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

A 3 today.

Wordle 228 3/6

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Maybe on reflection I wasn’t giving myself the chance of a miracle first worder:

Wordle 228 4/6*

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OWLET
GROUT
PILOT
MOIST

Wordle 228 3/6*

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I’m finding that I’m now looking for “fun” words to use. Wordle burnout begins.

POUTY
TOAST
MOIST

Wordle 228 3/6*

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I can just imagine in December 2029 a retrospective of the decade spending 30 seconds reminding us of the Wordle phenomenon of 2022. And we’ll all say “oh yeah, I remember that.”

3 again. As usual, mostly luck in picking that right word when I did because I was considering a different option.
Wordle 228 3/6

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CRATE
THING
MOIST

I’ve been having good luck with my opening word which is an amusing word to me even though I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t like the actual thing. I’m sure I’ll move on when I discover another “fun” word to use.

PANTO
STORE
MOIST

At the risk of introducing spoilers for future words, I did thirty seconds of poking around and

it turns out the game’s source code contains every correct answer, for past and future dates, in sequential order.

https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/main.e65ce0a5.js

Tomorrow’s answer will be “shard”, followed by “pleat”, “aloft”, and “skill”.

Do with that what you will.

3 word streak continues although it sure didn’t look like it at the 2nd guess

Wordle 228 3/6*

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FRAME
MUNCH
MOIST

Wordle 228 4/6*

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Nice one today.

Ready
Blows
Shout
Moist

Should have got it in 3, chose a less likely 3rd word

Wordle 228 4/6

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Wordle 228 4/6* Groundhog Day, 2022

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THOSE → Good start, try another vowel?
ROAST → Almost there, but a lot of possibles. An I?
FOIST → Darn it, should have thought a little more, cause it’s
MOIST

Two days in a row I should have had it in 3. Well, it could also have been JOIST.

I’m on the Three Train, too.

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IRATE
PITHY
MOIST

Nice way to start the morning. :slight_smile:

My post yesterday was a clue. Luckily too obscure for anyone to pick up on.

Anyway, here’s tomorrow’s.

Wordle 229 4/6

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Last puzzle was not my best; only one letter in the wrong place after two guesses. So it took me five (although was reduced to two answers by four).

I was thinking the combination of ORATE and SHINY would do a good job covering common letters and diphthongs. It includes all the vowels (except U) and six common consonants.

I’ve been playing a couple weeks, this is the first one that wasn’t fun.

Wordle 229 5/6

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TRACE

SNARL

SPARK

SCARF

SHARD

Same problem (and words) for me, although I did it in four because I didn’t use your fourth guess. It’s a pain.

Byrdle in three today too. And I’ve been playing a lot of Dordle.

Wordle 229 3/6*

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The answers came quick for me today

Stead
Salad
Shard

Back to 5. A harder one for me today
Wordle 229 5/6

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ALERT
COBRA
SWARM
SPARK
SHARD

Wordle 229 4/6

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