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

Wordle 589 3/6

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RATIO
SNIDE
FISHY

Wordle 589 4/6

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CLAMP
STORE
USING
FISHY

I saw using first, then whisk. Went with the first thing I saw and of course it was neither.

Despite getting to check all 10 letters, once again starting with clamp yields unimpressive results.

Wordle 589 3/6*

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DRAPE
MOIST
FISHY

Wordle 589 4/6

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RAISE
STOIC
WISPY
FISHY

Wordle 589 4/6

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ADIEU
SNORT
GLYPH
FISHY

Wordle 589 4/6*

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ALONE
SHIRT
DISHY
FISHY

Wordle 589 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
FISHY

Lots of words ending in Y lately, and a run of F’s these past few days.

Wordle 589 4/6*

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BEARD
QUILT
PINCH
FISHY

Wordle 589 5/6*

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DRAPE
GUILT
SONIC
HISSY
FISHY

Wordle 589 5/6

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HEART
PUNCH
SHILL
DISHY
FISHY

Wordle 589 5/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
TWIST
FUSSY - stupid, stupid, stupid
FISHY

Wordle 589 5/6

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ADIEU
TONIC
MILKY
FRESH
FISHY

I’m too in my head these days. After MILKY, I listed all of the _I__Y words I could come up with. I decided FISHY was the best option to eliminate the most words. But then, even though my list contained no R’s at all, I figured I’d better check for an R in case I missed something. Turns out I didn’t miss anything, there were no possible R words, and I talked myself into a higher score again.

Another 4.

Wordle 589 4/6*

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IRATE
QUICK
SOLID
FISHY

Agree with @RTFirefly. Entirely too much reliance on the letter ‘Y’ lately.

I was nonetheless surprised when my fourth try turned out to be the word. I was still just testing letters and placement. Figured it was a 5 Day for me.

Wordle 589 3/6

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AROSE
SIGHT
FISHY

SIGHT was to try an S-start word that would test I or U. Turned out to be extremely lucky. S was highly unlikely to end a word with H in fourth position, so I now (probably) had _ISH_. DISHY seemed slightly less likely to me than FISHY.

Wordle 589 3/6*

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LEAST
SCOUR
FISHY
I didn’t think FISHY was likely, was just looking for any word with an I, a Y and S, and any letters that hadn’t been used yet, but WordleBot said that after LEAST and SCOUR, the only words left were WISPY and FISHY

Wordle 589 5/6

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ORGAN
CHEST
SYLPH
HUSKY
FISHY

October was a doozy for terminal Y’s (7 of them in total), and August was a close second with 6 of them, as well as in October there also were three words that started with an F in a row, so it happens, I’d just rather it not. :wink:

Monday, January 30th

Wordle 590 3/6

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CREST
CRANE
CRAVE

I saw crave first, but also saw craze, crane, crone, crime and cruel. First up was previous answers which eliminated craze. Then I was going to try to come up with a research word ignoring hard mode rules when I realized crane would do the job.

Wordle 590 3/6

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RATIO
FLARE
CRAVE

After two I was thinking CRAVE, CRAZE, BRAVE, or BRAKE. I didn’t think about BRACE or GRACE. Anyway, I went with the one that eliminated the most options and got lucky.

Wordle 590 3/6

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ASIDE
COURT
CRAVE

It was a choice among CRAVE, CARVE, CRAZE, or CRANE. Just ĺucky, i guess.

Wordle 590 6/6*

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FLOUT
DEIGN
CREAM
CRAZE
CRAPE
CRAVE

Got a bit blasé after 3 and almost paid for it.