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

Wordle 617 3/6*

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BEARD
CROUP
SYRUP

Wrap it in <small>small text</small> tags.
small text
You can nest them to get even smaller text !
<small><small>smaller text</small></small>
smaller text
<small><small><small>even smaller text</small></small></small>
even smaller text

< Scampering over to join the 3s today! >

Wordle 617 3/6*

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IRATE
SCOUR
SYRUP

I had also found SHRUB and SHRUG, but in checking prior Wordle answers, discovered they’d already been used. So SYRUP it was.

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Wordle 617 3/6

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Like this, right?

Thank you both!

Wordle 617 6/6

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Wordle 617 4/6

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AROSE
SKIRL
SHUNT
SYRUP

No vowels except U led to some noodling on words containing Y and U. SURFY seemed unlikely, so SYRUP it was.

Wordle 617 4/6*

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From headlines around the globe

Summary

DINGO
STEAL
SHUSH
SYRUP

Wordle 617 4/6* 2/26/2023

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FIFTY → A Y, but not a terminal Y. Try more vowels. Could have done YEARN here, but first though of…
RAYON → And now I can’t think of anything that starts with a Y that fits. So, should the Y go second or fourth? I noodled around with second and got…
PYREX → Which pretty much led me to the answer…
SYRUP

I had a waffle this morning. You’d have thought I would have tried the answer with the third guess, given how I was going after it…

Huh. I wouldn’t have expected a brand-named word to be accepted by the game.

Wordle 617 3/6

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MEATY
YOUNG
SYRUP

Another fortuitous 2nd word with going for the U…I’m on a roll (knock wood!). I could only see Syrup or Pyrus, and felt the former far more likely.



@pjd Thank you! I need a magnifying glass for the even smaller text one. :laughing:

Monday, February 27th

Wordle 618 5/6

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CRAPS
STORE
ROUSE
HORSE
WORSE

After 2 I didn’t put together that “RS” is a fairly common consonant pair. My performance has really been poor heading into my 400th game in a few days.

Wordle 618 3/6

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RATIO
SHORE
WORSE

Wordle 618 4/6*

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ALONE
MOVIE
ROGUE
WORSE

Feels like I should be able to make a Han Solo quip.

Wordle 618 5/6*

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SPOIL
COAST
MOUSE
DOWSE
WORSE

Wordle 618 4/6*

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BEARD
GRIME
ROUSE
WORSE

That could’ve been not so good.

Wordle 618 4/6

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ALONE
POISE
DOUSE
WORSE

Wordle 618 5/6

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HEART
BONER
ROGUE
FORCE
WORSE

Back to back 3s. I’ll take it!

Wordle 618 3/6

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DEATH
SCOUR
WORSE

Wordle 618 4/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
HORSE - only two choices and I backed the wrong horse :smiley:
WORSE

Wordle 618 4/6

SLART
NICHE => could be PURSE, PROSE, ROUSE, or WORSE. So is it…
PURSE => or is it something…
WORSE