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

Wordle 788 5/6

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SALET
ROUND
SYRUP
SHRUG
SCRUB

Wordle 788 3/6

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STACK
SCOPE
SCRUB

I’m happy with a 3 today.

Wordle 788 3/6*

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IRATE
SCOUR
SCRUB

It was over in about 30 seconds. At least it was a normal word today!

Wordle 788 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE => could be SCRIP, SCRUM, or…
SCRUB

Wordle 788 3/6*

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Finally a three instead of four or five!
SHADE
SPOUT
SCRUB

Wordle 788 4/6

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SLATE
SONIC
SCUFF
SCRUB

Wordle 788 4/6

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ADIEU
MOUNT
SYRUP
SCRUB

Managed to pull out a par after a rocky start. SHRUB and SHRUG were still on the table, so I can’t say there was no luck involved. I saw SCRUB the instant S_RU_ came up and didn’t pause to think about any other possibilities. But it was a case where any of the three words, if wrong, would have eliminated one of the other two. So being smarter wouldn’t have helped me here.

Wordle 788 3/6

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PLANT
SCORE
SCRUB

I saw scrum first but discarded it as not a valid answer because I was thinking it was exclusively a rugby term. I consider this to have balanced out when I didn’t go with my first instinct a few days ago and ended up with a four.

Wordle 788 4/6*

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CHORE
TRACK
INCUR
SCRUB
I saw SCRUM as well but thought it less likely. Still, it was a relief to see I’d gone with the right guess.

Wordle 788 3/6

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STORE
CHAIN
SCRUB

Wordle 789 2/6*

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PIOUS
AMISS

[spoiler]Wordle 789 3/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:[/spoiler]

chest
Lousy
Amiss

Wordle 789 4/6

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RATIO
INLAY
QUASI
AMISS

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 789 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMP
AMISS

Wordle 789 3/6*

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ALONE
ASTIR
AMISS

I believe I’ve used β€˜ASTIR’ more times in this post than in every other day of my life put together.

Wordle 789 5/6

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HEART
APPLY
AMONG
AMUSE
AMISS

Wordle 789 3/6

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IDEAL
STAIN
AMISS

Wordle 789 3/6

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SLATE
DAISY
AMISS

Finally broke out of my four rut.

Wordle 789 4/6

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ACUTE
ARSON
AWASH
AMISS

Im not sure if AWASH was a good guess with I still in play, but I was kind of feeling a double A. Though it’s unlikely I would have come up with AMISS at three. I suppose a par was in the cards all along.