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

Wordle 565 3/6*

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BATHE
CLERK
SLEEK

Haven’t done so well the last two days.
Wordle 565 5/6

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CRANE
SPORT
SHELF
SWELL - :roll_eyes: I’m doing this way too often
SLEEK

Wordle 565 5/6* 1/5/2022

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LAYER → Solid start. A different vowel… and an S? What could go after the E?
SOLED → -EL is a rare ending, so SL?E? it is. Try a T on the end? But then we need a double E…
SLEET → OK, I got this!
SLEEP → Uh, not quite. Oh… K.
SLEEK

Fast but another bogey. I really didn’t expect a trap there…

Wordle 565 3/6

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LOUSE
STEAL
SLEEK

Shoulda been a two. SLEEK jumped out at me immediately, and I almost went with it. Then my brain said no, a more common consonant and another vowel would be smarter. Stupid brain.
At least I missed SLEEP, which helped me tap in the birdie. (It also could have been SHELF, which I didn’t see either, so I’ll cop to being a little lucky.)

< Yawn > Another 4.

Wordle 565 4/6*

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IRATE
SPEND
SHELF
SLEEK

Wordle 565 4/6

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STERN
SHELF
SLEEP
SLEEK

Yet another SLEEP - SLEEK. We do tend to go for the nouns before the adjectives–and that usually pays off. (I believe; I don’t have statistics, though I’m sure someone does.)

I was surprised to see that no SLE_ _ or SHE _ _ words had been winners before today.

Friday, January 6th

Wordle 566 4/6

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CRIMP
TILES
IGLOO
BELIE

Kind of lost the plot there with guess 3 when I forgot the E.

Wordle 566 3/6

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RATIO
LUCID
BELIE

This one is all luck. I was hunting for a word with an E, and hopefully an N or M, or with two letter I but this was all I could think of.

Wordle 566 5/6

SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
EXILE
BELIE

That was a toughie, at least for me! Was just fishing for letters in my second and third guesses - didn’t have much to go on even after 2 guesses. I thought for sure I had it with my fourth guess, but no such luck. For my fifth, I think there were no other possibilities besides the solution.

Wordle 566 3/6

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CRANE
TOILS
BELIE - Very few if any other possibilities

Wordle 566 4/6*

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BEARD
BEGIN
BEFIT
BELIE

Damn. That was harder than it should’ve been… I thought i’d got it one !

My personal computer may be kaput, but I can still use the work one outside of hours. My “streak” continues through 29 days.

Wordle 566 4/6*

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CRASH
ABOUT
BILGE
BELIE

Wordle 566 3/6

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HEART
DEIGN OK, I can’t be first or last, must be 4th. Only word I could think of…
BELIE

/never mind

Wordle 566 3/6

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IDEAL
LITER
BELIE

Continuing my recent crappy performance.

Wordle 566 6/6

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Wordle 566 4/6

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ABOUT
BRINE
BILGE
BELIE

For the second day in a row, I had the answer one word earlier and didn’t pull the trigger in on it.

Man, I struggled with this one.

Wordle 566 4/6*

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IRATE
SPINE
MIDGE
BELIE

Wordle 566 3/6* 1/6/2022

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SLEEK → Oh, my. (At least) 2 Es, can’t be EERIE cause we need that L in there… so E?L?E, LE??E (LEAVE? not LETHE), ?EL?E (BELLE?) Gotta try something…
BELLE → It’s always the one I overlook.
BELIE

So close to a 2.

Wordle 566 3/6

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Slant
Libel
Belie

Sometimes I’ll leave the game unsolved for a while.
“Belie” came to me hours later when I was in bed :slight_smile: