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

Wordle 769 2/6

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STORE
ETHOS

Lucky start word…couldn’t be anything else, though it took me a bit to see it.

Wordle 769 3/6*

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CHIME
HOTEL
ETHOS

Threes abound today!

Wordle 769 3/6*

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IRATE
SPENT
ETHOS

I didn’t think DISCO was a Wordle word, but when I finally saw ETHOS, it was like a penny dropped. Funny how different words hit us. :slight_smile:

Wordle 770 3/6

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RATIO
SURLY
CURLY

I don’t check the prior word lists but I can remember back a week or so when BURLY was the answer so that left little choice on 3.

Wordle 770 4/6*

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VIOLA
KNELT
SULLY
CURLY

Wordle 770 5/6* 7/29/2023

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ETHOS → Y’know, I looked at this and said, “not a bad starting word.” At least today, silly me. Lets look for some vowels.
RAINY → Got one. Only U left. Want to place the R, so…
FURRY → There they go. Looks little traplike. Not BURLY, that was last week. MURKY? or maybe
CURVY → Ah, darn. Should have been looking for something to use the L last guess…
CURLY

The Scoredle “double up to place a letter” strategy pays off, even if I biffed the putt for birdie.

Wordle 770 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 770 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMP
CURLY

Wordle 770 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
CURLY

I kinda blew a 2 with ETHOS. I was going to go with THOSE as my second guess, but didn’t because it had already been used. If I’d noticed ETHOS with the same set of letters as THOSE, I’d have probably gone with it on 2.

I had no problem with DISCO, it went past being slang to just being another word decades ago.

Wordle 770 3/6

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RAISE
COURT
CURLY

Wordle 770 4/6

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PLANT
ROLES
LURID
CURLY

Same exact board as last week when it was burly. One of these days it will be lurid and I will have my 3!

Wordle 770 4/6

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HEART
BROIL
LURID - knowing I isn’t there, just looing to place the other L, R, and the obvious U
CURLY

Wordle 770 5/6

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STARE
PROUD
RUNIC
CURVY
CURLY

Wordle 770 4/6*

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EIGHT
SLACK
COLOR
CURLY

And I have curly hair!

Wordle 770 5/6

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PLANE
SCOUT
LUCKY
GULLY - stupid
CURLY

A very lucky 3 for me today. I was still letter-testing when I got the right word.

Wordle 770 3/6*

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IRATE
SCOUR
CURLY

WordleBot and I are never in agreement about when I’m lucky and when I’m not. I got big skillz points today, and it really was just pure luck. Silly bot.

Wordle 770 4/6

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ARIEL
FLOUR
SURLY
CURLY

Oh, a wise guy! Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk
A pretty mundane par. ARIEL improves slightly from 4.09 to 4.08.

Wordle 770 4/6*

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ALONE
SMILY
TRULY
CURLY

Wordle 770 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
CURLY

Wordle 770 3/6*

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PETAL
LIONS
CURLY

Very lucky today since there were 19 possible words after my 2nd guess, according to the bot.
What I don’t get is WordleBot rating me at 88 for skill for the correct answer, and giving a rating of 99 for 2 wrong answers, BURLY and BULGY