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

Wordle 615 3/6*

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BACON
ABHOR
ARBOR

And yep, another doubler. I’m getting the feeling that they’ve run out of words with 5 unique letters and are going to 4 unique and a double. That might make it easier to guess.

Well, I won’t complain about my 4 today.

Wordle 615 4/6*

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IRATE
GROAN
ARMOR
ARBOR

I had ARDOR, too, but ARBOR seemed more Wordle-y. So I tried it first and lucked out.

Wordle 615 3/6

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STARE
RABID
ARBOR

After guess 2 I had ‘possible positions for the A and R’ spelled out on my notes as “A - R -B - A - R”—not the exact solution, but near enough to suggest it as a decent next guess.

Wordle 615 3/6

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STONE
CORAL
ARBOR

Wasn’t expecting to get this in 3. Had a long list of words to choose, and I got lucky.

As far as the R’s go…seems to be an ongoing pattern with some letters going on hiatus, and then we get a bunch of them at once. That can end up being a bit predictable on one hand, but it also keeps us on our toes too, as you just never know. Such is the way of Wordle. :smirk:

And 11 double-letter words this month isn’t the most we’ve had…that award goes to July 2022 which had 14 of them, but February isn’t over yet. :wink:

Wordle 615 5/6* 2/24/2023

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VAGUE → Slow start. Time for one of my go-to second guesses…
ROAST → Good guess. But a lot of rearranging left to go. Seems a little early to start with repeat letters, but I’ve got a good feeling about this…
AROMA → Improved placement, at least. Thought of ARROW for a second, but decided to try…
ARDOR → Fortunately, the previous guess had eliminated ARMOR, so it must be…
ARBOR

Fast five today.

Wordle 615 5/6*

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ARISE
ARGON
ARMOR
ARDOR
ARBOR

Drat! Like @minor7flat5 and others, of the three words I could think of, I tried them in the wrong order, and I’ve also lived in Ann Arbor. It was just for 2 months, over 20 years ago, but it was a pleasant and memorable stay and I was thinking about it yesterday..

Saturday, February 25th

Wordle 616 5/6

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CLASP
TENOR
MIGHT
WITTY
FIFTY

After 2 I was expecting the _IGHT trap, of which I had only not checked M and F. After 3 I could see fifty, but also a minor _ITTY trap, with ditty, kitty and witty. I played it safe.

Fourth day in a row I’ve posted a 5 or 6. Ouch.

Wordle 616 4/6

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ASIDE
COURT
NYMPH
FIFTY

i guessed FIFTY before attacking the _ITTY challenge. I had eliminated DITTY, but the Scrabble dictionary added BITTY to WITTY and KITTY, so my next guess would have been WAKES to eliminate W and/or K.

Wordle 616 5/6

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RATIO
TILDE
PITHY
MINTY
FIFTY

Not easy again. I was pretty much down to either FIFTY or SIXTY though.

Wordle 616 5/6*

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MOUSE
VALID
PRICK
FIGHT
FIFTY

Wordle 616 4/6

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DEATH
SCOUR
GIMPY
FIFTY

Wordle 616 4/6

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ALONE
MUSIC
DIRTY
FIFTY

Well they haven’t used my start word yet ! I’m still waiting for my 1 score…
(or have they - does anyone know ?)

Wordle 616 5/6*

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BEARD
QUILT
OPTIC
MISTY
FIFTY

Wordle 616 5/6

SLART
NICHE
DUMPY => Could be KITTY, TIZZY, or one of the next two…
WITTY
FIFTY

Now that’s 4-5-4-5-5 for the past 5 days. :unamused:

pjd - no, they haven’t used your start word yet. But they’ve got about 5 years’ worth of words they haven’t used yet, so you may have to be patient!

Wordle 616 4/6

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CRANE
TOIILS
FIGHT - thought it might be a _IGHT word. Picked the right _IGHT word to check
FIFTY

Wordle 616 5/6*

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SHOUT
ALTER
TIMID
NIFTY
FIFTY

Wordle 616 4/6*

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ALONE
SHIRT
DITTY
FIFTY

Was hoping for DITZY, wound up with FIFTY; there’s probably a country music song in that…

Wordle 616 5/6

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CRANE - Uh-oh
SPOIL - Aw hell, man! The plod begins.
ITCHY
WITTY
FIFTY

Wordle 616 3/6

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My second word cemented it for me in three. Lots of double letters these days.
IRATE
FILTH
FIFTY

Wordle 616 5/6

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HEART
STOIC
UNITY
DITTY
FIFTY