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

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Wordle 795 6/6* 8/23/2023

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SPICE → For a second there, I thought I would strikeout. What’s a good second word?
ALONE → Not that, as it turns out. U & Y left in vowels. Perhaps try a second E instead?
THREE → It’s there, as is a placed R. Good play, I think. Try E in second, as E?R- goes nowhere. What consonants are left?
MERDE → Not those. Two guesses left, and I feel like I’m floundering. Should I have tried MERGE? Well, I’ll try a rhyme…
VERGE → So close. Two pairs of repeat letters? Darn you, Wordle
VERVE

That was a very bittersweet “Phew”.

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Wordle 795 5/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\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 V} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\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 V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\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} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 795 6/6*

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ALONE
SHIRE
TRUCE
MERDE
VERGE
VERVE

It’s weird that I got to pick MERDE instead of MERGE, but I guess it worked out.

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Wordle 795 4/6

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HEART
RESIN
BEEFY (know I omitted the R, just fishing for letters)
VERVE (blind aquirrel finds nut)

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Proud of my 4 today. Wordlebot average was a 5 and it looks like this killed some streaks today.
Wordle 795 4/6*

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ORATE
RINSE
MERGE
VERVE

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A 6 today. Very very tricky.

Wordle 795 6/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMP
FERRY
VERGE
VERVE — I joined the ’VERGE VERVE and get it in 6’ club, along with @SunUp and @The_Other_Waldo_Pepper.

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Wordle 795 5/6

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SLANT
CHORE
PRUDE
VERGE
VERVE

With the double-double and with one of the double letters being V (which is the 5th least frequently used letter in Wordle solutions so far, ahead of only J,Q,X, and Z), this one was a bit of a challenge. I don’t feel bad at all about my 5.

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Me too. What a mess.

Wordle 795 6/6

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:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square: - Dumb luck

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Wordle 795 5/6

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Ah this made me mad, inspiring my first time trying one of these posts finally.

BEARD (stole this starting word from someone else here, I like it)
TERSE
MERGE
NERVE
VERVE

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Wordle 795 6/6

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OILER
HEART
REUSE
MERGE
NERVE
VERVE

Gah. At least I’m not the only one who struggled on this one. I think doubling up on the E (which I wasn’t sure was a good idea at the time) saved me from a fail. From there, I was sure it was either MERGE or VERGE, and I was shocked that the G didn’t turn over. Then after a minute I was like, “Oh, NERVE! Duh!” Then I was shocked again. VERVE was never even close to my radar. I was probably lucky even to get a six here.

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Wordle 795 5/6*

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MONEY
TREAT
CRUEL <<— WTF? Two letters in the same wrong spots?
SPIRE <<— I’m going to mess this streak up, aren’t I?
VERVE

Wow! That was crazy!

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Wordle 795 5/6

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PLANT
SCORE
BRIDE
VERGE
VERVE

I’ve become overly fixated on the ratio of 3s vs 4s, which takes the sting out of 5s. Also kind of takes the fun out of 2s, but you take the good with the bad, y’know?

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Yeah, I am not going to complain about my par today.

Wordle 795 4/6*

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IRATE
SCORE
VERGE
VERVE

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[spoiler]Wordle 796 4/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:[/spoiler]
Almost got it in 3.

chant
spore
world
Wordy

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Wordle 796 6/6

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RATIO
SNORE
HUMOR
PORCH
LORRY
WORDY

I really thought I was going to fail this one. It serves me right after the luck yesterday. Not sure what I could have done differently. I checked the vowels and then mid level letters but just not the right ones.

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Wordle 795 4/6

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STORE
CHAIN
REVUE
VERVE

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Wordle 796 3/6*

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GUISE
BROAD
WORDY

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Wordle 796 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \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 F} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

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3!

Wordle 796 3/6

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SALET
ROUND
WORDY

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Wordle 796 4/6

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HEART
BROIL
ROWDY
WORDY