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

Wordle 576 3/6

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CRANE
TRICK
FROCK

A rather old-fashioned word.
Wordle 576 4/6*

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SUAVE
CHOMP
CLOWN (I know, I KNOW)
FROCK

Wordle 576 5/6

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Haven’t had a 5 for a while
HEART
BROIL
PRONG
CROSS
FROCK

Wordle 576 3/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
FROCK - actually thought of this for the second word but wanted to eliminate some letters first, if possible

Wordle 576 4/6

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COATI
SMOCK
FLOCK
FROCK

I guessed right on the __OCK at two, but in retrospect I should have chosen a better pair of starting consonants to narrow it down.
After three I had BLOCK, KNOCK, FLOCK, and FROCK, so FLOCK guaranteed me a four at most. But I feel like I left a three on the table.

Wordle 576 4/6

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I have no idea where my head was this am. My second guess was nothing I have ever used. And I still had to try odd letters to get the first letter.

Happy to be in the 3 Club today.

Wordle 576 3/6*

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IRATE
CRUSH
FROCK

I was really just testing letter placement and a common vowel on my third try, but it was the only word that ended in ‘ROCK’. WordleBot later shared that BRONC was my only other available word after ‘CRUSH’. It would have taken me forever to figure that one out!

Wordle 576 4/6

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CHEAT
LUCID
SCOFF
FROCK

Wordle 576 3/6

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Slant
Chore
Frock
I was thinking no way would “frock” be the answer, but I tried it
anyway. :slight_smile:

Wordle 576 4/6

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ROAST
BROIL
CRONY
FROCK

After guess 2 I had what we might call a “_RO_ _ trap,” so brainstormed over a dozen possibles with C, D, or F as initial letters. CRONY would eliminate a bunch of them so I went with that as guess three, just to narrow things down. I went with one of the remainders on the list, before venturing into other words with initial letters later in the alphabet–and got lucky.

Yes, “frock” is rather old-fashioned, but then we’ve seen that in Wordle a fair amount over the months.

Wordle 576 3/6*

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AROSE
CRONY
FROCK
Lucky 2nd and 3rd choices which according to WorldeBot meant that the only word left after CRONY was FROCK.

Tuesday, January 17th

Wordle 577 2/6

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CREPT
ADOPT

My first 2 in months.

Wordle 577 4/6

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RATIO
LOATH
ATONE
ADOPT

Better than yesterday at least.

Wordle 576 5/6* MLK Jr. Day 2023

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SPIRE → Slow start. Need a couple more vowels. ROAST is gone here, so I’ll try a blast from the past…
MOLAR → Hit on the R, but both letters unplaced. Do I dare a double here?
BROOD → At least it placed the RO pair. I still haven’t tried N or T, what uses both?
FRONT → Well, the solution doesn’t, but that narrows it down a bit. Let’s try a Little House On The Prairie word…
FROCK

I was a little slow developing it, but the guesses did flow from one to the next, without a long wait this game.

Wordle 577 3/6

SLANT
CHORE
ADOPT

Wordle 577 3/6*

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Alone
Abort
Adopt

Wordle 577 5/6

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CRANE
TOILS
ABOUT
AFOOT
ADOPT

Wordle 577 3/6*

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BEARD
DAILY
ADOPT

Wordle 577 3/6*

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SHOUT
FRONT
ADOPT

Wordle 577 3/6

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HEART
ABOUT
ADOPT