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

Wordle 247 5/6*

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Wordle 247 4/6

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BEARD
SUPER
LOVER
OTHER

Wordle 247 3/6*

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IRATE
OVERT
OTHER

Share button not working again for me.
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WEARY
TRIES
ENTER
OTHER

My first 2 guess win! (started with STARE)
Wordle 247 2/6

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Slave is gone, fucks is ok, for now.

Per the policy, NSFW terms such as “slave,” “whore,” “b—-h” and “sluts” are no longer accepted by the game,

Okay, gotcha, and thanks. I use a similar approach, in a way, based on each letter’s frequency of use. I (usually) start with the same 3 words that use up the 15 most frequent letters, with the exception that I exhaust all the vowels. This leaves those second tier consonants for my remaining 3 guesses.

It’s worked so far, no losses in 60 days. But there have been a few near misses — which are nerve-wracking!

One more thing: I haven’t used any word lists. I want to test my vocabulary.

Same, but if I see a good word “in the wild” I’ll totally use it.

I think I’ll only post when I get three or better. This is tomorrow’s. I have already forgotten what the word actually is.

Wordle 248 3/6

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Wordle 247 3/6 2/21/2022

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TACIT → Only one T, and only in the three middle spots.
STERN → Can’t think of RT or ET words, or ?TRE w/o S, so…
OTHER

This one came together remarkably fast. The first guess eliminated OTTER as a possibility, for example.

Wordle 248 3/6

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CREAM
SHIRT
THORN

Wordle 247 4/6

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I thought I was just trying to test other locations of the letters with that guess. I was surprised I got it.

Wordle 248 3/6

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PINCH
THANK
THORN

Wordle 248 3/6

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ALERT
STORY
THORN

3 for me today

Wordle 248 3/6*

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Tired
Tromp
Thorn

3 seems to be a really common solution tree for this one:

Wordle 248 3/6*

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Wordle 248 2/6

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STERN
THORN

Good one

Wordle 248 5/6*

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Drink
Learn
Churn
Shorn
Thorn

Wordle 248 3/6

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SNOUT
ADIEU
THORN