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

Wordle 583 4/6

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HEART
POEMS
EDICT
ELUDE

Got it in 3

Wordle 583 3/6

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ARISE
COUPE
ELUDE

After a fail and two difficult fours, I might be getting my mojo back. Blew through this one in about a minute.

Wordle 583 4/6*

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PRIOR
CHEAT
FLUKE
ELUDE

My only surprise is that it’s taken until now to pop up.

Wordle 583 4/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
FLUTE
ELUDE

Wordle 583 5/6

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NOISE
GRAPE
DEUCE
EXULT
ELUDE

Dang it…should have gone with my first instinct. I almost went with Elude at 3 but went with Deuce instead, and that backed me into a 3-choice corner. Then I almost just took a chance and went with Elude for my 4th guess, but I went with a sleuth word to guarantee a 5 just in case. Such as it is.

I’m seriously losing my touch. Even WordleBot said, “It’s not me. It’s you.”

Wordle 583 5/6*

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IRATE
SCONE
PLUME
FLUKE
ELUDE

Cold comfort that the word solution today was a neat summary of my success with the game. It did make me laugh. (With a smidge of bitterness.)

Wordle 583 5/6*

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Glad to see I’m not the only one with a 5

STEAL
LINER
CLOVE
PLUME
ELUDE

Tuesday, January 24th

Wordle 584 3/6

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CRIMP
CLOSE
COUNT

Nice and quick.

Wordle 584 3/6*

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ALONE
POINT
COUNT

Almost a 2!

Wordle 584 3/6

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ASIDE
COURT
COUNT

My two usual first guesses, so the third was easy. I don’t use COUNT as my second usual guess, since my third guess might have been NYMPH ( i want the R in COURT).

Wordle 584 5/6

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RATIO
SOUTH
DOUBT
MOULT
COUNT

I really thought I had it on three. I was trying to think of a letter to go before a T and completely missed N. Luckily, I ended up with COUNT and FOUNT and got lucky.

Wordle 584 3/6

SLANT
FOUNT
COUNT

This was a fun one, with a decent shot at the 2. Seemed to be fewer 5-letter words ending in NT without any S,L,A than I would have expected, and FRONT, MOUNT, POINT, and PRINT were already taken, leaving EVENT, BRUNT, GRUNT, FEINT, FOUNT, and COUNT that I could come up with anyway. Went with FOUNT on 2 because it could have been the answer, and it overlapped with the others in different ways: worst case was a coin flip between BRUNT and GRUNT for the third guess, but it didn’t come to that.

Wordle 584 3/6

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RAISE
POUND
COUNT

Wordle 584 3/6*

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IRATE
MOUNT
COUNT

Didn’t think i would get away with a 3 after first guess.

Wordle 584 2/6

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CRANE
COUNT

Wordle 584 5/6*

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BEARD
QUILT
SPOUT
MOUNT
COUNT

Wordle 584 4/6*

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WIELD
CHAIN
CORNY
COUNT

Probably could have gotten in 3, but we’ve had some odd words lately.

Wordle 584 4/6

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HEART
POSIT
MOUNT
COUNT

Wordle 584 3/6

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OPERA
SNOUT
COUNT

My three-sided coin came up lucky.
Actually, it was my second word that was the lucky one. Lots of ways I could have gone there.