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

The Game Room
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Wordle 574 5/6

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ADIEU
SNORT
GLYPH
COMFY
KOALA

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Wordle 574 3/6

SLANT
LEAKY
KOALA

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Wordle 574 4/6

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ABIDE
SALON
FLOAT
KOALA

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Wordle 574 5/6*

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BEARD
QUAIL
SLANT
LOACH
KOALA

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Wordle 574 3/6

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CRANE
TOILS - giving OAL
KOALA

8466

Wordle 574 3/6

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This one was a real bear
HEART
MOANS
KOALA

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Wordle 574 4/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
LOATH - should have gone with my first inclination, which was
PANDA

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Wrong worthless animal…

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Headsmack.

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Wordle 574 3/6

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CANOE
ROYAL
KOALA

I felt smart getting this as quickly as I did, though I see there are plenty of other threes today.
Turns out there wasn’t much left at the end, but I did spot KOALA almost instantly, so I’m feeling good about that.

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Move over, 3s!!

Wordle 574 3/6*

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IRATE
CHALK
KOALA

A second day when WordleBot advised that KOALA was the only possible answer after my second try, so I’ve been lucky there. I did of course have to try every other letter combination first to make sure.

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Wordle 574 3/6

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CRATE
BLANK
KOALA

Could only be one word after my 2nd, though it took me a bit to see it. :slight_smile:

@gkster I’ll have to go look for that thread. @Morgyn has a cute kitty avi too. I may have to join that club and put mine up.

8473

Good first word today.

Wordle 574 2/6*

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KARMA
KOALA

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Wordle 574 4/6

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OUTER
FOAMY
COACH
KOALA

LONG time between guesses 3 and 4. With so many common letters ruled out, I had a tough time; for some reason I was certain there must be an S in the solution and so got stuck on looking for a word that would fit.

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Wordle 574 4/6* 1/14/2023

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HUMAN → Not much of a start, but knocking out both M and N has to be a plus… Try some vowels.
RAISE → Not much there. O & A are still around… but it may be single-vowel word.
BLACK → OK, this is weird. Neither -ALK nor KLA- fit, so the L & K need to be separated. L-AK- goes nowhere, ditto -KAL- (without the S, otherwise SKALD) or -KA-L… but K-AL- could be
KOALA

OK everybody, you have your writing prompt for Australian Wildlife 101…

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Wordle 574 4/6*

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LEAST
CLAIM
BRAWL
KOALA
Tough one, took me a while

@SeaSun here’s the link: Cat avatars on the Dope

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Wordle 575 3/6*

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ALONE
SHIRE
SPIRE

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Wordle 575 3/6

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CLANS
STORE
SPIRE

Nice and quick.

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Well, this is a disappointment.

Wordle 575 X/6*

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SAVOY
SHINE
SMILE
SPICE
SPINE (yes, I know! I wasn’t paying attention)
SPIKE (I thought this or SPIRE and lost the coin toss. Poop.)

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Wordle 575 3/6

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RATIO
PRIDE
SPIRE

A lucky second guess left me with only one option.