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

The Game Room
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Wordle 538 3/6

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Slant
Brace
Braid

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Wordle 538 4/6*

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LEAST
CHARY
BRAND
BRAID
Not sure how I missed BRAID in the 3rd round especially since I was looking for words with 2 vowels. Oh well.

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Wordle 539 4/6

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RATIO
SYNOD
CLONE
KNOCK

OK with a four on this one.

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Wordle 539 4/6*

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SPATE
WOULD
GROIN
KNOCK

I had some difficulty finding any word to fit after 3.

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Wordle 539 3/6

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CLANS
RECON
KNOCK

A quality 3! It’s been a hot minute since I’ve had one of these.

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Wordle 539 3/6

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CRANE
TONIC
KNOCK - I think the only possible word

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Wordle 539 3/6

SLANT
CHORE
KNOCK => Couldn’t see any other possibilities.

Good to get a 3. I’ve gotten precious few of them in the past three weeks - four 3’s, a 2, and three 5’s, with the rest 4’s. Still averaging under 4 for the period, but by a good deal less than I’d gotten used to. And to think that I was complaining that the NYT had made Wordle too easy! Waiter, do you serve crow here?

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Wordle 539 5/6

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EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
WHACK
KNOCK

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Wordle 539 3/6

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NOISE
CROWN
KNOCK

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Wordle 539 5/6*

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BEARD
QUILT
SPOON
MOONY ← wtf was i thinking ?!
KNOCK

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Very tough today

Wordle 539 4/6

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HEART
SPOIL
MOONY
KNOCK

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A 4. Meh.

Wordle 539 4/6*

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IRATE
CLOUD
SHOCK
KNOCK

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Wordle 539 3/6*

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NOISY
OCEAN
KNOCK

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Wordle 539 4/6

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OPERA
SNOUT
KNOWN
KNOCK

I figured out it had to be a KN word and then lost yet another coin flip. Could have been worse, though; it could have been KNOLL, which I didn’t see.

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Wordle 539 4/6* 12/10/2022

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BRAID → Clean miss. Lotta common consonants left, and I should probably try two vowels…
SHOUT → Nine down, one found. I’ll abandon the vowel hunt for now…
FLOCK - Almost tried GLOCK here. It’s trap-ish, but I’ve used so many consonants there’s not much left. Do I have a repeat?
KNOCK

Another one with no yellows. Kind of a fun four.

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Wordle 539 4/6

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Wordle 539 5/6

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OUTER
VIOLA
PHONY
SNOOD
KNOCK

So “O” only–no other vowels and no Y. And my search for consonant pairs still allowable after so many eliminated letters, ended up with only two “KN” words: KNOLL, eliminated by the second guess, and KNOCK.

An ignominious Five.

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Wordle 539 4/6* 12/10/2022

LEAST
IRONY
GNOME
KNOCK

This one took me forever! Ugh!

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Sunday, December 11th

Wordle 540 3/6

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CRITS
ALIEN
NAIVE

Uncharacteristically used a three vowel research word, and it worked. Hit both the A and the E.

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Wordle 540 3/6

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RATIO
DAILY
NAIVE

I like ones like this that make me think about which letters can go together.