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

Wordle 653 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

HEART
ACORN
FLORA

Wordle 653 3/6

:white_large_square::blue_square::blue_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::orange_square::white_large_square::blue_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

CRANE
SPOIL
FLORA

I was so proud of myself for getting a three, but it turns out I’m just part of the rabble.

Man, this one tripped me up!! It took me forever to work out the answer. How embarrassing!

Wordle 653 4/6*

:black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

IRATE
ABHOR
CORAL
FLORA

Ugh. Let tomorrow be better, please!

Wordle 653 4/6

:black_large_square::black_large_square::blue_square::black_large_square::blue_square:
:black_large_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::black_large_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

PIANO
MORAL
LABOR
FLORA

I wonder what the mathematical odds are of rearranging four misplaced letters - two of which were eliminated from two positions - and not getting any of them in the right spot.
(FWIW, Scordle told me that all of my guesses were the “best.”)

Wordle 653 4/6* 4/3/2023

:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

STOCK → Single-vowel word, perhaps? Should try at least a smattering of vowels…
GROUP → It’s not U (it’s me…) Time to look for where the R goes…
FLOO
R* → Not there, but a serendipitous guess leaves me with…
FLORA

I was happy with my result until I saw everyone else’s 3s. Serves me right for trying to keep up with the Joneses…

Wordle 653 4/6*

:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

What a slog. Happy to come out of it with a 4.

Scoredle 4/6*

14,855
:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: ARISE (379)
:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square: CORAL (3)
:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square: VALOR (1)
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: FLORA
In hard mode, it turns out that there was only one legal word after VALOR.
I am not upset with today’s word!

Wordle 653 4/6

:white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

PLANE
BLOAT
ALOOF
FLORA

Wordle 653 4/6

:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

ROAST
ARDOR
BORAX
FLORA

A slog. I was somewhat surprised to be reminded that BORAX is a generic name, not a brand name (I seem to recall this coming up months ago, and remembered it wrong).

Tuesday, April 4th

Wordle 654 3/6

:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

PLANT
RATES
RATIO

psychobunny should get an earned 1 today.

Wordle 654 1/6

:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Sometimes it’s good to change up your start word.

Today was not that day. Hope this keeps some people from being spoiled since I almost always start with the same word.

There will be a bunch of twos and threes for 654 I think. My two took about 8 seconds

Wordle 654 3/6*

:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

ARGUE
ROAST
RATIO

Wordle 654 1/6*

:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RATIO

Well that came unexpected! Although I see I’m not the only one using that starting word today…

Wordle 654 2/6

:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

CLUES
RATIO

Wordle 654 4/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 654 3/6

:yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

ABIDE
STAIR
RATIO

Wordle 654 3/6*

:yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:


ABORT
ROAST
RATIO


I stupidly used the T in the same place, or i might have gotten it in 2. I got excited!

Wordle 654 3/6*

:blue_square::black_large_square::blue_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:blue_square::orange_square::orange_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

ALONE
OATHS
RATIO

Yep.

Wordle 654 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

HEART
TRIAL
ATRIA
RATIO

Wordle 654 2/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square: 113
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLART
RATIO

Well, that was a pleasant surprise! With my second word, I was just trying to reduce the number of possible positions for those three yellows, and exclude (or not) a couple of vowels, hoping to narrow things down enough to get a 3. Instead, the whole thing turned green, for my second 2 in a row!

Of course, then some of y’all upstage me and get this in 1. :smiley: