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

I was seeing if there were two “Rs” in the word, as I suspected, and there were.

Thanks; I don’t think I knew that was a thing.

Stoopit puzzle.

Wordle 587 5/6*

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IRATE
SCOUR
WORMY
WORDY
WORRY

Wordle 587 4/6

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ACUTE
LIONS
PORKY
WORRY

WORRY, WORDY, and WORMY were left, so I rolled the dice on anything from a four to a six. Luck was on my side for a change.
(I didn’t think it would be WORMY, but you never know lately.)

Wordle 587 5/6

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POISE
TONAL
DOUGH
ROOMY
WORRY

That was a challenge with not getting any commons placed. Not sure why I didn’t check for the R earlier. And I had the answer word at guess 4, but went with Roomy to check the M. Oh well.

Wordle 587 6/6*

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Ugh! Like @QMatic and @Aspenglow I fell into the trap of WORMY, WORDY, before WORRY, which I didn’t even see until the bitter end.
CHOIR
ROUTE
SOLAR
WORDY
WORMY
WORRY

Saturday, January 28th

Wordle 588 2/6

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CRISP
FLIRT

Couldn’t see a good second research word so I just went for the answer and got it. Yay 2!

Wordle 588 3/6

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RATIO
SHIRT
FLIRT

Wordle 588 4/6*

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ALONE
SLIMY
FLICK
FLIRT

Wordle 588 3/6

SLANT
FLEET
FLIRT

Another 3 with a decent shot at the 2. After SLANT, I had it down to CLEFT, CLOUT, ELECT, FLEET, and FLIRT. I’d have probably gone with the latter, but I wanted a second word that would tell me which of the other four was right, if it was wrong, and FLIRT couldn’t do that.

Wordle 588 5/6*

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BEARD
SWORN
CHIRP
QUIRT
FLIRT

Huh. Just great today.

Wordle 588 4/6

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ABIDE
STING
DRIFT
FLIRT

Wordle 588 4/6*

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MEANT
DOUBT
SKIRT
FLIRT

Yayy!! A nice 3 to start the weekend!

Wordle 588 3/6*

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IRATE
SHIRT
FLIRT

Those flippin’ double consonants get me every time.

Wordle 588 3/6

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HEART
SPURT
FLIRT

Wordle 588 4/6

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AGILE
LOINS
FLICK
FLIRT

FLICK was the first word that came to me after hitting on the middle I. But nooo, I had to check another vowel instead. Coulda had a 3.

An unfunny comedy of errors on my part. Shoulda had it in three.

Wordle 588 5/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
LYRIC - D’oh!
TRILL - Double d’oh!
FLIRT

Wordle 588 4/6*

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SPOUT
INLET
LIGHT
FLIRT

Wordle 587 3/6

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STARE
WHIRL
WORRY

WHIRL was a lucky guess from my list of ‘words to use to check out additional vowels.’ I was distracted by looking for WY-starting words for a while but didn’t find any that could work.

Wordle 588 3/6

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OUTER
TRAIL
FLIRT

With four letters after guess 2 I spent some time looking in unlikely places: RILT_, ITLR_, LIR_I, etc. Finally looked for a consonant pair to start, with I in the middle: BLIRT; CLIRT; DLIRT…FLIRT!

Two threes in a row: don’t think that’s ever happened for me, before.

Wordle 588 3/6

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PLEAT
GLINT
FLIRT