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

Wordle 497 4/6

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CRANE
SLEET
BOWEL
LIBEL

Wordle 497 4/6

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SAUTE
FIERY
LIKEN
LIBEL

Wordle 497 5/6*

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DEATH
CRIME
SKEIN
PIXEL
LIBEL

Wordle 497 4/6

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ADIEU
RIVET
LIKEN
LIBEL

I thought this one might give people more trouble than it did. Looks like fours are the order of the day (Sorry, Morgyn).
The placement of the I and E would seem to bring up myriad options. But then again, a good lot of them end with R, which most of us got out of the way early.

Wordle 497 5/6

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SLATE
LEPER
LIVEN
LIMEY - Just curious if this would be a valid word
LIBEL

Wordle 497 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
LIKED
LIBEL

Wordle 497 4/6*

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IRATE
WIELD
LIKEN
LIBEL

Well, earth lions were always kinda weird.

Wordle 497 5/6* 10/29/2022

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SNEAK → Only one hit, but some common letters eliminated…
PIETY → Why O Why did i forget to move the E? Second day in a row I’ve done that. At least I got the I…
FILER → Not bad, placed both vowels and I’ve got an L for one of two spots…
LIVED → Placed the L. Not much left to go between the I & E… but if it’s a B, I must repeat the L…
LIBEL

I thought this solution would have some good guess-phrases come up; Bullitt (and RTFirefly) did not disappoint.

Wordle 497 5/6

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OUTER
HAVEN
EXCEL
IMPEL
LIBEL

Back to the hard-fought Five. < sigh >

Wordle 497 4/6

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TRAIN
WHILE
IMPEL
LIBEL

Wordle 498 3/6

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RATIO
SAUTÉ
WALTZ

This was the weirdest thing. All my logical senses were telling me to try something ending with TH or TY, use a common letter like N or D, but this little voice kept whispering to try WALTZ. Freaky.

Wordle 498 5/6

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EARTH
PASTA
CACTI
MALTY
WALTZ

Sure enough.

Wordle 498 4/6

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TRANS
LOUIE
MALTY
WALTZ

Made it to the third step, then spent 15 minutes staring at the screen trying to think of a word with “ALT” in the middle and no other vowels.

Wordle 498 4/6

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CRANE
TOILS
FATAL
WALTZ

I’m legitimately stuck on 498. I can’t find any word that fits the feedback I have. After getting stumped last night I slept on it, and now this morning I’m more stuck than ever. I started typing letter combination possibilities into Google, and did come up with balut, which I’ve never heard of before but is apparently a thing so I tried that with my 4th guess. No joy.

In disgust I went to an anagram solver and put in all the possibilities as I saw them. Not one single word matches my feedback.

I only have two guesses left, and not a single clue as to what the word could possibly be. And the third tier consonants I’m left with don’t easily form words with each other for me to check; at best I could maybe check three consonants out of the eight or so remaining, but I would be literally choosing those three at random, and that would be my 5th guess.

Currently at a bit of a loss, and for the first time in my wordle career I’m feeling the clock ticking.

Fingers crossed!

(Not helping my ego that everyone else seems to have gotten it without a problem.)

ETA: I think I might be able to cobble together those colored squares so I can show what feedback I have. Lemme try…

Wordle 498 ?/6

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CRISP
METAL
TALLY
BALUT

I’m just not seeing anything that matches _ALT_. Nalto? Walth?

Wordle 498 4/6

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SPATE
FAITH
WARTY
WALTZ

Wordle 498 5/6

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RAISE
LAUGH
MADLY
CANAL
WALTZ

Wordle 498 6/6*

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BEARD
FINAL
LATCH
VAULT
SALTY
WALTZ

Phewness.