Wordle 603 3/6*
RANCH
SLAIN
GIANT
Sounds like a joke: A mouse, a tapir, and a giant walked into a bar…
Wordle 603 4/6* 2/12/2023
DEBUG → I was really hoping today’s solution would be BUDGE, for an easy two. Alas, it was not to be, though getting the G is something of a coup. I could try it at the start, with some commons…
GHOST → Not bad, but I’m still low on vowels. Add another couple common consonants and try
GLINT → Which leads to
GIANT
I should have thought a little more about my vowel deficit after two.
Wordle 603 4/6
AROSE
PHIAL
MAGIC
GIANT
Not too painful; for some reason my mind got stuck on AGATE even though it contains no I. Also, it’s already been a solution. But eventually I veered in a more productive direction.
[Moderating]
A reminder to spoiler the current day’s puzzle.
Sorry!
Wordle 603 4/6*
RAISE
CLAIM
INAPT
GIANT
I didn’t think that INAPT was likely, but WordleBot said it was a great guess since it eliminated all other possibles.
Wordle 603 4/6
TONIC
INLET
FLIPS
GIANT
Had to go with a sleuth word at 3…told me exactly what it was.
FEB 13
Wordle 604 4/6*
ALONE
TRADE
PHASE
USAGE
Wordle 604 3/6
CRAMS
STALE
USAGE
After 2 I could only see phase, but unfortunately that’s already been an answer. Finally I got the eureka moment and saw usage. Love that dopamine hit.
Wordle 604 5/6
RATIO
LEANS
CHASE
SPADE
USAGE
Wow! A 2!
Wordle 604 2/6
ASIDE
USAGE
That was the only word that the online Scrabble dictionary showed me after my first guess.
Wordle 604 4/6*
MOUSE
ENSUE
SUAVE
USAGE
I tried ENSUE without much thought and paid the price.
I just preferred SUAVE to USAGE as a word, so no regrets there.
Wordle 604 3/6
SLANT => Let’s play ‘where’s the S’ -4th spot most likely, right?
CRASH => 2nd spot then, any words starting with [vowel]SA?
USAGE => Just this one, apparently.
I don’t use any online tools (just my personal pref, it’s a game, do it the way you enjoy it!) but I do pull out a dead-trees dictionary when it’s helpful. There really are almost no words at all beginning with ASA, ESA, ISA, or OSA, and just this one 5-letter word beginning with USA. (U-S-A! U-S-A!) There was also PSALM, but I’d eliminated L with my first word.
Wordle 604 4/6
ALONE
STARE
CHASE
USAGE
Wordle 604 5/6*
CHEAT
AEIRE
PAUSE
SUAVE
USAGE*
*Really? This hasn’t been used before? Sheesh!
Wordle 604 3/6
/CRANE
GHOST - This gave me the STG for STAGE recently, today it’s the G and S
USAGE
Wordle 604 4/6
DEATH
SCORN
PLUMB
USAGE
Wordle 604 4/6*
BEARD
GLAZE
STAGE
USAGE
Tough one today for hard mode players. 
Wordle 604 5/6*
IRATE
PLACE
CHASE
SNAKE
USAGE