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

Wordle 641 4/6

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RAISE
MONEY
DETER
DUVET

Wordle 641 5/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}

:frowning_face: everyone else got it in 4 !

Wordle 641 4/6

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Got it in 4 by grace of the rectal extraction method
HEART
CLEFT
EXIST
DUVET

Don’t worry, I’ll keep you company.

Wordle 641 5/6

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:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: 25
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 6
:green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square: 2
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SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY => could be Tweet, Debut, or Duvet (none have been used)
DEBUT => wrong guess
DUVET

Wordle 641 4/6*

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Boy that was rough. This was one of those times when “hard mode” lives up to its name. I spent twenty minutes after guess 3.

Scoredle 4/6*

14,855
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square: SLATE (299)
:yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: THEIR (62)
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square: OFTEN (6)
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: DUVET

Don’t feel bad–it was in 4 because most words had been eliminated and I couldn’t figure out anything at all that would fit for the longest time. That is a frustrating kind of 4.
I’d rather have a quick 5 than a forty-minute 4.

Wordle 641 4/6

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CRANE
SPOIL - vowel eliminator word
DEBUT
DUVET

Wordle 641 4/6

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RAISE
TOKEN
MUTED
DUVET

I’ll join the crowded four club.
Not as many words left after two as you might think.

Wordle 641 5/6

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READY
PILED
DOMES
DWEEB
DUVET

Little bit of a tough one, today. WordleBot’s analysis gives me pause, though. After my second guess, it said PILED was a solid guess, and that I had narrowed the field down to five possibilities; DOZEN, MODEM, CODEX, DUVET, and DWEEB. This suggests that DOMES shouldn’t even have been an option. Obviously, it is, or the game would have forbidden me to submit it. Does this mean that a plural ending in S is never going to be the solution? It can’t really, can it?

But then when I did try DOMES, WordleBot said it was a good guess.

My current guess is that WordleBot is full of shit.

Looks like a 4 kind of day!

Wordle 641 4/6*

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IRATE
SWEPT
COVET
DUVET

I suggest that when we do, there be TWO threads; one for people who do it in “hard mode,” and one for people who like to keep their letter-eliminating options open.

I’m only half joking. I at least wish WordleBot would acknowledge Hard mode when it’s a factor.

I vote no on this. I like seeing everyone’s different approaches.

Re WordleBot, it’s pretty silly so I don’t pay much attention. It’s fun to abuse, though. :smiley:

Wordle 641 4/6

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ANISE
EXERT
KEMPT
DUVET

Threw caution to the wind with my 2nd and 3rd guesses. I was left with four possible words I could see, and luckily I picked the right one for another 4 to join the crowd today.

I believe you can submit any ‘valid’ word as a guess even if it is not a word that the game includes as a possible answer. It doesn’t use regular plurals like WALLS or DOORS (someone can correct me on this) or regular past tense verbs like BAKED, but I think a past tense like FOUND has been an answer in the past.

You can use all those words as guesses to shrink the field, but they won’t be the answer. Wordlebot might even think BAKED is a good guess based on how well it narrows down your answer.

Wordle 641 4/6*

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CRATE
TIMES
VOTED
DUVET

StG

Wordle 641 4/6

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EARTH
TEMPO
STYLE
DUVET

Rough, and many trips through the alphabet (that remained after guess 3).

Wordle 641 4/6*

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READY
PUDGE
SUEDE
DUVET

Wordle 641 4/6*

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ROAST
EDICT
DEBUT
DUVET

And another boo hiss to WordleBot, which says that the average score for this one is 3.8. I don’t see a single poster today with a 3, so all of us here today with our 4s and 5s are below average?

Thursday, March 23rd

Wordle 642 5/6

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PLANT
STARE
STACK
STASH
STAID

It’s a trap! Immediately consulting the previous words list, I got a little help eliminating staff, stage, stair, stale, stand and start. Though of course my first two guesses had already eliminated all of those except staff anyway. That tells me this strategy is working as intended. Sometimes you just get a 5.

Wordle 642 3/6

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RATIO
STAIN
STAID

So close.

That was an easy two!

Wordle 642 2/6

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ASIDE
STAID

I had immediately thought of DAISY, but the I wasn’t green.