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

Wordle 610 4/6*

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CHASM
NURSE
GLOSS
KIOSK

Wordle 610 4/6

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CAMEO
GROUT
SPOIL
KIOSK

I sat on this one for hours before getting it.
Seems like a tough word for a lot of us, even if the scores aren’t bad.

Wordle 610 3/6

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AROSE
GHOST
KIOSK

A lucky first guess gave two letters and their positions; some common last letters for a word ending OS_ were eliminated by GHOST (H and T; E was already gone). I ran through the alphabet, trying Y and C first; eventually tried K.

Monday, February 20th

Wordle 611 4/6

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CLANS
TASER
STEAM
SWEAT

I wanted to go with steam at 2 but kept looking until I could switch out that M for R. Cost me a 3.

(What I really wanted to play was stear but Google assures me in no uncertain terms that there is no such word.)

Wordle 611 4/6

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ASIDE
COURT
YEAST
SWEAT

To avoid being caught in a _EAST guessing game, i chose YEAST, with the idea of BLUFF next, to cover BEAST, LEAST, and FEAST.

Wordle 610 4/6

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TONER
SCOLD
PIOUS
KIOSK

It was a toss-up between Pious and Kiosk at guess 3, and unfortunately I chose incorrectly. I’m ok with a 4, but I broke my three-day streak of 3’s…it’s gotta happen sometime. :wink:

Wordle 611 4/6*

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FLOUT
YEAST
ASSET
SWEAT

Wordle 611 3/6

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RATIO
STALE
SWEAT

Wordle 611 4/6

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DEATH
SCOUR
STEAL
SWEAT

Wordle 611 3/6

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SAUTE
STEAM
SWEAT

Wordle 611 3/6*

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BEARD
STEAL
SWEAT

Wordle 611 3/6

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CRANE
STEAL
SWEAT - easy after the second word

Wordle 611 4/6*

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ALONE
TEACH
GREAT
SWEAT

Wordle 611 3/6*

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DREAM
WHEAT
SWEAT

Wordle 611 5/6

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Really had to sweat this one out
HEART
LEAPT
AGENT
GREAT
SWEAT

Wordle 611 2/6

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for quordle or octordle I often use a series of words

Summary

wheat, flour, spicy

I started with the first and had the second in place and almost hit enter before I realized I had 4 letters placed. I am almost disappointed. I lost yesterday after trying what I thought was every combination to round out my" ios "interior , So this felt like wordle was being condesending to me.

Wordle 611 4/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
STEAK
SWEAT

Side note… My wife has the lowest average for the NYT game.
She had never played the NYT game before but does play a knock-off game on an app. I knew that today’s word is the same word that she normally starts with on her app. I had her play her first game knowing that she will probably use her normal word and get a hole-in-one. And she did.
Her average is 1.0.

Wordle 611 2/6

SLART => the only possibilities I saw were SAINT (already used), STOAT, and…
SWEAT

Wordle 611 3/6

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AROSE
STEAL
SWEAT

That makes at least four of us with STEAL as the penultimate word.