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

Wordle 608 5/6

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NOISE
ACUTE
PLACE
CARVE
CACHE

Wordle 608 4/6

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CREST
CLONE
CHIME
CACHE

After 3 I was all “Bwuh?!” Not CR, CL, or CH, but there is an H? WTF?

Fortunately I then saw cache quickly.

Wordle 608 4/6

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HEART
SHAPE
LATHE
CACHE

WOOT!

Wordle 608 2/6

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CRANE
CACHE

Wordle 608 3/6

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RAISE
LANCE
CACHE

I tried CACHE because it would be sure to put the C in the right place. Turns out there wasn’t much left anyway. Scoredle said there were eight possible words, but they included gems like MACTE, CADEE, and WACKE, so…

Nice deuce, @Chefguy!

Agreed. I’m jealous!

Wordle 608 5/6*

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IRATE
AMPLE
SAUCE
CANOE
CACHE

Ugh. Not my best day. Glad I didn’t see CADGE. I’d have gone for that one for sure.

There were apparently eight words that would have worked; I just happened to pick the right one.

Wordle 608 5/6

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STARE
ALIVE
CADGE
CANOE
CACHE

An unimpressive score, but a fairly pleasant seven minutes.

Well, that was a surprise.

Wordle 608 3/6*

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STAIN
PEDAL
CACHE

Wordle 608 3/6

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HEART
CHEAP
CACHE

Coulda had it in 2, but happy with 3 (I was deliberating between the two C words and just chose the wrong one).

Wordle 609 3/6

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RATIO
PLAIN
AVAIL

Wordle 609 5/6*

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LEACH
STALK
GRAIL
QUAIL
AVAIL

Wordle 608 3/6

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Slant
Chore
Cache

Wordle 609 X/6

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Train
Chair
Flail
Quail
Email
Swail

Unbelievable. :frowning:

I almost didn’t get this one.

Wordle 609 6/6

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DEATH
SCORN
GIMPY
FLOWN
QUAIL
AVAIL — phew!

Wordle 609 3/6*

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BEARD
CLASP
AVAIL

:smug:

Wordle 609 3/6

SLART => Came up with 9 possibilities
NICHE => Eliminated all but 2: QUAIL and…
AVAIL

Literally flipped a coin between my last two possibilities. Won the toss!

Wordle 609 5/6

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CLIPS
TRAIL
QUAIL
EMAIL
AVAIL

This was tough. I don’t think email is even on the answer list, but I couldn’t see anything. Took a hot minute to finally come up with avail.

I was so desperate I started to think: “Is this the first repeat? Should I try flail?” Fortunately my first word eliminated even that.

Wordle 609 3/6

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CURIO
STAIN
AVAIL

Wordle 609 5/6*

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ALONE
APTLY
AURAL
AXIAL
AVAIL

That got real weird real fast.