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

my approach of thinking like a 12 year old pays off!

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Wordle 545 3/6

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VOICE
TRONE
PROBE

A bit of luck today! I actually wanted to do a test word at three, but I couldn’t come up with one containing all the letters I wanted to check. So I went with with PROBE, for exactly the same reasons as @RTFirefly. Great minds think alike!

A 3 and I’m happy. :slight_smile:

Wordle 545 3/6*

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IRATE
PRONE
PROBE

Obviously I’d eliminated PRONE, but there were still PROSE and PROBE. (I knew PROVE had already been used.) I later learned from WordleBot there was also PROLE, but I’d never have tried that one first. Lucky try with PROBE.

Wordle 545 3/6

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Slant
Prove
Probe
Didn’t expect to come so close on second guess.

Wordle 545 4/6*

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RAISE
CRONE
TROVE
PROBE
I let out a big sigh of relief when all the greens appeared on the 4th guess, because there were at least 4 other possible _RO_E words

Wordle 546 3/6

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RATIO
SNORE
CHORD

Wordle 545 4/6

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TEACH
MONEY
PROSE
PROBE

Lucky 3rd word left me only one choice. :slight_smile: Though I did deliberate for a while on what to go with for my 3rd word, but really glad I chose well.

Wordle 546 3/6

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EARTH
LIONS
CHORD

Wordle 546 3/6

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Slant
Probe
Chord

Wordle 546 3/6

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CRAPS
CHORE
CHORD

Nothing but 3s so far today.

Adding to the threes…

Wordle 546 3/6

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CRANE
CHOIR
CHORD

Wordle 546 3/6*

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BEARD
SWORD
CHORD

Yet more threeness.
Took ~15 seconds !

Wordle 546 5/6*

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WHILE
CHAMP
CHUNKS
CHOCS
CHORD

Sorry to spoil the 3 party. Not on form today.

Wordle 546 3/6

SLANT
CHORE
CHORD

I found it! :grin:

Wordle 546 3/6

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SAUTE
CHOIR
CHORD

Wordle 546 4/6

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AMUSE
IRONY
FLOOR
CHORD

No three for me either.
In retrospect, I probably should have gotten it in three. I kept wanting to end with RT, but didn’t find anything. “CHORT? No, that’s not a word.” So close!
The double O was going to be either brilliant or stupid, and it was the latter.
Still, after a rough start, I wasn’t mad to save par today.

Wordle 546 4/6

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HEART
SHIRK
CHURN Three turns to eliminate 4 vowels Only 1 word left that I can see.
CHORD

Like buttah!! I’m in the Three Club! :smiley:

Wordle 546 3/6*

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IRATE
SCOUR
CHORD

Coffee’s still hot. :slight_smile:

I’m never certain if having a first word with no correct letters is good or bad. This time it worked out fairly well.

Wordle 546 3/6*

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GAUNT
CHORE
CHORD

Wordle 545 4/6* 12/16/2022
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Wordle 546 3/6* 12/17/2022

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PROBE → Likely the only vowel, right in the middle. Move the R, and try three more common consonants?
SHORT → No PH-, SH- or TH- words. Is it WHORL? Too rare, think some more. CHORE is out, but that does strike a
CHORD

That was a fun 3, just the right amount of skull-sweat to suss out the third guess.