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

The Game Room
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Made the three club!
Wordle 546 3/6

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CRANE
COURT - great letter eliminator word
CHORD

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Made it in two. One letter in the wrong place on the first try. Have to assume a big percentage of luck.

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Sure, but they’re still such fun when you get one, aren’t they? :smiley:

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:laughing: Everyone in the house heard about it.

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Wordle 545 3/6

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STARE
RIDGE
PROBE

I was thinking either ‘crone’ or ‘probe’ for guess 3 and decided the latter was more Wordleish.

Wordle 546 4/6

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OUTER
ROCKY
CROWN
CHORD

After guess 3 it looked like either a CH word or a CL one, and I tested the former first.

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Wordle 547 2/6

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RATIO
TAPER

Pure luck. It was the first that came to mind.

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Wordle 546 3/6

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TEACH
OPIUM
CHORD

My start word results told me it’s gotta be a CH word. But oh no, way too many words! So I decided to try and find the vowels with my second word. Good move…only one word it can be now! :slight_smile:

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Wordle 547 3/6

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EARTH
RATED
TAPER

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Wordle 547 3/6

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CLOTS
TAMER
TAPER

I was about to guess taper at 2, but then I remembered my “always check either M or N” rule so switched to tamer at the last second. Doh! Happy with the 3, anyway.

It’s funny, even though I also saw taker after 2 I just knew in my bones the answer was taper, and that I had just robbed myself of my first 2 in like six months.

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Wordle 547 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
WATER
TAPER

Despite all the 2s and 3s so far, I was happy to escape with a 4. After my second guess, I had four of the five letters but none of their positions, and a plethora of possible solutions - TREAD, WATER, AFTER for example.

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Wordle 547 3/6

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CRANE
PAGER - has to be a _APER word
TAPER

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Wordle 547 4/6

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RAISE
LATER
TAMER
TAPER

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The beginning of another 3 streak? Time will tell!

Wordle 547 3/6*

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IRATE
WATER
TAPER

Somehow I just had my doubts the word could be TAKER, TASER or TAMER.

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I didn’t think it would be TAKER, but I thought TAMER was a legit possibility, not so much as in ‘more tame’ but rather as in ‘lion tamer.’ (I still thought TAPER was a better bet, obviously.)

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Wordle 547 3/6

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ROUTE
INTER
TAPER

Back in the three club today! There could have been two E’s (STEER and ETHER were both possible), but assuming an A, it was TAMER, TAKER, TASER, TAXER, or TAPER. Like many of you, I went with the one that seemed most likely.

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Total fail

Wordle 547 X/6

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Wordle 547 5/6*

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BEARD
CREAM
LARGE
TASER
TAPER

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Wordle 547 3/6

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HEART
TREAD
TAPER

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I’ll take it, but not happily. At least it wasn’t a loss.

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OLDER
MAKER
VAPER
PAPER
CAPER
TAPER

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Wordle 547 6/6

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AROSE
REACH
EAGER
WATER
KEMPT
TAPER

My ninth 6 (ouch). After guess 4 (WATER) it had to be a TA_ER word, and there were at least five obvious candidates. KEMPT was a test word.

So, is this another “theme” solution? First night of Hanukkah, light the taper…??