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

Wordle 780 5/6

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STAIN
CHORE
DUMPY
FULLY
BULLY

Wordle 780 4/6*

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LEAST
CLOUD
GULLY
BULLY
I picked GULLY in a hurry; if I’d thought about it a bit more I would have gone with BULLY :frowning:

Wordle 781 4/6

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COURT
ASIDE
LOWER
LOVER

After two guesses, there were still about 15 possible -ER words. It would have been challenging if LOWER gave me only _O__ER.

Wordle 781 2/6*

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VIOLA
LOVER

Wordle 781 3/6

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RATIO
SHORE
LOVER

Lucky guess just trying to place some letters but I needed it after the last two days.

Wordle 781 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
LOWER
LOVER

[spoiler]Wordle 781 3/6

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shown
Color
Lover

Wordle 781 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[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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,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} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 781 3/6

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HEART
BONER
LOVER

Wordle 781 4/6

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RAISE
HERON
COVER
LOVER

Wordle 781 5/6*

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CRAMP
FORGE
TONER
LOWER
LOVER

It was either LOSER or LOVER. I chose the better of the two! Ugh. A five.

Wordle 781 2/6*

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Summary

Louse
Lover

Wordle 781 4/6

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PLANT
ROLES
LOWER
LOVER

So mad at myself. I saw a lover first, but then kept looking and felt lower was much more likely to be the answer. I know better than that. Always stick with the first thing I see! (Only because I get much more mad when I second guess myself and get it wrong as opposed to being wrong with the first thing I see.)

The last thing I expected today was a 3. Very lucky!

Wordle 781 3/6*

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IRATE
SOBER
LOVER

WordleBot advised after the fact that there were 25 words available after SOBER. After checking for already-used answers I had 10 left, so figured I was in for a 5 or a 6 today. There were several -OVER words, so I picked the one I liked the best to letter-test. Lucky!

Wordle 781 5/6* 8/9/2023

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BULLY → One and only one L. Other than that, kinda unproductive
LEARN → An -ER ending, perhaps? Must be a vowel in 2nd, could be I or O. Probably should try I, but I saw an O-word first, so
LOSER → Single-letter trap. LOPER is probably not it. LOXER probably doesn’t exist outside of an NY deli
LOWER → Not the W? Oh, the V
LOVER

Going for LIVER on 3rd guess would have helped, but if I had tried LITER it might have been fatal, since one of my 4th-guess options was actually still out there, according to Scoredle.

Wordle 781 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
LOWER
LOVER

Lost the coin toss on guess #3. Such is life.

Wordle 781 3/6

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PLANE
SCOUT
LOVER - pure, dumb luck

Wordle 781 4/6

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POISE
LONER
LOWER
LOVER

Lost the coin flip. I see I’m not the only LOWER LOVER here.
This was POISE’s debut as a starter.

I’d rather have a happy drunk lover, but maybe that’s just me. :wink:

When you give that special someone both your heart and your body. :smiley:

Wordle 781 4/6*

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ALONE
HELLO
MOTEL
LOVER