MEDAL → Good start. Let’s assume two vowels for now, but switch their positions, then L must be first (not LADEN) or third…
PALER → Oooh. Probably doesn’t end with an S, so TALES is out… but it could end with a T…
VALET
Two vowels and a consonant from the get-go is a powerful opening, as long as you don’t end up in a trap.
Wordle 511 3/6
CHOIR
SLATE
VALET
Sure wish I went with Slate first, which is one of my oft-used start words, but I’m happy with getting it in 3. Plus, I finally broke my four-day streak of 4’s. 
And the guess word for the day was FACET…5 of you put that down for your penultimate guess.
Wordle 512 3/6
CRIMP
TILES
INANE
Solid 3 here, now three in a row.
Wordle 512 3/6
RATIO
CHINA
INANE
This one was hard. I had a terrible time choosing a second word and only went with the third to place the vowels .
Wordle 512 3/6
EARTH
LIONS
INANE
Wordle 2^9 3/6
SLANT => Trap city? _RANK(B,D,F,P), _RAND(B,G)? Or maybe __ANY? Let’s act
DORKY => to eliminate some of those possibilities. Now the solution has to be something really
INANE
Wordle 512 3/6
Since NYT changed how the do the words my average is 3.0 (one 2, five 3’s and one 4). My average before was a little over 3.6. Coincidence or are they giving easier words?
CRANE
PLANE
INANE
Wordle 512 3/6
NOISE
HINGE
INANE
Wordle 512 6/6*
BEARD
EXACT
SLAKE
AMAZE
PHAGE
INANE
Damn, that was hard.
Wordle 512 2/6
ANISE
INANE
Lucky choice of an opening word for me. A word with three vowels is right in my wheelhouse though. 
Wordle 512 4/6*
PLAIT
DIARY
IMAGE
INANE
Wordle 512 3/6
CRANE
PLANE
INANE
Continuing with my 3s. Coulda had it in 2.
Wordle 512 3/6*
IRATE
IMAGE
INANE
I had INANE worked out first, then found IMAGE. In keeping with my obsession to try more letters before double consonants, it cost me an extra turn. Can’t complain, though.
Wordle 512 3/6
HEART
SNAKE
INANE
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Wordle 512 3/6
AROSE
PLACE
INANE
Going through every consonant that could fit that fourth position in “_ _ A _ E” I got a bunch of words that have already won (ABATE; EVADE etc.) and some somewhat obscure words that I thought unlikely to win (e.g. THANE). INANE seemed less obscure.
Same solution as Chefguy and Author_Balk:
Wordle 512 3/6*
CRANE, PLANE, INANE
I thought of DIANE, but it looks like proper names aren’t valid answers, since WordleBot says that INANE was the only solution left after guessing CRANE and PLANE?
Wordle 512 3/6
CHOIR
PAINT
INANE
I see what you did there 
Wordle 513 3/6
CLAPS
PALER
MAPLE
Didn’t even need to check M; I feel like maple was the only option left after 2.
Wordle 513 5/6
RATIO
LADEN
FALSE
CABLE
MAPLE
Wordle 513 4/6
EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
MAPLE