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

The Game Room
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Wordle 604 4/6

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OUNCE
FLUTE
PIQUE
USAGE

I kept thinking of words starting with UN, but I’d already eliminated N. So I didn’t think the Q was a bad guess. And I suppose it wasn’t, since it got me to a par.

9062

Wordle 604 4/6

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CRANE
SPOIL - my usual vowel eliminator left me with either a ‘u’ or a double ‘e’.
TEASE - went with the double ‘e’, unfortunately
USAGE

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Wordle 604 4/6* 2/13/2023

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GIANT → Can’t be AGATE or CLANG, so best bet for G is 4th, which leads to a terminal E, which seems somewhat traplike. But, what the heck…
ADAGE → No repeated A, so I’m running down consonant pairs. (I also tried OSAGE, but it suitably wasn’t valid). Next!
PHAGE → Didn’t work. Oh, wait, I missed one other possible vowel…
USAGE

So, probably could have finished this one in three. Oh well.

9064

Wordle 604 3/6

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ROAST
SWAMP
USAGE

Having the position of the A plus likely position of S in second place should have been a big help, but wasn’t. First I tried S in last position with ‘ends in SS’ words but those I could see had already been solutions or were eliminated by greyed-out letters. Then I did the same checks listed above by RTFirefly (ESA, ISA, USA) and came up empty. After an eternity USAGE occurred to me.

Not a fun one.

9065

Wordle 604 3/6

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Slant
Erase
Usage

9066

Wordle 605 4/6

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RATIO
SHONE
SONNY
SOUND

This should have been a three. My mind refused to see any words starting with SOUN. I blame the fact that I was listening to the news from Michigan State.

9067

Wordle 604 4/6

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STORE
AISLE
CHASE
USAGE

After Wordle finally found the letter G again, apparently they aren’t going to let go of it.

9068

Wordle 605 3/6*

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MOUSE
SOUTH
SOUND

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Wordle 605 3/6

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DEATH
SCORN
SOUND

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Wordle 605 3/6

SLART
PINEY
SOUND

Trying a new opening sequence here. In this case, I’d have known more sooner with the old one, but a good third guess still got me the 3.

9071

Wordle 605 4/6*

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ALONE
DOING
DOWNS
SOUND

I don’t think I knew whether hard mode lets you keep a letter in the wrong place, but it sure came in handy.

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Wordle 605 6/6*

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BEARD
CLOUD
FOUND ← uh oh, here we go.
WOUND
HOUND
SOUND ← It’s either this, POUND or MOUND …

…phew.

9073

Wordle 605 3/6

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CRANE
TOILS
SOUND - probably only possible word

9074

Wordle 605 3/6

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NOISE
SONAR
SOUND

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Wordle 605 3/6

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CLOPS
TOMES
SOUND

Accidentally reused the yellow S in the same spot. Probably because I’m all discombobulated doing this in the morning instead of last night. In any case it didn’t hurt me, I get to join the crowded 3 club today.

9076

I sense a theme here.

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Zounds![/spoiler] One of those “why I stay the hell away from hard mode” examples. Good thing your first word had taken out [spoiler]BOUND and ROUND!

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:grinning: I didn’t even notice.

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Wordle 605 3/6

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HEART
LIONS
SOUND

Don’t do what I did. I decided if I go on a trip I should put Wordle on my phone to keep my streak alive. So I did and then I linked to my NYT account and for some reason it deleted all my stats. At least from here on out it shouldn’t matter if I play on phone or on PC the stats should carry through.

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Boo on them, that sucks, @BobLibDem. Appreciate the heads up.