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

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Wednesday, January 11th

Wordle 571 5/6

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CLAMP
RATES
ESSAY
SNEAK
SEDAN

In a bit of a slump with my last three games being 6, 5, and now 5 again. And yet again, my preferred opener clamp fails to deliver.

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Wordle 571 3/6

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ASIDE
SAVED
SEDAN

With four letters in my first guess, it was a matter of unscrambling them and getiing them into the right order. Thus a 2 was possible if i guessed right.

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Wordle 571 4/6

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RATIO
SHALE
SPEAK
SEDAN

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Wordle 571 3/6

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Slant
Sneak
Sedan

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Wordle 571 3/6

SLANT
SANDY
SEDAN

My starting word narrowed things down enough that I had a decent shot at a 2. Close, but no cigar.

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Wordle 571 3/6

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CRANE
LADEN
SEDAN

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Wordle 571 3/6*

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BEARD
DECAL
SEDAN

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Wordle 571 3/6

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ADIEU
SNORT
SEDAN

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Wordle 571 3/6

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SAUCE
SPEAR
SEDAN

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Wordle 571 4/6

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HEART
PENAL
BEGAN
SEDAN

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Wordle 571 3/6

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ARIEL
TEACH
SEDAN

I figured it had to be _E_A_, and N made the most sense in the fifth spot. Still, it took me quite a while to see the solution. Another couple minutes and I would have gone with VEGAN, which would have been a mistake.
I never did see BEGAN.

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Wordle 571 3/6

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NOISE
SCENT
SEDAN

Joining the 3’s club. :slight_smile:

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Someone has to be at the bottom of the barrel.
Wordle 571 5/6

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Balls. Another 4.

Wordle 571 4/6*

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IRATE
CHEAP
DELAY
SEDAN

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Wordle 571 4/6* 1/11/2023

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GRIMY → Strikeout on the first time up. No R, at least. What’s a good second guess?
STALE → Not bad at all. Is this one syllable or two? Guess one…
SHEAF → It was two. Haven’t tried N yet, would fit well on the end, so the middle must make it…
SEDAN

Aspenglow get’s my vote for today’s “best story as told by Wordle guesses”; I think it has something to do with being angry at a late taxi.

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You are not alone.

Wordle 571 5/6*

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ALONE
TAKEN
PECAN
RERAN
SEDAN

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Wordle 571 3/6

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EARTH
ASIDE
SEDAN

ASIDE, intended to let me check for common letters S and I, gave four letters–meaning a trip through the alphabet to find a word using those four plus one. Time-consuming, but luck was important, too.

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Wordle 571 4/6*

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CRANE
EATEN
VEGAN
SEDAN
I actually saw SEDAN before VEGAN, but I’ve been staying with relatives and one of them is a recent vegan and I thought that might be a trendier word

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Thursday, January 12th

Wordle 572 3/6

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CREST
LEANT
LEAPT

I wanted to guess leapt but then at the last second I realized that leant was also a word. “Always check M or N” cost me a 2. Wordle mocks my rules.

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Wordle 572 4/6

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RATIO
LEANT
LEAST
LEAPT

So frustrating! I was going to put LEAPT third but I wasn’t sure it was a real word so I went through the alphabet just to make sure I hadn’t missed anything.