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

Wordle 756 5/6

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SALET
ROUND
DRONE — a wasted guess
PRONE
CRONE

Wordle 756 4/6* 7/15/2023

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FIEND → Good start, try terminal E, one more vowel, and two common consonants…
STONE → OK, moderately trappish. CRONE, CLONE, PHONE, ALONE, PRONE; CLONE or PRONE are best shots, flip a coin…
PRONE → Would have worked either way
CRONE

Scoredle reminds me it’s a good thing it wasn’t OZONE.

Stupid word. Put myself in a Hard Mode trap.

Wordle 756 4/6*

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IRATE
PRONE
DRONE
CRONE

Wordle 756 3/6*

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STEAK ← I saw “STREAK” and was inspired.
PROVE <— Woo-hoo! Three letters in the right place.
CRONE <— it was all i could think of.

Sweet!

Wordle 756 4/6

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PLANE
BRINE
DRONE
CRONE

Wordle 756 3/6

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PATIO
LOUSE
CRONE

Lucky three today. There were at least a dozen valid words left.
PATIO had historically been my least effective starting word (tied with RADIO). Today’s three improved its average from 4.64 to 4.5.

Wordle 756 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
CRONE

For a few weeks now, I’ve been getting more hits with my standard second word than my starting word. I keep thinking I should switch the order, but then when it’s the middle of the night and I’m fighting insomnia, I just automatically type in my usual first word. This morning starting with the usual second word would have been an easy 2. C’est la vie.

Wordle 756 3/6*

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LEAST
CHORE
CRONE

Wordle 757 3/6

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RATIO
LOATH
TOPAZ

I couldn’t find any other options after the second guess.

Wordle 757 4/6*

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VALID
MEANT
STRAP
TOPAZ

Wordle 756 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
CRONE

Wordle 757 3/6*

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

Wordle 757 3/6

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PLANT
TAPER
TOPAZ

Wordle 757 3/6

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CHORE
SLANT => TODAY has already been used, so…
TOPAZ

Wordle 757 3/6

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IDEAL
WOMAN
TOPAZ

Wordle 757 3/6

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HEART
TASTY
TOPAZ

Wordle 757 5/6

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earth,stale, admit, total, topaz

Wordle 757 3/6

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PLANE
SPRAT
TOPAZ

Wordle 757 3/6

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SALET
ROUND
TOPAZ

Surprisingly, after my second guess there weren’t many words that it could be so I got it in 3.

Lots of 3s today.

[spoiler]Wordle 756 5/6

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

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