"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2)

Wordle 652 4/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
SHOCK
STOCK

No help from word lists, as usual.

I played the same game today as I did yesterday, except yesterday, I fought and fought with that puzzle. Happily, today’s went much faster!

Wordle 652 3/6*

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IRATE
TOUCH
STOCK

Wordle 652 5/6

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OLIVE
SONAR
STOMP
STOUT
STOCK

A bit of a tough go for me today. Lost the coin toss between STOUT and STOCK. But STOOD remained as well, which I didn’t see, so a six was possible.

Wordle 652 4/6*

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BRAIN
MOULD
STOKE
STOCK

Tried a new opener on a lark, would not recommend.

Wordle 652 3/6* 4/2/2023

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MARCH → Good opener, but I need to try some more vowels…
TWICE → No help there. O or U… and I haven’t tried S yet… I’m not feeling STUCK, so I’ll try
STOCK

Scoredle has a tough time with this answer, falling into the STO– trap and taking all six guesses.

Wordle 652 3/6

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SLART
NICHE
STOCK => could’ve been STUCK, won the toss

Wordle 652 3/6

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STARE
CLINK
STOCK

Nailing the ST out the gate was great, except then I had to go with a sleuth word on 2nd guess…way too many ST words. That paid off and I got lucky with choosing correctly (Stock over Stuck).

Wordle 652 3/6

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AROSE
STOIC
STOCK

STOIC was ‘want to try the S in first place and then either an H or T in second.’ STOCK would have worked just as well for that, and then I’d have had a rare 2! Oh, well.

Wordle 652 4/6*

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ARISE
STONY
STOOP
STOUT

APR 3

Wordle 653 3/6*

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ALONE
CLOAK
FLORA

Wordle 653 3/6

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RATIO
ACORN
FLORA

Wordle 653 3/6*

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CLAIM
ALTER
FLORA

Wordle 653 3/6*

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ALERT
CLARO
FLORA

Could’ve been a two after a luck opener, but I struggled seeing anything fitting…

Wordle 653 2/6

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SLART
FLORA

The other two possibilities after my opening word, per Scoredle, were ‘alurk’ and ‘alure,’ neither of which I’d have considered as a potential solution. There was really only the one possibility.

Wordle 653 3/6*

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Wordle 653 3/6

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CLUES
RATIO
FLORA — pinning down the L in the first guess was sooo helpful

Wordle 653 3/6

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PLANT
CLEAR
FLORA

I feel like flora was the only common word available after 2. I also feel like this is the kind of answer that seems like it’s going to be tough, but turns out to be easy.

You did well having only three of the letters. I was lucky, having four of them.

Wordle 653 3/6

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RAISE
ACORN
FLORA

Wordle 653 4/6*

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ADIEU
SLACK
FLOAT
FLORA