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

Wordle 572 4/6* 1/12/2023

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SEDAN → Not a bad start, but vowel-heavy. I have a hunch it’s ?EA-, so I’ll take a shot in the dark here…
HEATH → Nope, and I should have tried HEART for better consonant coverage. Still, if I can locate the T, I’ll have a shot…
TEARY → OK, it’s on the end, and no R. Only -LT word I can think of is DEALT, and D is gone. Similarly, REACT. But if it’s -PT…
LEAPT

I think missing HEART with the second guess might have cost me a 3.

Wordle 572 3/6

SLANT => just 2 possibiities I can see:
DEALT
LEAPT

Had a 50-50 shot at the 2. So close!

Wordle 572 5/6*

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Alone
Steal
Valet
Dealt
Leapt

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BEARD
LEAFY
LEACH
LEANT
LEAPT

Huh. One of those games. Just lucky i saw leapt before least.

Wordle 572 3/6

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CRANE
LEAST
LEAPT

Wordle 572 4/6

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SNORT
ADIEU
GLYPH
LEAPT

Hrmph

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BINGE
YEAST
REACT
DEALT
LEAPT

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RAISE
TEACH
DEALT
LEANT
LEAPT

Wordle 572 3/6

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HEART
LEAST
LEAPT thought for sure I had a deuce damn

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CAMEO
PEARL
LEAPT

Quick and easy three. I went for a couple of WoF consonants at two, and the P was a nice bonus!

Wordle 572 4/6

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TRACE
BALMS
EXALT
LEAPT

A past tense word! I know there haven’t been any words ending in ED, but I ignored all of the past tense words I came up with (dealt, meant, leant and leapt). I went with a sleuth word at 2, which I haven’t done that early before, as I wanted to check for the _EAST trap (and Meaty). The result left Exalt as the only possibility, not including the past tense words I had. Nope…it is one of those. So 4 it is for today. And now we know some past tense words can be used.

Carrying on with my elegant streak of 4s. I see I’m in good company today. :wink:

Wordle 572 4/6*

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IRATE
TEACH
LEAST
LEAPT

WordleBot is useless. (I’m aware this is not news.) Today it told me that LEANT was a better second guess than TEACH. Well, sure – if you know the answer is LEAPT, that’s true!

Wordle 572 3/6*

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AROSE
PLEAT
LEAPT

I guessed LEAPT because it was the only possibility, but I thought that past tenses aren’t part of the word list?

ETA: I posted this before I saw that @SeaSun had addressed the issue above

Wordle 572 3/6

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STERN
TEMPO
LEAPT

After guess 2 it clearly had to be a _ETP_ word or a _E_PT word. I ran through the first option for a few minutes, coming up empty (VETPH? LETPY?). With the second option, putting the A in front of that final PT looked likely to be successful (and that guess worked).

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Slant
Dealt
Leapt

I think only words that are made past tense by adding -ED are verboten. LEAPT or STOOD, yes; MOVED, no.
I assume the same applies to plurals - WOMEN and GEESE are fair game in my mind.

This. Past solutions have included WROTE, CREPT, FOUND, SHOWN, and UNMET.

Friday, January 13th

Wordle 573 3/6

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CLIPS
METRO
HUMAN

I can name that Wordle in one yellow!

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RATIO
LEANS
HUMAN

Wordle 573 4/6

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An easy 4 after my three standard guesses gave me five unique letters.

ASIDE
COURT
NYMPH
HUMAN