 3/6

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CRANE
PARTY
MARSH - Lucky - there are other AR_ words

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Wordle 473 3/6

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HEART
MARCH
MARSH

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Wordle 473 4/6*

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BEARD
ARGON
LARCH
MARSH

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Wordle 473 5/6

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ASIDE
SHOAL
TRASH
HARSH
MARSH

Same here. I was playing too quickly; “There’s only one _ARSH word, I’m done.” Then came the WTF moment when the H turned over black, quickly followed by the “Oh, duh” moment.

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Wordle 473 2/6*

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Inconceivable!

Ovate
Marsh

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Wordle 473 5/6* October 5, 2022

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BOUGH → That cuts things down some. -TH, -CH, -SH endings?
WRATH → Good luck with R & A… now where do they go?
RANCH → One right. Must be -SH ending. So ?ARSH… try a repeat?
HARSH → Nope. But only one possibility left, I think…
MARSH

Went awfully quickly for a 5.

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Yay for 3s!

Wordle 473 3/6*

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IRATE
RANCH
MARSH

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Of course you’re going to be IRATE about your RANCH if it turns out to be a MARSH. :wink:

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Yeah, where I went wrong was after my first 2 guesses I had the A,H,R,S (though none of the positions), and when I looked at HARS_, it was obvious that the last letter for that possibility would have to be H. So when I considered _ARSH, my mind had already filled in the H as the first letter, and I didn’t even think about there being other possibilities. (Where’s that head-slap emoji from the old board when you need it? :smiley: )

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Wordle 473 3/6

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stern
brash
marsh

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Yowza!

Wordle 473 2/6

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EARTH
MARSH

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Wordle 473 4/6*

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VIOLA
ACUTE
SMASH
MARSH

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Wordle 473 4/6

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RATIO
LARGE
MARCH
MARSH

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Wordle 473 3/6

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EARTH
MARCH
MARSH

Identical play to Bullitt’s on this day. And would have been identical to Chefguy’s except for my ‘if you have two possibilities try them in alphabetical order’ habit.

Oh well; at least it took only five minutes.