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

Wordle 599 4/6

Joining the 4’s club today :four_leaf_clover:

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MORSE
CIGAR
FAINT
FLAIL

Too hasty with my second word…once again played a letter (R) not valid - also was already a used word, forgot to check. But got lucky with my 3rd word by playing the F, and only one choice from there. I’ll take it!

As a side note…that’s three double-letter words in a row, so maybe we’re done for a while now with that (one can only hope :smirk:).

Wordle 599 4/6*

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CHOIR
SLAIN
PLAID
FLAIL
It took me forever to see the answer, because I didn’t see the repeated L

FEB 9

Wordle 600 5/6*

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ALONE
STARE
STAVE
STAKE
STAGE

Wordle 600 4/6

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CRAPS
STALE
STATE
STAGE

Almost went with another research word at 3 but with only three choices left I decided to stick with hard mode rules. Didn’t help that the best research word I could come up with was agita. G and K are tough letters to fit in a single word.

EDIT: My head cannon is that stave is not in the answer list.

Wordle 600 5/6

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RATIO
STAND
STALE
KIVAS
STAGE

After three I was in a trap but had eliminated all except STAKE, STAGE, STAVE, and STATE. I needed a word with at least two of the letters and either a double T or T in fourth if that was one of the letters. I eliminated two on my fourth guess and it came down to 50/50 and I guessed right.

Wordle 600 5/6

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ASIDE
COURT
SLATE
GIVEN
STAGE

Rather than using my usual third guess of NYMPH, i decided to try to guess right away. SLATE showed that the word was STA_E. My guess of GIVEN covered STAGE and STAVE. A blank would have meant STAKE.

Wordle 599 4/6* 2/8/2023

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APPLE → Not a whole lot of help, but more than I could expect with that start. Another vowel, and a T?
FLOAT → Good guess! If A is the middle, we might have an Office Space word…
FLAIR → Close, but no cigar. Only other word I can put together uses a repeat letter, so…
FLAIL

My unoriginality is showing - plenty of FLAIR/FLAILs above me…

Wordle 600 6/6*

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STARE
STAKE
STALE
STAVE
STATE
STAGE

When my first guess came back, I thought “Uh oh”

Wordle 600 3/6*

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PIOUS
STEAL
STAGE

Wordle 600 3/6

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Slant
Stair
Stage
I got lucky.

Wordle 600 3/6

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DEATH
SCORN
STAGE

Trying some new words. I got lucky too.

Wordle 600 3/6*

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BEARD
STALE
STAGE

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Wordle 600 3/6*

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GREAT
AGATE
STAGE

Oh, I hate when that happens. There’s just no way for skill to come into it.

Wordle 600 4/6

SLANT => seeing 13 possibilities w/lots of different letters
SPECK => down to STAGE, STARE, STATE, STAVE
GRAVE => the G says it’s
STAGE

Glad I don’t do hard mode, that was one serious STA_E trap.

Wordle 600 3/6

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One year mark. The 3 today makes my average exactly 3.6.

CRANE
GHOST - Searching for letters, found all 3 missing letters
STAGE

Wordle 600 3/6

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CAMEO
STARE
STAGE

Congrats on your longevity and that impressive average! I figured you were around that.


Bit of luck for me today, for sure.

Wordle 600 3/6*

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IRATE
STALE
STAGE

Wordle 600 4/6

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CRANE
ABATE
STALE
STAGE - Thought I might have to go through the whole “missing letter” aggravation, but got lucky.

Wordle 600 5/6

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HEART
STATE
SLALE
STAKE
STAGE