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

My opening word was pretty useful today.

Wordle 501 3/6*

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IRATE
INLET
INEPT

Even WordleBot couldn’t find anything to complain about. :wink:

I don’t want to drag this on.
My list of words was spoiled. Since my list doesn’t have dates, I don’t know if they are past or future words. I didn’t give any words that weren’t spoiled.

What do you mean? How do you know? None of the words you gave were past solutions. I
So if they came from a list of Wordle solutions, they had to be future solutions.

Anyway, whatever the dickens is going on here, PLEASE don’t post words from that list again, since you don’t seem to know where they fall chronologically.

Wordle 501 4/6*

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BEARD
CLOSE
EMPTY
INEPT

Wordle 501 5/6

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EARTH
TUILE
CITED
BEFIT
INEPT

Had three letters by step 2 (though no positions), but still struggled with this one. Guess that means I must be somewhat…

LOL that’s how I felt after guessing INERT before INEPT.

Wordle 501 4/6

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SLATE
FEINT
INERT
INEPT
I did see INEPT but somehow thought that INERT was more likely

Much better.
'Wordle 501 3/6*

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ASHEN
NUDGE
INEPT

Wordle 501 3/6

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SHARE
CLEAT
INEPT

Wordle 501 2/6* Dia De Los Muertos 2022

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PINEY - OK, there are maybe two words here. SPINE and…
INEPT

A 30-second Wordle - and I was hoping to while away a few minutes when I whipped out my phone.

Wordle 502 4/6

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CRAMP
STEAL
ALONG
ALOUD

I actually saw aloha first, and would have been pissed if that were the answer. But I guess it probably is in the answer list, now that I think about it.

Wordle 502 5/6

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RATIO
CHAOS
WOMAN
AFOUL
ALOUD

I still don’t see why it wouldn’t let me use EBOLA. Again, should have checked vowels earlier.

Wordle 502 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
ALOOF
ALOUD

Got this one in three.

Wordle 502 3/6
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TRANS
LOUIE
ALOUD

I know you always use one day’s solution as your starting word for the next. So I was thinking you had a shot at the 2. Way to go!

Wordle 502 3/6

SLANT
CLEAR
ALOUD

Got a bit lucky with the 3! Even after my second guess, the solution didn’t have to begin with AL, and if it did, there were at least four other good possibilities I could see that weren’t previous solutions. Not complaining, though. :slight_smile:

Wordle 502 4/6

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CRANE
TOILS
ALLOW
ALOUD

Wordle 502 4/6*

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BEARD
VALID
AHOLD ← desperation strikes !
ALOUD

Wordle 502 3/6*

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PROUD
CLOUD
ALOUD

Wordle 502 5/6

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HEART
BASIC
AMPLY
ALOOF
ALOUD

Wordle 502 4/6

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SAUTE
QUAIL
ALBUM
ALOUD