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

The Game Room
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Yep. I got the same three correct initially as @Aspenglow but it took me all 6 to get it. And there were more words to try.

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Agreed. Also, not the best ending word either.

Wordle 235 4/6

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Wordle 235 3/6*

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LATER
SCOUR
HUMOR

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I completely choked this one, mistakenly and then knowingly reusing known bad letters. Fortunately I think there were only three possibilities and I had three guesses left. Of course it took all three.

Wordle 235 6/6

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GRIST
OLDER
MOLAR
TUMOR
RUMOR
HUMOR

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Wordle 235 4/6*

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Not bad considering I stupidly reused my misplaced correct 5th letter in the 5th spot again in guesses #2 and #3. Might have gotten in 3 if I’d placed it somewhere else.

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Wordle 235 4/6

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Wordle 235 4/6*

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Gonna have to find an international version of this game, which uses words that have the same spelling worldwide.

The weird thing about this is that Wordle uses a British domain “.co.uk”

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And my three-streak comes crashing down…

Wordle 235 4/6*

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Once again, two words to pick from and I picked the wrong one! Now, in fairness, either one could have been completely off track at 3rd guess, so in a way, I was still way ahead by picking either one.

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Wordle 236 6/6

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Well that was a struggle. I was totally stuck after the third guess.

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Wordle 235 4/6*

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Tough one today!

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Wordle 235 3/6*

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Was a struggle even coming up with words after the second guess. Think i might be a bit tired.

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Wordle 235 3/6

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With the help of the shaded keyboard, it was pretty easy to figure out the word after two tries.

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My three “flush out” words helped, especially the third one.

Wordle 235 4/6

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IRATE
LOCUS
HYMEN
HUMOR

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Wordle 235 4/6* 2/9/2022

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FRAME → Can I buy a vowel? Or two? Try O for now
STORM → Could try an I with MINOR, or a U…
RUMOR → missed it by that much. Too many doubles lately
HUMOR

A lucky guess on 3 gets it in 4.

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I seem to be getting worse at this game. I started out getting mostly 3s and 4s, and now I’m on a 5/6 streak.

Wordle 235 5/6

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GUEST
CURLY
QUARK
RUMOR
HUMOR

Not sure why I used a word with two of the same letter instead of getting more letters in play. And I usually put up more vowels early. Should have had my coffee first, I guess.

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LOL, you and me both. Not my best day!

Wordle 235 5/6

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IRATE
ROUND
SCOUR
JUROR
HUMOR

Still fun. :slight_smile:

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I started out so well, and then just couldn’t seem to get it as quickly as I ought to have.

Wordle 236 5/6

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After the other day I wasn’t sanguine, but this turned out well for me.
Wordle 235 3/6

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We’ll done too! To scratch the first row, ow.

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I was all over this one. New first word again, and then a solid second word left me with only two choices, one common one less so. Common for the win.

Wordle 236 3/6

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ROAST
LAPSE
PAUSE

The second word alone leaves only three choices I can see: PARSE, PASSE and PAUSE. My first guess eliminated R, leaving the other two as a toss-up. Most answer words are pretty common so it was an easy choice.