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

Wordle 534 5/6

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IRATE
OLDEN
WOVEN
WOMEN
WOKEN

Luck didn’t go my way on this one, though I knew there were limited choices and no danger of a fail.
Once I got the O, the only possibility that didn’t begin with W was COVEN. Therefore WOVEN was the logical next guess. After that, I lost the coin flip on the two remaining words. Some days are like that.

Wordle 534 5/6

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Son of a . . .I thought of the answer word back on the third try, but for some reason ignored the voice in my brain.

CRANE
ONSET
NOVEL
DOZEN
WOKEN

Wordle 534 3/6*

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IRATE
SPECK
WOKEN

This one took a lot of time and I still enjoyed a lot of luck. Finding the ‘K’ on the second try helped immensely, as was discovering the ‘E’ couldn’t be placed in the third or last position – though WordleBot wasn’t impressed. After that, it was a slog. I couldn’t find a single word that worked until I happened upon ‘WOKE’ – and then the ‘N’ smiled at me. Still, I didn’t expect it to be the word, just one for testing letter placement.

I couldn’t find a single word that worked until I happened upon ‘WOKE’

I always had you figured for one of those ‘WOKE’ types. :wink:

LOL, you’re pretty astute!

Wordle 534 5/6* 12/5/2022

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ADORE → Not a bad start word, and it makes a good start here. Try more common consonants…
STENO → Picked up an N. Try vowels in common sports inside a two-syllable word…
COVEN → Hit! It’s a little traplike, but there aren’t many consonants left. Two possibilities with W-, so…
WOMEN → Guessed the wrong one.
WOKEN

I think Wheelz and I had very similar plays today.

Given that the NYT is now making explicit that their policy is ‘no plurals as solutions,’ I think they might face an armed uprising if they tried to slip in an ‘ends-in-i’ plural-form.

Pitchforks and torches!

Wordle 533 2/6

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AROSE
ADORE

Luckiest starter ever, except for that one time that my in-rotation starter happened to be the solution.

Wordle 534 4/6

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ROAST
BOING
NOVEL
WOKEN

Less luck today, though my earlier perusal of news stories–including one about an ambitious Southern governor who’s just offered a definition of “wokeness,” might well qualify as luck.

Wordle 534 4/6*

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SPORE
NOTED
MONEY
WOKEN
Someone noted upthread that this month’s solutions are skewed towards Os, so I started with SPORE instead of my usual LEAST or CRATE, and luckily after MONEY I didn’t see the 2 other possibles, WOVEN and COVEN

Tuesday, December 6th

Wordle 535 5/6

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CLAMP
STEAM
MAVEN
ARMED
AMBER

This is what happens when I don’t check R.

Wordle 534 5/6

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INLET
RAMEN
QUEEN
TOKEN
WOKEN

Four O’s in the last three days. I find that annoying. Only 4 O’s in November (two were in one word), and now they slam us with them. Guess I should have known better and played it on my 3rd word at least, but I just was feeling Queen - it ruled out several words though, so that was good. Then I was choosing between the T and W and I just chose wrong.

Wordle 535 3/6*

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SHOVE
IMPEL
AMBER

Wordle 535 5/6

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RATIO
ASHEN
ADDER
AUGER
AMBER

It took me forever and a few bad guesses to see it. Also had an unforced error on two. I am never going to get them in three like most of the people here.

Wordle 535 6/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
WHACK
BEFOG
AMBER

Wordle 535 4/6

SLANT => SLANT hasn’t been picking up many letters lately, it happens
CHORE => maybe _A_ER? PAGER has most of GIMPY’s consonants, let’s try it
PAGER => So A__ER, not many 2-letter consonant combos left, let’s try
AMBER

Wordle 535 4/6

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Game 300 for me.
299 wins
Winning streak 274
1: 1 - Feast on Thanksgiving - doesn’t really count
2:: 15
3: 127
4: 120
5: 31
6: 5
Next milestone is in about 2 months, 1 year anniversary.

CRANE
PAGER
ALTER
AMBER

Congrats on game #300! That’s one sweet scoreboard, too! :slight_smile:

Wordle 535 4/6*

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PLANE
CHEAT
BEARD
AMBER

Wordle 535 5/6

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HEART
RANGE
BREAD
ANGER (I knew no N or G, just wanted to place the others)
AMBER (Should have been more alert)

Wordle 535 5/6

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IDEAL
PEACH
WATER
ANGER
AMBER

Wordle 535 2/6*

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BEARD
AMBER

Wow !