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

Wordle 239 4/6*

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Wordle 239 3/6 2/13/2022

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ULTRA → Lot of freedom here, try something with E & O
BROKE → Probably two O or another I, try O in second…
ROBIN

I thought about BORIC/BORON but ended up making the right guess.

Wordle 239 5/6

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PLEAT
WHISK
MINOR
GROIN
ROBIN
Holy close one, Batman!

My first 2!!!

Wordle 239 2/6

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Got lucky with my opening guess of BRAIN.

Went completely off the beaten path (for me) with the first guess and got lucky:

Wordle 239 2/6

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BRINK
ROBIN

Wordle 239 4/6*

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CHEAT
GRIDS
BRUIN
ROBIN

Unlucky with my first guess, but still got information from it.

Another four. My fours are now tied with my threes. Dammit.

Wordle 239 4/6*

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IRATE
SPRIG
CHOIR
ROBIN

My first 2-pointer as well. Lucky first guess.

Wordle 239 2/6

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I am not happy.

Wordle 240 5/6

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RADIO?

Almost:

RATIO

Damn! SO close!

A really difficult one today.

Wordle 240 4/6

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You’re not kidding. After my second guess I had to fully abandon my strategy and started checking as many letters as possible.

Wordle 240 5/6

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AUDIO
STEIN
REPLY
WINCH
CYNIC

Wordle 240 4/6

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That one is fun.

nerdlegame 26 5/6

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https://nerdlegame.com #nerdle

Got it in three again.

Wordle 240 3/6

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TRANS/LOUIE informed me that there was an N and the second-to-last letter was an I. I therefore reasoned that there must have been a Y used as a vowel and that it would have to be the second letter, and CYNIC was the first word I thought of that met those criteria and didn’t contain any letters I’d ruled out.

Took me ages to work out the final answer:

Wordle 240 4/6

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COAST
CHILD
CUMIN
CYNIC

PANTO
CLIMB
CINCH
CYNIC

I could only think of CINCH after the first 2, despite the fact that it had 2 “C”'s, but after that it was easy because no word starts with “CCN”, so the second C had to end the word and therefore the I had to be fourth. I should probably start playing less conservatively because I have only lost twice but my commonest score is 4.

Wordle 240 5/6*

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I was thinking this would be my first loss.