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

Wordle 238 2/6 2/12/2022

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When you start from yesterday’s word, this one was easy.

Ugh. I wasted a try today. Shoulda got it in four.

Wordle 238 5/6

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IRATE
TARDY
STRAP (Dummy! You already knew the ‘R’ wasn’t in that position!)
ABORT
ULTRA

Wordle 238 5/6*

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What in the world is wrong with the fibre?

The Powerlanguage link now redirects to the NY Times, and the page won’t load :angry:

Maybe it doesn’t go past 50? Could be your 3rd guess win that got dropped was the oldest game in the streak. I don’t why it would be like that, but it is an explanation for why it would drop one. See what happens tomorrow.

This is fine.

Wordle 239 3/6

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Yeah, I feel a bit hard done by today. After two guesses, the only possible remaining words I could find to fit were ALTAR and ULTRA. Based on prior solutions, the latter did not seem likely.

“fibre” is a non-US-English spelling.

About the 238 answer:

“Ultra” used as an adjective is often a separate word. Like, “He’s ultra conservative.” It was also a British intelligence program during WWII. (Derived from “ultra secret” – two words.)

Weird. I use the powerlanguage site, and it’s working for me. But I leave that tab open in my phone browser, so maybe I haven’t triggered the redirect yet.

The redirect still isn’t working for me, on an Android phone. Tried clearing history and restarting, but it just stays on a white screen. Ideas?

Here’s the direct link to nytimes:

The redirect is working fine for me on a Chrome browser on my (Samsung) Android phone. But I had no game history there, maybe that makes a difference - I normally do it on my laptop.

I solved it by completely clearing the browser history and reloading the page. My history was intact.

Wordle 239 3/6

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RAISE
RIGHT
ROBIN

The third guess was about the only reasonable word that would fit.

Mine was remarkably similar, but I needed an extra guess because I was so fixated on not getting fooled by a U that I literally forgot the letter O existed during my third guess.

Wordle 239 4/6*

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ARISE
RIGHT
RUNIC
ROBIN

Wordle 239 5/6*

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World
Romeo
Roach
Rosin
Robin

Wordle 239 3/6

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It does go past 50. Today it says 51 for me.

It took me 5 guesses to get it today.

Wordle 239 5/6

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My TRANS/LOUIE strategy has gotten me the right answer on the third guess two days in a row now, so that’s something.

Wordle 239 4/6

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CREST
CORNY
BOURN
ROBIN

So it allows nouns?

And agai it came easy.

Wordle 239 3/6*

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