Wordle 489 5/6
CRANE
PRIDE
BROKE
TROVE - damn!
GROVE
Alphabet chase.
A very lucky 3 today.
Wordle 489 3/6*
IRATE
DROVE
GROVE
My second guess basically solved it. Once I checked PROVE and learned it was already a used word, there was only one possibility left.
Wordle 489 4/6
MOUSE
CRONE
PIVOT
GROVE
A workmanlike four. Won the coin toss between GROVE and DROVE. Not much else to say about this one.
Wordle 489 5/6
SLATE
CHOIR
PRONE
DROVE
GROVE
After trying to decide, GROVE or DROVE, and going with DROVE, I realized that GROVE was more probable since it’s not a past tense. Oh well. At least it wasn’t ERODE or FROZE
Wordle 489 4/6
STARE
CRONE
BLOGS
GROVE
BLOGS was, of course, a test word, as after CRONE I had a list of possibles using B, D, F, G, K, L, P, V, and Z. I was down to DROVE, GROPE, and GROVE and chose the last for reasons similar to those already mentioned.
Wow, I never even saw that possibility.
Wordle 489 4/6* 10/21/2022
DENIM → First time I think I’ve ever knocked out N & M this early. OK, common letters…
STARE - Placed the E, hit an R. Must be another vowel in there somewhere to go with the (silent?) E…
PROBE → Try combinations of consonants, the first one that makes a word is…
GROVE
I too missed FROZE as a possibility.
Wordle 490 4/6
CLASP
SPOIL
SPILL
SPIEL
Very quick, but annoying that I decided against guessing spell for my second word. Oh well.
Wordle 490 4/6
SLANT
CHORE
SMELL
SPIEL
Wordle 490 4/6
RATIO
LINED
IMPEL
SPIEL
Wordle 489 4/6
TRACE
BRINE
GROPE
GROVE
I saw I was in trouble straight away. My second word ruled out a lot of the possible words, but I still had a bunch to go through. I didn’t think Grope would be an answer word, but I had to check the G, P and O. I almost just took a chance and went with Grove, but I had 4 other choices, so I took the safe move. Ok with getting it in 4…could have been a lot worse!
Wordle 490 2/6
taser
spiel
I did not expect this at all! 
This was tricky for me!
Wordle 490 6/6
EARTH
LIONS — I now have 4 letters, E I L and S. I thought it might be one of (SLICE SLIDE SLIME) so I went with…
MEDIC — nope, it’s not (SLICE SLIDE SLIME)
In decreasing frequency, U G P Y F B W K Z V X J Q are the remaining letters. Wracking my brain, I can’t guess it so I continue with trying to eliminate consonants.
BUMPY — got the P!
PLIES
SPIEL — phew!
I guess I should’ve had it in 5.
Wordle 490 3/6
CRANE
SLEET - found where the E is and two additional letters
SPIEL
Wordle 490 3/6*
MOIST
SPICE
SPIEL
Wordle 490 3/6
RAISE
SHIED
SPIEL
Wordle 490 5/6
COATI
BRINE
WEIGH
SPIED
SPIEL
Tough go of it today. Didn’t really want to go with a past-tense word at four, but I was stumped. Not my favorite answer word.
Wordle 490 4/6
HEART
SMOKE
SLEEP
SPIEL
Me either!
Wordle 490 2/6
CRANE
SPIEL - E and O don’t usually combine well, nor do E and U, which leaves E and I, since A is not usable. A lot of words that have E in the middle somewhere are eliminated because of the first word. Also: lucky guess.
Nor me!
Wordle 490 2/6*
IRATE
SPIEL
Quite the shock and almost a disappointment. Almost. 