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

Wordle 598 4/6*

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SLATE
LARGE
AMPLE
APPLE
Count me in among those reluctant to go with a double consonant until it becomes inevitable

FEB 8
Wordle 599 5/6*

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ALONE
PLAIT
CLAIM
FLAIR
FLAIL

A lot of 4s lately.

Wordle 599 4/6

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ASIDE
COURT
NYMPH
FLAIL

My usual three guess words didn’t give me many letters, but they eliminated a lot. My only other choice seemed to be VILLA.

Wordle 599 5/6

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RATIO
PLAIN
CLAIM
ILIAD
FLAIL

This was a tough one. I didn’t see the repeated letter and I don’t know what I was doing on guess four.

Wordle 599 4/6*

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FLAKE
FLASH
FLAIR
FLAIL

That could have been a disaster.

Wordle 599 5/6

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ADIEU
SNORT
GLYPH
(At this point I think it’s either CLAIM / FLAIL / PLAID)

So I go with DECAF
FLAIL

Wordle 599 3/6

SLANT => came up w/19 possibilities, including LLAMA
CRIME => eliminated 18, leaving only
FLAIL => which was what I was doing yesterday when I got that 6

Now that’s more like it, campers!

Wordle 599 4/6*

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BEARD
CLAMP
SLANT
FLAIL

Wordle 599 4/6

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RAISE
CHAIN
PLAID
FLAIL

Not a bad comeback after almost a week away.

Wordle 599 3/6*

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FRAME
FLASK
FLAIL

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: TRAPPED by a false success Wordlebot said I had 5 choices left after first word. I did not even consider

Summary

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I got very lucky with my first choice

PLAIN - Left me with 3 possible choices, flair, flail and claim
FLAIR
FLAIL

Wordle 599 5/6

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CLAMS
PLATE
BLANK
GLARY
FLAIL

Ouch.

Wordle 599 5/6

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HEART
BLANK
PLAID
CLAIM
FLAIL

Tricksy Wordle today. Grateful for a 4.

Wordle 599 4/6*

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IRATE
PLAIN
CLAIM
FLAIL

WordleBot advised I had only 2 choices remaining after my second try. Naturally, I picked the wrong one. :roll_eyes:

Wordle 599 4/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
AVAIL
FLAIL - don’t know why I didn’t go with ‘quail’, which would have been more likely

Interested to know why you would consider ‘quail’ to be less likely?

Wordle 599 4/6

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ORATE
SLAIN
PLAID
FLAIL

Nice symmetrical pattern.
I missed seeing CLAIM, or else I probably would have done a sleuth word at three. Happy with par today.

Wordle 599 4/6

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EARTH
FOAMY
FLASK
FLAIL

At step 3 I hesitated between FLASK and FLANK, but it wouldn’t have made any difference to the outcome. A nice fast par.

No, I think it would be the likelier choice because ‘flail’ has the double letter.