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

Wordle 777 3/6

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IDEAL
READY
ANODE

Wordle 777 2/6*

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Summary

Align
Anode

Wordle 777 5/6

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HEART
PLACE crap I left the A where it doesn’t go
ABOVE
AWOKE darn too many guesses gotta think positive- that’s it!
ANODE

Wordle 777 4/6*

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POUCH
BLOND
ADORN
ANODE

Wordle 777 3/6

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SALET
ROUND
ANODE

Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever gotten all 5 letters by the second guess!

Only you alone would know.

Wordle 777 4/6

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PLANT
SANER
VEGAN
ANODE

I wasn’t 100% sure vegan is on the answer list, but even less sure about anode and that actually turned out to be the answer.

Lots of threes today.

Wordle 777 3/6

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PLANE
DANCE
ANODE

Wordle 777 4/6

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RAISE
PLATE
ABODE
ANODE

Kind of surprised at all the twos and threes today; I thought this was a tricky, trappish word and that I got lucky with my third guess.
RAISE’s average gets… raised, from 3.82 to 3.83.

I feel lucky to get away with a par today, considering I pooched my second guess by using a letter in a known wrong position.

Wordle 777 4/6*

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IRATE
SCALE
ABODE
ANODE

Congrats to all the 2s and 3s!!

Wordle 777 4/6* 8/5/2023

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CHART → Slow, um, start. Nice to check two vowels here, but I thought of a really good followup, so
NAILS → One out of four. And nothing placed yet. Took me a while to think of the next followup
MONAD → 4 out of 5, and no one placed? Ugh. A pretty much has to be first, and I haven’t tried E yet… hmm, is this a crossword special?
ANODE

Scoredle suggested GONAD for my third guess, which I would have tried had I seen it on the grounds of it being funnier.

Wordle 777 4/6

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SNAIL
ANNEX
ANEAR
ANODE

I almost went with Anode at 2…wasn’t sure it really would be used, but just wanted to check the letters. I was feeling Annex more though. Then I only had two choices I could see…I know Anear is a bit archaic, but I really didn’t like the idea of an electrochemistry word either.

I see a potential difference of opinion on this, though. Others may be having a different reaction.

Wordle 778 3/6*

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GUILE
LOAMY
POLYP. - the least unlikely of an unlikely set of possibilities

[spoiler]Wordle 778 5/6

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I bet nobody gets it in 1.

Wordle 778 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[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 Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \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 P} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 778 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMP
POLYP??? Somewhere, Josh Wardle and his girlfriend are rolling their eyes
AND laughing their way to the bank!

Wordle 778 4/6*

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ALONE
TOILS
LORDY
POLYP

Wordle 778 4/6

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RATIO
LOUSE
DOLLY
POLYP

Wordle 778 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
POLYP