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

The Game Room
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Wordle 503 4/6

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CRANE
STORM
BOOTH
PHOTO

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Wordle 503 4/6*

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SLEPT
OPTIC
TROMP
PHOTO

Bog standard 4 guesses.

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Wordle 503 3/6

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STARE
POUTY
PHOTO

I might have tried PINTO had it not already been a solution. As it was, this came fairly quickly.

I’ve done that (more than once).

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Wordle 504 4/6

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CRITS
PRONE
BREAD
DREAM

Wordle didn’t let me get away with substituting N for M this time. (I did get away with substituting I for A, at least.)

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Wordle 503 3/6

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SHORE
CHOMP
PHOTO

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Wordle 504 5/6

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RATIO
GLARE
SHEAR
CREAM
DREAM

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Wordle 504 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
DREAM

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Wordle 503 4/6* 11/4/2022

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ALOUD → O in the middle. Only vowel? Gotta at least try some more…
STORE → Also a T. Where should it go?
BOOTY → Second O must be first or last. O?OT?.. don’t see much there. ??OTO - there’s one word…
PHOTO

It did take me a mighty long time to figure out that one word.

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Wordle 504 3/6

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CRANE - Looks like REA. Most words that I saw had D and/or T. Both beginning and end.
TOWED - It’ starts with D,
DREAM

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Wordle 504 2/6*

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BEARD
DREAM

Some much welcomed magnificence.

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Wordle 504 3/6

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IDEAL
STEAD
DREAM

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UGH!

Wordle 504 6/6

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Wordle 504 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
DREAM

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Wordle 504 4/6

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HEART
RACER
AREAS
DREAM

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Coulda had it in 2, but I suspected a tricksy Wordle trap. I was right.

Wordle 504 3/6*

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Email, madre, dream

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Well got lucky on this one
Wordle 504 2/6

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VIDEO
DREAM

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My streak of 3s continues. Today’s answer took only about 30 seconds!

Wordle 504 3/6*

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IRATE
CREAM
DREAM

Might’ve had it in 2, but hey, I’m not greedy!

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Wordle 504 4/6

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ALIEN
REACH
BARGE
DREAM

No “greens” until the very end. And a bit of luck to get this four. Could have been TREAD, DREAD, TREAT, FREAK, WREAK, SMEAR, DREAR, SPEAR, SWEAR, or EXTRA (plus a few very unlikely obscure words). I’ll take it.

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Wordle 504 4/6*

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PAUSE
AGLET
BEARD
DREAM

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Wordle 504 4/6

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OUTER
REACH
ARENA
DREAM

After step 3 (when it was clear it was a word with ‘REA’ in the middle as there was no place else for the A to go), I saw five possibilities: BREAD, DREAD, DREAM, FREAK, and WREAK.

I needed to test B, D, F, K, M, and W. And could NOT think of a five-letter word to test three of those; so I decided to just try one of the possibles (one with a D or a K). And got lucky (even if it’s just a par).