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

The Game Room
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Wordle 495 3/6

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CRANE
CAROL
CARRY - I think CARAT is the only other possible word

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Wordle 495 3/6

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RAISE
BARON
CARRY

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Wordle 495 5/6

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Took a while this time

HEART
ADORN
DAIRY
MARRY
CARRY

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Wordle 495 3/6*

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BEARD
CAIRN
CARRY

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Wordle 495 3/6

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EARTH
CARGO
CARRY

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Wordle 495 2/6*

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AIERY
CARRY

Perhaps my fastest run ever. Took about 30 seconds. Apparently this is only the 4th time I have done it in two.

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Looks like three is the norm today.
Wordle 495 3/6

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CRANE
CHART
CARRY

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Wordle 495 4/6

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ACUTE
CHAIN
CROAK
CARRY

Another workmanlike par for me.

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< sigh > Or not.

Wordle 495 4/6*

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IRATE
SCRAP
CAROB
CARRY

WordleBot says the average today is 4.0, so at least I’ve got that. I’m average! :wink:

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Four is my normal territory on any given day.

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Mine, too.

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Not so good today, alas.

Wordle 495 5/6*

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DORIC
FARCE
CARAT
CARNY
CARRY

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Wordle 495 5/6* October 27, 2022

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FLOUT → Struck out on the start word
RAISE → One vowel in second character position. Maybe I should try a repeated A…
PARKA → No luck, but placed the R. Perhaps a double R - and try a Y?
MARRY → PARRY is already out, so it must be
CARRY

A fast five on this one - below par, but it was a nice, nonconventional challenge.

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Wordle 495 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
CARRY
I felt lucky to get it in 3, since 4 is also my normal territory and, as Aspenglow pointed out, WordleBot says the average today is 4.0

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Wordle 495 4/6

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STERN
WHIRL
DURRA
CARRY

Yet another “average” here.

I knew DURRA was highly unlikely to be the answer, but I couldn’t think of anything else to try.

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Wordle 495 3/6

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SHARE
ACORN
CARRY

Really thought Acorn would be it, given the season. :wink: But alas, not to be. Carry it is then. :slight_smile: (I now realize it could have been Capri, as in the pants, but all I saw was Carry at the time).

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Wordle 496 3/6

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CRAMS
STEAL
SNEAK

Solid 3.

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Wordle 496 3/6

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RATIO
SHADE
SNEAK

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Wordle 496 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
SEDAN
SNEAK

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Wordle 496 3/6

SLANT => Could be sandy, sneak, or sonar. Maybe others?
SONAR => eliminates sandy, so…
SNEAK

I came up with three possibilities after my first guess, and my main worry was that there were more out there that I wasn’t seeing. Especially because there were a ton of proper nouns that would have fit: Saxon, Sudan, Sanka, Saran (wrap), (Carl) Sagan, (Lou) Saban, (Sam) Snead…I couldn’t believe I was finding all these, but could only identify three common nouns that fit. Very strange. So I was quite relieved when the solution was one of those three.