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

The Game Room
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Wordle 794 4/6

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RATIO
SHINE
SLICE
SPICE

Big trap. I counted seven options after guess 2. I chose the letters to eliminate the most options and ended up with only one option left. I hate when I have to go through the letters that are left and write down every combination.

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Wordle 794 5/6*

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PIOUS
SPITE
SPIKE
SPINE
SPICE

Could easily have been a 2, or a 3, maybe a 4 or a 6. Settle for a 5.

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\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[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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

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[spoiler]Wordle 794 3/6

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Almost had a 2.

scare
slice
Spice

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Wordle 794 6/6*

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ALONE
SHIRE
SMITE
SWIPE
SPIKE
SPICE

I think the only thing that saved me from the trap was running out of other options…

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Wordle 794 3/6

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HEART
POISE
SPICE

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Wordle 794 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
SPICE

Only one possibility left for guess #3. :slight_smile:

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Wordle 794 4/6

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RAISE
SLIDE
SPITE
SPICE

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Wordle 794 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMP
SPICE

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Wordle 794 4/6

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UNITE
PROMS
SWIPE
SPICE

Spotted the trap immediately, then I worked really hard on the second word - only to pooch the third one.
SWIPE was dumb, because it eliminated nothing. I got lucky to sink the par, but SPIKE or SPICE at three would have guaranteed either a par or birdie. And I probably would have gone with SPICE had I taken another minute to think.
UNITE was tied with four others as my second-best starter. It has now fallen from 3.55 to 3.58.

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Summary

Wordle 794 4/6*

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BEACH → OK. Good start. Could put E after C, but there’s another option that has two good consonants and is more Scoredle-like, so I’ll try that
ERECT → Hit on neither consonants and didn’t place the E - except through elimination. I thought about JUICE here, to check another vowel, but thought I mght fall into an -ICE trap. So,
SLICE → came close.
SPICE

A spirited par. Scoredle says I should have tried SINCE as my third guess, but that would have put me in at a 5. Once again a better play would lead to a worse result.

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I’ll take the par today.

Wordle 794 4/6*

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IRATE
SLIDE
SPINE
SPICE

An unremarkable game.

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Wordle 794 3/6

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SLATE
SPINE - Got all excited there for a second. So. . .‘spike’…‘spire’. . .or. . .
SPICE - I have chosen. . .wisely.

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Wordle 794 3/6

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PLANT
SPORE
SPICE

Down to two possibilities after 2, but the previous words list to the rescue: Spike has already been an answer. Good thing, since I saw spike before spice.

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Wordle 794 5/6*

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BEARD
WHOLE
MINCE
JUICE
SPICE

A five. :frowning:

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Wordle 794 3/6

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STORE
SPINE
SPICE

Thought I had it in 2…what a tease. :laughing: Out of the list of words it could be, glad I chose well for my second guess to get it in 3 though.

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Wordle 794 4/6*

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STARE
SLOPE
SPINE
SPICE
Sigh. I see I’m not the only one to fall into the S___E trap

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Wordle 795 3/6

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RATIO
NURSE
VERVE

I didn’t want to guess this so early but nothing else was coming to me.

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Wordle 795 4/6

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TRANS
LOUIE
REEVE
VERVE

I didn’t even know that was a word outside of the two '90s bands that use it in their name.

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Wordle 795 5/6*

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PIOUS
DREAM
THREE
NERVE
VERVE