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

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 758 3/6

1,713
36

SLANT
CHORE
DROOP

A fun combination of lucky and smart. After my second word, I assumed the R was the second letter; if it wasn’t, I’d just have to deal with that after my third guess. So, given letters already eliminated, I was looking for words beginning with BRO, DRO, FRO, GRO, KRO, PRO, or WRO. I turned up BROOM, GROUP, and PROXY, which had already been used, and BROOD, DROOP, GROOM, PROMO, PROOF, and PROUD, which hadn’t yet. If DROOP wasn’t the solution, I’d be able to identify which of the others was, and be satisfied with a 4. But I got lucky.

[RTFirefly]

Speaking of which possible solutions have and haven’t been used, by the end of the month, Wordle will have used up just over 1/3 of what I’m told are the 2,315 words that have been or can be solutions. And we’ll hit the 1/2 mark a year from August. My assumption, for what it’s worth, is that somewhere in that zone between 1/3 and 1/2 of the list having already been used, they’ll start re-using solutions: it’s hard to imagine the game continuing like it is when half or more of the potential solutions have already been eliminated from consideration.

I think the earlier they start doing it, the better. The longer they wait, the more abrupt a change it will be in the nature of the game, at least for those of us who take past solutions into consideration.

[Chefguy]

Wordle 758 3/6

PLANE
SHOUT- Doesn’t look logical that I could get from here to the answer with only two letters, but the “P” can really only be at word’s end, given what’s known, which doesn’t leave many options (two)
DROOP

[EllisDee]

Looks logical to me with my plant spore opening. I was right there with you, @Chefguy.

[Wheelz]

Wordle 758 4/6

AGILE
COURT
BROWN
DROOP

I didn’t see PROOF or PROXY, so there was a little luck here. But although I don’t consult the past answer list, I remember PROXY being used, so I wouldn’t have gone with that. DROSS was also in play, but… no.
AGILE’s average as a starting word improves from 4.55 to 4.5.

[gkster]

Wordle 758 4/6*

CHAIR
SHORE
TROUT
DROOP
I felt lucky on the 4th round because according to WordleBot there were still 19 other words left

[Aspenglow]

Whoops! Almost forgot to post today.

Wordle 758 4/6*

IRATE
CROWN
PROUD
DROOP

Not one of my better games. My third word should have been my second word, but I couldn’t think of it in time. I coulda (maybe) had a 3! Oh, well.

[psychobunny]

Wordle 759 4/6

RATIO
SURGE
LEVER
FLYER

At least it wasn’t a five.

[SeaSun]

Wordle 758 4/6

SLATE
CHOIR
DUMPY
DROOP

[QMatic]

Wordle 759 4/6*

PIOUS
GLEAM
ELVER
FLYER

[pjd]

Wordle 759 X/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[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 G} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned}

Bastard !
2 fails in 2 weeks,

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 759 5/6

Tough nut today
HEART
PRONE
RIVER
EMBER
FLYER

[chiliwillybing]

Wordle 759 4/6

RAISE
LONER
ULCER
FLYER

[The_Other_Waldo_Pepper]

Wordle 759 5/6*

ALONE
SLEPT
ELDER
FLIER
FLYER

[Bullitt]

Wordle 759 4/6

SALET
ROUND — at this point it could be creel filer flier FLYER leper LEVER LIVER
LEVER — and, I guessed wrong
FLYER

[Chefguy]

Wordle 759 5/6

PLANE
SHOUT
FLECK
FLIER - wrong one
FLYER

[SunUp]

Wordle 759 5/6* 7/18/2023

DROOP → Slow start. More vowels, please…
HEART → Got one.Try the R in first, and still cast around for more letters
RILES → L is a nice pickup, and the E is placed. Could this be a comparative?
BLUER → Everything placed, but I’m feeling nervous with two guesses left. Not much can go in front of the L… perhaps an E? No. Must be a consonant. F? Try it
FLYER

Had to go through every vowel to finish. Whew.

[Wheelz]

Wordle 759 4/6

ROUSE
LATER
FLIER
FLYER

Glad to see I’m not the only one with FLIER → FLYER, though it would indeed have made more sense to go with the Y version first.
(ROUSE’s average improves slightly from 4.45 to 4.42)

[Rebo]

Wordle 759 5/6*

SCREW
DOPER < — thought I’d give it a shot!
ANGER
LIFER
FLYER

[Aspenglow]

I found that one, too! Didn’t try it, though.

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Wordle 759 5/6*

IRATE
SCREW
LONER
RULER
FLYER

At least it wasn’t a 6.