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

The Game Room
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Wordle 475 5/6

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RATIO
SANDY
CANDY
HANDY
DANDY

Seriously? I could have had a guaranteed four but I gambled on the three possible words left. As you can see, I lost

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Wordle 475 4/6

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CLOTS
REMAP
HANDY
DANDY

The first possibility I saw was hanky, and I almost guessed it but then at the last second saw handy. Kept looking and saw dandy, but then figured if it was none of the above, it would be better to have checked H than double D.

And now I’m thinking handy was already an answer.

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Wordle 474 3/6

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CRATE
LUSTY
SLOTH

Darn it…could have had this one in 2 - almost went with Sloth, but I decided to do the “smart” play (checking for the _USTY trap). I’ll happily take the 3 though.

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Wordle 475 5/6*

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CRAVE
AMIGO
PANSY
HANDY
DANDY

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Wordle 474 3/6* 10/6/2022

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MARSH → Good on the H, what next? O & U, perhaps?
SOUTH → S?OTH, gotta be
SLOTH

Started this with about two minutes left to go in the day; finished with 41 seconds left. Glad it was just a 3!

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Wordle 475 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
DANDY

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Phew.
Wordle 475 6/6*

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BEARD
ADOPT
SADLY
HANDY
CANDY
DANDY

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Wordle 475 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
DANDY

Nothing fancy about this one.

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Wordle 475 4/6

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CRANE
TONAL
SANDY
DANDY - and HANDY would have been 5

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Back to my standard …

Wordle 475 4/6*

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SAVOR
BATCH
PANEL
DANDY

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Wordle 475 5/6

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A tough one for me.

HEART
PAINS
LANKY
CANDY
DANDY

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CANDY
DANDY

LIQUOR
QUICKER

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Wordle 475 5/6

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AISLE
GROAN
WHACK
FANNY
DANDY

Aaaagh! An unforced error at three put my back against the wall. Fortunately, learning that the A was not in the middle brought up the probability of a terminal Y, and that narrowed things down significantly. Still, there were a lot of ways this could have gone wrong, and I feel lucky to have escaped with a win at all.

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Wordle 475 3/6

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STARE
MAGIC
DANDY

As Wheelz said, A in the second spot made a terminal Y a good possibility. And it’s been a week since we’ve had a repeated letter, so I wanted to try DAFFY, DALLY, and DANDY to check out the lay of the land. Went with DANDY on a whim.

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I had a rough day today. A 5 for me.

Wordle 475 5/6*

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IRATE
LAUGH
CAPON
SANDY
DANDY

Nerts.

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Wordle 475 4/6* 10/7/2022

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SLOTH → Strikeout. Gotta get creative to get an A & E in there…
RAGED → …and a placed A! Hmmm… D could be just about anywhere - DADDY is possible. DAI?? goes nowhere without L or S. Perhaps…
CANDY → Repeated letter time!
DANDY

I had a long break between the second and third guesses. Sometimes, that’s all you need.

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Wordle 475 4/6

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CRANE
PANTY
HANDY
DANDY

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LOL!

Wordle 475 4/6

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CRATE
LIONS
DUMPY
DANDY
Fortunately CRATE and DUMPY saved me from the CANDY and HANDY traps

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Wordle 476 4/6

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CRIMP
TIRES
RIGOR
VIGOR

Didn’t see vigor, unfortunately.

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Wordle 476 6/6

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RATIO
IRONY
MICRO
OILER
VISOR
VIGOR

Not the best choices but I got it in the end.