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

Wordle 753 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
WHIRL

Wordle 754 5/6*

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LOSER
REACH
DREAM
AZURE
BARGE

Wordle 754 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
BARGE

ARGUE and AGREE had both been used, and AERIE seemed a bit obscure. So BARGE it was.

Wordle 754 3/6

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PLANT
RACES
BARGE

This was a good way to start since I believe I set the all-time worst mark in quordle today. (Link here.)

Wordle 754 6/6

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HEART
CREAM
RAVEN
EAGER well that was the 4th attempt to place the E and the R, now I know where they go
LARGE
BARGE

Wordle 754 4/6*

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SWEAT
CABLE <β€” lucky to get a B
BADGE <β€” that should have been it, dammit!
BARGE

A four is better than a five or six, I guess. My baby streak continues, (32)

Wordle 754 3/6

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RAISE
LARGE
BARGE

Wordle 754 4/6*

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ALONE
STARE
FARCE
BARGE

A lone stare repeats itself: first as farce, then as barge. Or something.

Wordle 754 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 754 4/6* 7/13/2023

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WHIRL β†’ At least that KOs L & H. Two vowels, two commons?
ASTER β†’ Vowels worked. But where do they all go?
CRANE β†’ Took a break after this to walk the dog. Came back and it was staring me in the face…
BARGE

Scoredle says there were 19 possibilities on my last guess. I can vouch for the fact that 18 of them were total B.S. (MARGE was the closest to being a real word.)

Yeah, I’m a 4 today, too.

Wordle 754 4/6*

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IRATE
PARSE
LARGE
BARGE

WordleBot was kind, but I wasn’t impressed.

Wordle 754 4/6

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OUIJA - thought I’d try a vowel saturated word for a change
PLANE
CARVE
BARGE

I’m in a rut.

Wordle 754 3/6

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OUNCE
SLATE
BARGE

I’d say this was 50% smart guessing and 50% luck. Of Scordle’s 92 remaining words, I counted 6 β€œreal” ones.

Wordle 754 3/6*

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STALE
RANGE
BARGE

Wordle 755 3/6

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RATIO
SHINE
FIEND

Wordle 755 4/6*

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PIOUS
LIGHT
MIRED
FIEND

Wordle 755 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned}

[spoiler]Wordle 755 3/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:[/spoiler]

Wordle 755 3/6*

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ALONE
SPENT
FIEND

Wordle 755 4/6

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:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: 20
:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square: 4
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SLANT
CHORE
PENNY
FIEND

After my second guess, it came down to a coin toss between my 3rd and 4th guesses. Some days you lose the coin toss. (I completely overlooked BEING, but it didn’t matter, it had already been used.)