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

Wordle 655 4/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
SHAFT
SMASH - Hulk win!

Wordle 655 4/6*

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SLART
SPANK
SHAME
SMASH

I’ll take it.

Wordle 655 4/6

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ARIEL
SANTO
SCAMP
SMASH

I wasn’t sure if SANTO was a word, but I wanted those five letters, and sure enough, it took it.
Just a little more information with each word on my way to par.

ETA: A SANTO is a carved image of a saint. Learn something new every day!

As usual, resisting the double consonants to the bitter end.

Wordle 655 5/6*

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IRATE
CHAOS
FLASH
GNASH
SMASH

What’s especially irritating is that SMASH is the first --ASH word I came up with. Had to try those other consonants first, though! Fortunately, I came to my senses before QUASH.

So is ‘Santos’ its plural? Nothing saintly about that guy!

Wordle 655 4/6* 4/5/2023

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RATIO → I finally get to start with one of those great starting words, and what does it get me? A stinkin’ unplaced A, that’s what. Ok, still an E out there, and some common consonants…
LEANS → And… that’s not bad. For some odd reason, I feel like I need to check the U here, and that means trying…
QUASH → Think I’ve got a repeated letter, and I’ll try the consonant first…
SMASH
The other possibility was AWASH - and Scoredle thinks I should have tried SWASH. But I didn’t see ABASH, and if I had, I would have ended with a 5.

Apparently, I have no senses to come to…

Wordle 655 4/6

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TUNER
BALMY
AMISS
SMASH

Wasn’t even on my radar until after Amiss. I also was considering Mocha for my 3rd guess, but I see now that either word would have gotten me there in 4 guesses.

I’m so sorry! Hey, you still got the answer quicker than I did, so your approach was clearly more successful. :smiley:

Wordle 656 X/6*

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CLOUT
MEDAL
LEASH
LEAVE
LEARN
LEAKY

Down to 2 possibles but one guess left :sob:

Wordle 656 3/6*

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SLATE
MEALY
LEAFY

Leafy greens in the last row!

Wordle 656 4/6

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RATIO
SHALE
LEAKY
LEAFY

Wordle 656 3/6

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PLANT
SCALE
LEAFY

Got super lucky that I saw leafy before leaky. When I saw leaky I liked it for the answer much more than leafy, but I had already seen leafy, so against my better judgment I went with leafy. Total luck.

Wordle 656 4/6

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RAISE
CHEAP
DEALT
LEAFY

Wordle 656 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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 T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 656 3/6

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HEART
LEASE
LEAFY

Wordle 656 5/6

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CLUES
RATIO
NYMPH
DELAY
LEAFY

Not getting any green boxes until late can be a hindrance.

After 3 guesses none were green and I had A E L Y all yellows. It could be BELAY, DELAY, LEADY, LEAFY, or LEAKY, and I was was worried that I wouldn’t get this one.

Wordle 656 4/6*

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ALONE
LEASH
LEAKY
LEAFY

Wordle 656 4/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
DEALT
LEAFY

Wordle 656 6/6

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ASIDE
CLEAN
LABEL
LEAPT
LEAKY
LEAFY

Ugh. Perhaps worse than getting a six is that I actually thought of LEAFY at three, having recently seen this Friends episode. But I resisted, thinking that would be a stupid and unlikely Wordle answer.