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

Wordle 519 6/6

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Too many possibilities here.
HEART
GRADE
FRAME
BRACE
BRAKE
BRAVE

Dunno why this one was such a PITA. I was sure I was going to get it in three after my starting word.
Wordle 519 5/6

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SPARE
CRANE
FRAME
BRAKE
BRAVE

Wordle 519 4/6* 11/20/2022

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AVERT → Four yellows to start. Probably a good thing…
RAVED → Stil haven’t placed any, though if I move them over one letter…
GRAVE → Aha. I think I can get it in 5 at most…
BRAVE

Broke my streak of plays yesterday, just too tired after a long ride. I almost fell into a trap here, though not the same one that most did…

That was a bit close.

Wordle 519 6/6*

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POUND
ALERT
RAISE
FRAME
GRAVE
BRAVE

Wordle 519 6/6

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OPIUM
RENAL
WATER
SHARE
CADGE
BRAVE

Man, was I sweating this one. It took so long to place those vowels that I was forced to do a research word at five, always a risky proposition. I was very fortunate that CADGE eliminated most of the possibilities, and even more fortunate that it wasn’t BRAKE, which, like @EllisDee, I completely missed. Phew indeed.

Because there are quite a few _RA_E words, perhaps? Besides the solution, there were DRAKE, DRAPE, GRAPE, GRAVE, and GRAZE, and previous solutions FRAME, GRADE, and BRAKE, the last one of which for some reason I didn’t check against the list before I tried it. (And that’s given the consonants eliminated by my first two words.) Either way, it’s quite the trap. I’m feeling lucky to have gotten it in 5.

ETA: At the moment, 5 is both the mean and the median number of tries it’s taken those of us in this thread.

I almost didn’t post this. Almost.

Wordle 519 2/6*

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IRATE
BRAVE

Don’t hate me!

It went so fast I almost missed it. I simply tried the first two letters that popped into my head.

WordleBot sneered that there were 15 other possibilities after my first try, so obviously it was only luck. I agree!

Wordle 519 3/6

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Slant
Aware
Brave

Wordle 519 4/6

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AROSE
GRAPE
CRAVE
BRAVE

Trap! Trap! Got it in par, but took twenty minutes due to having to make a ‘possibles’ list and then calculate which test word would eliminate the most options. Luck was definitely involved.

There were a LOT of possibles once that “_RA_E” showed up. Yeesh.

Wordle 519 4/6

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PROSE
TRACE
BRAKE
BRAVE

I totally forgot to check the previous answer word list…Brake and Trace both were already words. I don’t always do that…never for my start word, and rarely for my 2nd word, but it sure helps when there’s a big trap going on. Oh well…I will gladly take the 4 on this one.

Wordle 519 2/6*

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CRATE
BRAVE

Very similar to Aspenglow, don’t hate me because I have no idea how I got it so quickly especially after a streak of 4s and 5s. The word just appeared in a flash.
WordleBot says I was very lucky, 91/99, and that there were 10 other possible words left. I’m not sure why it has my skill score at just 80/99

ok, three people got this one in 2? Y’all are now just showing off. :laughing: Joking aside, lucky or not…congrats! It was a doozy for most.

Wordle 520 3/6

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RATIO
VIOLA
AXIOM

This was a good one to get in three. It took a little thinking.

Wordle 520 4/6

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CRAMP
STEAM
ALBUM
AXIOM

Tricksy X.

Wordle 520 5/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
WHACK
AXIOM

Wordle 520 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
AXIOM

Took a bit of work, but I got there. Now that’s more like it!

Wordle 520 3/6

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CRANE
TOILS
AXIOM - maybe the only possible word - assuming AMIGO isn’t one of the words

angel
Aphid
Axiom

Wordle 520 3/6*

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Wordle 520 4/6

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NOISE
PRIOR
IDIOM
AXIOM

Wordle 520 3/6*

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BEARD
WAGON
AXIOM

Hmm. Lucky.