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

Wordle 606 4/6*

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PLAIT
SOLAR
SALVE
SALSA

A double-double. Hardly seems fair.

Joining the Hard Mode Crowd of 4s today.

Wordle 606 4/6*

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IRATE
SAUCY
SALON
SALSA

I did check for already-used words and learned SALAD was on the list. That left only SALSA.

Wordle 606 5/6* 2/15/2023

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SOUND → I’ll take it. Two more vowels, if I can find two common consonants to go with them…
STARE → Yep. Could have been the homonym, too, to try I rather than E. Can I try something with an I here?
SALIC → Yes, and now I’m in semi-trap territory, but there just don’t seem like many words left for SAL??. Perhaps I have a double letter?
SALLY → Nope. Oh, wait. I have two
SALSA

The only letter that wasn’t repeated was the first one I tried to repeat. Sigh.

I would just like to toss it out there that I hate how with over 600 words played, it’s almost mandatory to check the used words list. That’s almost 30% of the answer list used up.

I really want to see a repeat in the near future. Just one. Never have to do another repeat again. Just make it possible so I don’t have to keep checking. Not only is checking the list tedious in and of itself, but it also spoils some of the fun. But the list is too big to ignore, at least for me. I’m weak.

Wordle 606 4/6

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EARTH
DAILY
SALON
SALSA

As for checking the list: I’m glad it’s still relevant. It doesn’t annoy me to take the time as that time is more than made up by the benefit of having some options eliminated (by having been solutions in the past).

Of course everyone’s mileage may vary. But I will be dismayed if the list becomes irrelevant.

Yes! I hate those too!
Wordle 606 4/6*

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AROSE
CLASP
LASSY
SALSA

Me, too.

I often don’t check the list, just plough ahead with my tries.

But for example, with yesterday’s answer, checking the list eliminated almost half of the possibles. Since I am already hamstrung by Hard Mode, I am glad I can check past answers.

At least for now!

Google says there are 2309 solutions on the entire list, so 26.2% used, so far.

I think they can go a good ways longer before re-using solutions. I’d say maybe starting around the 40% mark would be good.

Wordle 606 5/6

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REACH
PAINT
KAYAK
SAMBA
SALSA

FEB 16

Wordle 607 4/6*

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ALONE
SHART
DAMPY
MAGIC

Kinda feels like I’m just making up words, now.

Wordle 607 5/6

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CLAMP
SCRAM
MATCH
MANIC
MAGIC

Clamp as an opener once again fails, this time spectacularly. We sure are thick in the G’s.

Wordle 607 3/6

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RATIO
PANIC
MAGIC

Wordle 607 3/6*

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LOUSE
AMITY
MAGIC

Wordle 607 4/6

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IRONY
STICK
MIMIC
MAGIC

Wordle 607 3/6

SLART
NICHE
MAGIC

Didn’t really expect that to be the answer, but it was the only thing that jumped out at me. I was really just hoping to nail down the positions of the letters I had, and maybe pick up another consonant. But I figured it had a shot, and I got lucky.

Wordle 607 3/6

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CRANE
TALCS
MAGIC - A little luck - two days in a row

Wordle 607 5/6*

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BEARD
AMONG
GAMUT
MANGY
MAGIC

Wordle 607 5/6

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HEART
DAILY
BASIC
MANIC
MAGIC

Stuck in a four rut lately.

Wordle 607 4/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
FASCIA - Wordlebot praised my vocabulary
MAGIC

On a six-letter word?