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

The Game Room
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Wordle 234 3/6*

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3-streak intact!

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Wordle 235 4/6*

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Not the best starting word.

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Wordle 234 3/6*

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Whore
Creme
Frame
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Wordle 234 5/6*

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Longer than expected

Blast
Grain
Wrack
Drape
Frame

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Two again. My strategy of using words from whatever song is currently playing is paying off.

Wordle 234 2/6*

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Wordle 234 5/6*

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Started to get worried for a bit

CRATE
GRADE
BRAVE
ERASE
FRAME

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Wordle 234 4/6

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I got it in 2 today BUT I forgot how to copy the squares so they show up as blanks when I repost them, (A friend is always asking me for “proof” when I brag about getting it in 2.) Can someone remind me?

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I seemed to follow a similar pattern to others…

Wordle 234 5/6*

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BARED
REACH
ERASE
GRAPE
FRAME

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If you click on the statistics button (looks like a bar graph) at the top, there is button to ‘SHARE.’ Pushing that copies the image of squares into your clipboard.

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Don’t forget BRACE.

But also, your first guess eliminated GRATE and ORATE.

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Thanks.

Wordle 234 2/6*

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Back to my 3 word self today.

Wordle 234 3/6

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I guess I’m the third one to go through this today. :roll_eyes:

Wordle 234 4/6*

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DAMN YOU WORDLE!!! :rage:

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Wordle 234 4/6* 2/8/2022

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ELDER → Hey, I get to use one of those great starter words now
STARE → Two spots for the R, but I can’t think of a word for it in the first, so
BRACE → Can’t think of a word without F or G in the first, so try
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Though, as I look at Bullitt’s list from above, getting it in four was really a lucky guess, since I didn’t consider an initial D, so DRAKE or DRAPE could have sunk me. GRADE would have been a better choice, if neither letter had hit the solution would have been all that was left.

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Looks like I had a similar experience to many others. First time it’s ever taken me six guesses. I was worried!

Wordle 234 6/6

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ALIEN
BREAK
CRAZE
ORATE
GRAPE
FRAME

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I got hammered by French today. Look at this!
Le Mot (@WordleFR) #30 :skull:/6

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I’m not playing hard mode in French since I don’t actually know French, but after getting 4 correct letters on the second try, it’s so hard to resist.

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Wordle 234 4/6

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Yeah, took me a few extra tries today, too.

Wordle 234 4/6

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IRATE
BRACE
GRAPE
FRAME

When I first started, I thought, gad zooks! This may be the day I get it in two! But no.

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It’s interesting how getting 3 exactly correct on the first guess is not necessarily the good news it appears to be. Getting 3 correct on the first guess in itself implies that there are probably a lot of possible solutions with those 3 letters in those positions.