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

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My first in two!

TRACE
CHANT

Wordle 253 3/6

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Kind of a gimme after the first two guesses. Abandoned hard mode rules for the second guess because I figured there were going to be way too many possibilities with that ending, but I sure wasn’t expecting to get the first two letters right. I was trying to rule things out at that point, not in.

Wordle 253 4/6

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HAIRY
STONE
THANK
CHANT

I avoid this thread until I’ve played for the day, then post my results and then catch up on peoples’ posts. Then I’m back to avoiding the thread.

Obscure to be sure.

On the other hand, i have had Wordle reject SLAVE and RAPES. Their anagrams of SALVE and SPARE might not place the letters optimally.

I’ve read articles about ideal starting words. I used a word I had not heard of until this week and it paid off.

Wordle 253 2/6

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The word was REAST Leading me to CHANT.

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Wordle 253 4/6

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I started with

HAIRY
STONE
CLAMP

today, as an experiment. Today, that made it easy.

Still using rando start words, sticking with hard mode. Seems to serve me well.
Wordle 253 3/6*

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Thought I had it in three.

Wordle 253 4/6

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LEARN
SNACK
CHAIN
CHANT

I don’t have a regular starting word or words. Just the first word I think of that morning with at least two vowels and some common consonants. Sometimes I think about yesterday’s word and go as different as I can. Also, though I don’t actually set it on hard mode, I play that way unless I’m truly desperate. Not saying anybody else does it wrong; this just helps keep the game fresh and challenging for me.

Tomorrow:

Wordle 254 3/6

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Easy one today. Nice change of pace – I’ve struggled with the last few.

Wordle 253 3/6*

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IRATE
THANK
CHANT

Noice!

Yes… easy.

Wordle 253 6/6

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Wordle 253 3/6

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PRICE
CHASM
CHANT

I got tomorrow’s in three again, using the same instinctive guesswork as the previous one.

Wordle 254 3/6

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Wordle 253 4/6*

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I often use random words to start, but happened to try adieu again today. That forced me to use an A for my second word, which was good.

ADIEU
CHAMP
CHART
CHANT

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Wordle 254 3/6

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RAISE
PHONE
CHOKE

Wordle 253 5/6 2/27/2022

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SPILL → OK then.
DATER → 1 out of 3 vowels so far - can I knock out O & Y?
GOATY → I can, but no luck. Single A in the middle. T is probably at start…
THANK → Wrong, but all that’s left is
CHANT

Possibly the worst start I’ve had yet with the “start with yesterday’s word” strategy.

That’s me, too. Gets kinda crazy when I don’t get to it until evening (like today) since I’m only 4-5 hours east of the date line.

My strategy has proven moot. Starting with second tier consonants just leaves me open to the same situation with four greens and a bunch of choices. Only now, those multiple consonants are first tier, like S and R. So the entire strategy is pointless. Ah well.

Wordle 254 4/6

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CHOMP
CHORE
CHOSE
CHOKE