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

Wordle 768 3/6

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

A lucky guess!

SALET
ROUND
DISCOit could also be douse dross hosed nosed posed , among others

Wordle 768 5/6

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

Wordle 768 4/6*

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

CLAIM
TRICK
SINCE
DISCO
By the time I got to it, DISCO was the only word left. And thanks a lot Wordle, I wasn’t a disco fan as a young person in the late 70s and don’t appreciate having disco tunes as earworms

[spoiler]Wordle 769 3/6

:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:[/spoiler]

First word should’ve helped me get a 2. Oh well.

short
Moths
Ethos

Wordle 768 3/6

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

STAIN
CHORE
DISCO

Wordle 769 3/6

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

RATIO
CLOTH
ETHOS

I earned this one.

I guessed wrong this time. So, a 4 instead of 3.

Wordle 769 4/6

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

SALET
ROUNDat this point it’s likely: ethos pesto those
THOSEand… I guessed wrong. Oh well (sigh).
ETHOS

Lucky, lucky, lucky

Wordle 769 2/6

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

STEAK
ETHOS

Wordle 769 4/6*

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

VALUE
ENJOY
ERGOT
ETHOS

Wordle 769 5/6*

\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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \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 G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 769 4/6*

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

ALONE
MOPED
HEROS
ETHOS

Wordle 769 3/6

:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: 403
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 7
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLANT
THEIR
ETHOS

Wordle 769 4/6

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


IDEAL
ROUTE
OFTEN
ETHOS

Wordle 769 3/6

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

HEART
THESE
ETHOS

Wordle 769 4/6*

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

RANGE
FETCH
THOSE
ETHOS

I don’t like this word. It doesn’t seem to be a Wordle word, you know?

Wordle 769 4/6* 7/28/2023

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

DISCO → Not a bad start. Time for a typical “second guess”
ROUST → Picked up the T, still haven’t placed anything… Another vowel?
STONY → Terminal S… don’t see any PT words, and either OT??S or ?T?OS, and we gotta start with a vowel, throw in an H and get
ETHOS

I was avoiding a terminal S because, you know, Wordle and regular plurals. Using E instead of Y on my third guess might have been a plus, but obviously woudn’t have changed anything.

Wordle 769 2/6

:green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:earth
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:ethos
It bothers me that I did not see the possible word eight

Wordle 769 3/6

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

PLANT
STORE
ETHOS

Nice and quick, though I agree with @Rebo that this answer word is borderline.

Wordle 769 3/6

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

PLANE
STORM
ETHOS

Wordle 769 3/6

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

AROSE
PESTO
ETHOS

ETHOS was the only non-plural word left (unless you believe Scoredle that ESCOT and ESTOC are words). But it took me a looong time to find it.
AROSE’s average goes from 4.09 down to 4.0.