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

Wordle 499 4/6

TALLY => Finally different! I was starting to wonder if Wordle hadn’t reset overnight.
APTLY

That was weird.

Wordle 499 4/6

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CRANE
TOILS
FATAL
APTLY

Wordle 499 4/6*

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BEARD
GLOAT
LATCH
APTLY

Why is LATIN not in the word list ?!
(when DUTCH is in the list.)

Wordle 499 4/6

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IRATE
MATCH
ANTSY
APTLY

Wordle 499 3/6

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HEART
ATOLL After this guess, I had A-TL- and it led to only one conclusion that I know of
APTLY

Wordle 499 4/6

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AGILE
ADULT
ATOLL
APTLY

Slightly tricky. Once I got to A_TL_, there was only one possibility. But it still took me a minute to find it; it’s not really an everyday word.

I can see how Wheelz progressed from word one to the solution but I am very suspicious of the Wordlebot guy. Today he solved in 3 steps but I don’t see how he jumped from his usual opening word to the solution. Guess my analog broken brain does not spin fast enough. Wordlebot slate,taint,aptly
Me: wheat,flour,spicy,aptly Even with all 5 letters the solution did not come easy

Wordle 499 4/6

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CRANE
BLOAT
STALL - stupidly put the A in the same place as the first word
APTLY

After 2 tries I had letter placement narrowed down to no other choice but the answer. It took awhile for me to realize that.

Wordle 499 3/6*

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IRATE
TAWNY
APTLY

Wordle 499 3/6

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ROAST
TABLE
APTLY

‘A’ had to be either first or last; ‘T’ had to be in position 2 or 3. After tedious attempts at ‘_ITLA,’ ‘_UTLA,’ etc., then more tedious attempts at ‘_TULA’ and ‘AT_LA’ etc., I finally hit on APTLY.

Adverbs aren’t that common in Wordle, so it took a long time.

Thanks! I’m already making use of this.

Happy to help.

Minor note: That’s a backslash, not forward slash. I always mix up which one is called which. Just an FYI for if you explain it to someone else.

Yeah, I’m a bit fuzzy on those names, too. (I’d probably be explaining via typing rather than in verbal conversation, so it’s all good.)

Wordle 499 4/6*

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OKAPI
PECAN
SPRAT
APTLY

Wordle 500 4/6

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RATIO
SNIDE
LINEN
PINEY

Wordle 500 4/6

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CREST
MAPLE
PENNY
PINEY

After 2 I looked and looked but didn’t see anything, including noticing and rejecting piney multiple times. So I took a break, came back an hour later and quickly saw penny, convinced that was the answer. Piney, really? Boo.

Wordle 500 4/6

SLANT
CHORE => not much so far
GIMPY => replacing DUMPY as my 3rd word, worked out well today
PINEY

Wordle 499 5/6

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CHOIR
SLANT
LATTE
PETAL
APTLY

Took me a bit to see it…two days in a row now, though the word came to me a lot faster than it did yesterday, but one more guess to get it. Just realized I played the E on my 4th word when it wasn’t valid…could have had it in 4, maybe. Oh well.

Wordle 499 4/6* Halloween 2022

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WALTZ → Three letters hit; wasn’t expecting W & Z to be among them anyway.
STALK → Got the L placed. Must be another vowel somewhere…
FAULT → An error on my part to put the A in the same spot again. But a memory from yesterday came to mind…
APTLY
Oddly (or aptly) enough, this was my third guess yesterday.

Dumb mistake!!

Wordle 500 X/6

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EARTH
LIONS
NIECE
BINGE

DAMPS — here I’m thinking dined fined wined pined mined

PINED — DUMB MISTAKE! The D was already eliminated.

DAMMIT!!

Wordle 500 4/6

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A lot of yellows for game 500…

CRANE
LEMON
INEPT
PINEY