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

The Game Room
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Wordle 568 4/6

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Slant
Abhor
Forma
Opera

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Wordle 569 5/6

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ADIEU
SNORT
GLYPH
PIECE
PIXIE

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Wordle 569 5/6*

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ALONE
SHIRE
MIDGE
PIECE
PIXIE

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Wordle 569 5/6*

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BEARD
SLIME
NICHE
PIQUE
PIXIE

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Wordle 569 5/6

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CRANE
TOILS
MIDGE - somebody else had this at 3
PIQUE - somebody else had this at 4
PIXIE

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Tough one.

Wordle 569 5/6*

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CHAIN
SPOIL
EQUIP
PETIT
PIXIE

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Wordle 569 4/6

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HEART
MINES
PIECE
PIXIE

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Wordle 569 5/6

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RAISE
NICHE
BIOME
PIQUE
PIXIE

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Wordle 569 6/6

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CLOPS
TAPER
PENNY
PEEVE
PUDGE
PIXIE

After penny I could only see pudge, but I didn’t think that would be a valid wordle answer so I kept looking. Took forever, but I finally I saw peeve. When that missed I figured it had to be pudge because I never saw anything else.

This is my 14th 6, which now exceeds my 13 2s. Ouchie.

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Wordle 569 5/6

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ASIDE
NICHE
BILGE
PIQUE
PIXIE

I was officially worried after three. Turns out PIQUE and PIXIE were my only real options at that point. But it took me a looong time to see PIQUE (when that P turned over I was sure I had it :angry:) and even longer to see PIXIE. Tough one.

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Just realized that my third word – my attempt at actually getting the answer instead of checking letters – replayed a letter in a known bad position. Doh!

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Scoot over, 5s. I’m right here with yas today!

Wordle 569 5/6*

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IRATE
SPINE
PIECE
PIQUE
PIXIE

With a chortle, WordleBot informed me after the fact that after my second try, I had it down to 3 choices. Which I obviously tried in the wrong order. :woozy_face: Ah, well.

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Wow, got a really solid result this time.

Wordle 569 3/6*

PITON
PIECE
PIXIE

Very much helped by a lucky choice of first word.

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I’m on a roll lately with threes. Looks like a lot of you had trouble with this one.

Wordle 569 3/6

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CRANE
SPOIL - which really leaves only one possibility
PIXIE

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Got today’s in three, which is better than my average. It was at the top of my mind because today’s solution was my third guess on Friday, when I only had the last two letters.

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I hate when that happens, and I’ve done it more than once.

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Wordle 569 4/6

I’m back after a much needed break…didn’t take long to miss playing :wink:

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SAINT
PIECE
PIQUE
PIXIE

I was happy to see three greens with my second word, and even happier when I saw I only had two choices, but unfortunately went with the wrong one. I’ll take the 4 though!

@Aspenglow, looks like we both were on the same wavelength with our last three choices. Not a bad order considering we haven’t had a Q in yonks (in spite of it being rare), but just not what Wordle wanted today.

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Wordle 569 5/6*

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Made heavy weather of it today.

SLATE
PRIDE
POWIE
PENIE
PIXIE

After PRIDE I just couldn’t figure those last two letters in P - - IE, so I tried various combinations of the remaining letters until I stumbled upon two weird words that I have never heard of, then I finally saw it. That wasn’t pleasant, but I made it.

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Wordle 569 3/6* 1/9/2023

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OPERA → All right, that’s a start, knocked out a pair of vowels… Try another with some common consonants…
SPINE → But move the P next time, willya! Darn it. Let me try PI??E, now what fits that? One word with a rare letter and a repeat, but darn it, I’ve got to try something…
PIXIE

To call me surprised when I saw the green X come up would be an understatement.

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Wordle 569 5/6

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Slant
Brief
Pound
Piece
Pixie