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

A good day, especially compared to yesterday!

Wordle 522 3/6*

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HOARD
DIRTY
DRIVE

Wordle 522 4/6*

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CRATE
PRIME
BRINE
DRIVE
Some deja vu from yesterday–and, big duh, forgot that PRIME was yesterday’s word

Wordle 522 4/6

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EARTH
RIDGE
BRIDE
DRIVE

Yet another BRIDE DRIVE. (Be careful, lady! Lots of traffic out there!)

Just a par, but fast and fun.

As for Thanksgiving relevancy: hmm. GRAVY? TABLE? STUFT? AWKWARDHISTORICALASSOCIATIONS?

Wordle 522 3/6* 11/23/2022

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PRIME → Ah, the trap I avoided yesterday has come for me. OK, BRIBE/BRIDE/BRINE/DRIVE/TRIBE/TRIKE/TRITE/WRITE. Lotta Bs & Ts, so…
TRIBE → So it must be…
DRIVE

I was really sweating after guess 2 that I had missed a word.

Kill Bill, right?

How right you are!

Thursday, November 24th

Wordle 523 4/6

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CREPT
BIDET
LEAST
FEAST

I couldn’t see any research word after 1 so tried for the win with bidet. Turns out I should have kept looking, because I ended up finding an excellent research word in terms of using the letters I wanted to check. I just couldn’t wrap my head around thinking of words that end in T. I’m more of a “words that start with” kind of guy.

Wordle 523 1/6

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Happy Thanksgiving

Wordle 523 5/6

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RATIO
LEANT
YEAST
BEAST
FEAST

Should have gone with the one more appropriate for the holiday.

Wordle 522 5/6

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STEAL
COWER
REIGN
BRIDE
DRIVE

Add me to the Bride > Drive group…7 of us went that route.

Wordle 523 6/6

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TRANS
LOUIE
STAKE
BEAST
YEAST
FEAST

I disapprove of the Times getting cutesy with the word choices. If the word for December 25 is “SANTA”, “GOOSE”, or “GIFTS”, I will be left with no choice but to write a strongly worded letter.

Wordle 523 3/6

SLANT => beast, feast, yeast, boast, roast, toast, avast (coast has been used)
FORTE => narrows it down to
FEAST => well of course! Yes, they are getting cutesy

Well played, sir! I guess among my possibilities, ROAST BEAST would have been more appropriate for Christmas…

Wordle 523 X/6

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EARTH
LIONS
STEAM
DUMPY
WHACK
TEASE

Wordle 523 2/6

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RAISE
FEAST

Wordle 523 4/6*

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BEARD
TEACH
YEAST ← damn, saw this first…
FEAST

Wordle 523 4/6

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CRANE
DEATH
HEART
FEAST

Wordle 523 5/6

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HEART
LEAST
BEAST
YEAST
FEAST should have known, given the day.

Wordle 523 4/6

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OLIVE
BREAD
MEANT
FEAST

Another “should have guessed” here. Quick par though, not bad.

Yupyupyup! Shoulda listened. A 4 that should have been a 3. Or maybe even a 2.

Wordle 523 4/6*

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IRATE
LEAPT
YEAST
FEAST

Wordle 523 4/6*

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Gravy
Thank
Plate
Feast

I suspected as much😉

Wordle 523 3/6* US Thanksgiving Day 2022

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DRIVE → Try common consonants and a vowel… maybe A?
LEAST → Trap? BEAST? YEAST? or… daily theme…
FEAST

So, yeah, I think they’re getting cutesy (Shortzian?) with their ordering of answers.

@chela: Nice one.

Wordle 523 2/6

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