Wordle 544 3/6*
BEARD
RANCH
RIVAL
Wordle 544 4/6
UNITE
BROIL
VIRAL
RIVAL
I kicked myself for not using an A at two, but I don’t think it would have mattered; had I gone with, say, GRAIL, I still probably would have seen VIRAL before RIVAL. Wanted to put that R in the middle for some reason.
It’s a mixed feeling having 3 “greens” and 2 “yellows.” It’s like having a 1-inch tap-in for par, but knowing you just missed that birdie putt.
Fucking hell!
Wordle 544 6/6
A bog standard 4. Bah.
Wordle 544 4/6*
IRATE
FAIRY
CIGAR
RIVAL
WordleBot cackled.
Wordle 544 3/6*
SPEAR
VIRAL
RIVAL
So close on the second guess!
Wordle 544 3/6* 12/15/2022
USUAL → Weird. -AL. Ok, a couple more common letters and other vowel…
RENAL → Seems a little trappish. But I should be able to get the vowel quickly, which should cut down on the possible consonants. OK, let’s try…
RIVAL
Lucky three, from first guess to last.
My word changes every day. I’m considering using found tomorrow, or maybe exact.
Wordle 544 4/6
STERN
ROUGH
RABID
RIVAL
Pretty standard par (and fairly fast).
Wordle 544 3/6*
LEAST
CAROL
RIVAL
Wordle 545 4/6
RATIO
HORDE
PROVE
PROBE
Wordle 545 4/6
CLAMS
TROPE
PRONE
PROBE
Stupid trap. I even went so far as to google previous answers to see which of probe, prone and prove have been answers already. (Only prove.) That left prone and probe, and I saw prone first, so it’s a 4 for me.
The whole point of my strategy is that when I uncover a trap, I’m supposed to have already eliminated several of the possibilities with my “clamp store” opening. Doesn’t work so great when the trap letters are B, N, V. Ah well, such is Wordle.
Wordle 544 3/6
TEACH
MANOR
RIVAL
I wasn’t expecting that! Was just trying to check the ‘I’ and ‘L’ and figuring out where that A goes, and Rival just popped into my head, so I went with it. I was due for a 3 after being on a streak of 4’s lately. 
I should have had this in 4. Dumb. Dumb!
Wordle 545 6/6
EARTH
LIONS
BROKE — how did I miss the B???
DROVE
GROPE
PROBE — DUH
Wordle 545 3/6
SLANT
CHORE
PROBE
Sometimes the breaks go your way. After my second word, I was clearly looking at _RO_E words. PROVE and GROVE have already been used, but I still had BROKE, DROVE, FROZE, GROPE, and PROBE. Went with PROBE because it shared missing letters with BROKE and GROPE, but if both the P and B had stayed gray, I’d have had to flip a coin between DROVE and FROZE on my fourth guess. (Would have gone with the latter, given the time of year.)
Wordle 545 4/6*
FLAME
PRIDE
PROVE
PROBE
Arrangement of greens are pleasing to the eye I think. Could also have been PRONE or PROSE so some luck at the end.
Wordle 545 4/6*
BEARD
EMBER
ROBES ← stoopid.
PROBE
Wordle 545 3/6
CRANE
PIVOT - looking for letters. It’s a PRO_E word.
PROBE - before PROSE
Wordle 545 4/6
NOISE
CHORE
BROKE
PROBE
Not as good a day as yesterday. I did not pick a good starting word.
Wordle 545 5/6*
FAINT
CHOKE
ERODE
PROVE
PROBE
Wordle 545 3/6
HEART
BONER - my approach of thinking like a 12 year old pays off!
PROBE