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

Wordle 528 4/6

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RATIO
DUNES
UPEND
UNDUE

I really thought I had it on three.

Wordle 528 5/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
WHACK
UNDUE

Wordle 528 3/6*

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CRIME
OVULE
UNDUE

Apologies if my briefly un-blurred spoiler upset anybody. I haven’t been posting for a while and I just plain forgot.

Wordle 528 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
NUDGE
UNDUE

Maybe the solution is a common word if you’re a lawyer.

Wordle 528 4/6

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CRANE
LINTS
NUDGE - Same 3rd word as the previous post
UNDUE

Wordle 528 4/6

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Another NUDGE

RAISE
COUPE
NUDGE
UNDUE

Wordle 528 4/6

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SPATE
DRONE
NUDIE
UNDUE

I’m up too damn early. (Yeah, that’s the ticket!) A 4 today.

Wordle 528 4/6*

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IRATE
HOUSE
BULGE
UNDUE

Wordle 528 4/6*

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SPEAR
GLIDE
DUNCE
UNDUE

I spent a few minutes wondering “Is that really a word? Isn’t it UNDO?” then I realized that this solution shouldn’t cause me UNDUE stress.

Wordle 528 4/6

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HEART
POWER
CLEVE
UNDUE somewhat lucky guess- we know there are is no a, o, and only 1 e. Put my money on the u and it paid off.

Wordle 528 3/6

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CAUSE
PURGE
UNDUE

Hmmm, I’ve got two spots left for that U; where should I put it next? How about both? Both is good.

Wordle 528 4/6*

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BEARD
GLIDE
DOUSE
UNDUE

Wordle 528 4/6

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SLANT
NEIGH
DOYEN
UNDUE

DOYEN was a long-shot as a Wordle solution, but it did give me the D (as well as cut off a lot of other options). I’d have gone for UNDER next except that E in fourth position was prohibited.

Wordle 528 3/6* 11/29/2022

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TEPID → Good start. Let me go looking for vowels
ANODE → Good luck gets the N. Only one spot left for the D, as DN- is a nowhere prefix. Only unused vowel left is U. Could it start with END-? No? Then UND-E… UNDYE? No. Two Us?
UNDUE

I promised myself I would go with my first instinct this time… and it worked, oddly enough.

Almost forgot to play again.

Wordle 528 4/6*

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PATCH
REIGN
ENJOY
UNDUE

Wednesday, November 30th

Wordle 529 5/6

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CLOTS
STARE
STUNT
STUMP
STUDY

It’s a trap!

Wordle 528 4/6

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LEARN
STONE
NIECE
UNDUE

Took me a while to see it. I was so focused on words starting with N for my 3rd word and had three to choose from (Niche, Niece, and Nudge)…almost went with Nudge as I now see 3-4 others here did, but wouldn’t have mattered, still would have gotten it in 4, which is fine.

I still have more 3’s this month than 4’s (which hasn’t happened since May), but the 4’s are quickly catching up…only one away from a tie and one day left to close out the month - better get a 3 tomorrow. :wink:

Wordle 529 6/6

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RATIO
QUEST
STUCK
STUMP
FENDY
STUDY

This was a rough one. QUEST was an odd choice but I needed the vowels. After the next two choices I saw STUFF, STUDY, and STUNG. I was looking for a word with as many letters to delete as possible. I randomly put in FENDY and was surprised that it was accepted.

Wordle 529 4/6*

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CRIME
AGLOW
BUDDY
STUDY

Wordle 529 4/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
STUDY