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

Wordle 796 3/6*

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AUDIO
ERODE
WORDY

Back to a three! Yay!

Wordle 796 3/6

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RATIO
BORED
WORDY - figured here that they wouldn’t use ‘DORKY’, would they?

Woohoo

Another bad showing.

Wordle 796 5/6

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SLATE - bust
CRIMP - another bust
ROUGH - feeble
WORRY - but it lead to this
WORDY - which left this

Wordle 796 6/6* 8/24/2023

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VERVE → I was really hoping today would be HOVER, ya know? Alas, not much eliminated by yesterday’s solution. Common letters, here we come - really need two vowels
TARSI → Nothin’ doin’. Two more vowels, and common consonants?
HORNY → Good. But traplike. Fourth guess coming up, so I should check for a double R…
LORRY → Nope. Second tier consonants left. What can I try?
PORKY → I blame too much Looney Tunes. What’s left?
WORDY

Two sixes in a row. Not looking great on the ol’ scorecard… but it could have been worse, as WORMY was still out there. On the plus side, hey! all greens.

Wordle 796 5/6

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CAUSE
INTRO
ROOMY
WORRY
WORDY

An unforced error cost me a par. I’d already eliminated R in the fourth position, but laid down a double R anyway. (@psychobunny, I see you did the same thing. I feel your pain.)
My top ten starters are taking a hard hit. CAUSE jumps from 3.55 to 3.67.

Wordle 796 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
WORDY

Believe me, I seriously considered that they might.

Looks like a great day to get a 3!

Wordle 796 3/6*

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IRATE
SCOUR
WORDY

After my second try, I had it down to WORDY, WORMY, DORKY, PORKY and HORNY. WORMY, DORKY and HORNY didn’t seem like Wordle words, and since I had two ‘W’ words, I figured I’d try the most likely one of those. Glad I didn’t see ROWDY, because I’d have tried that before WORDY. WordleBot advises there were 16 words to choose from after my second try, so today was exceptionally lucky. I didn’t expect it to be the answer, just confirm letter placement and the use of the ‘Y’.

Wordle 796 4/6

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RAISE
COURT
MORPH
WORDY

Wordle 796 3/6

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STORE
ROUND
WORDY

All I could see after my second guess was Dorky and Wordy. Not sure if Dorky would ever be used, though I do think it’s common enough, but Wordy won out in the end. Chose well.

Wordle 796 4/6

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PLANT
SCORE
RIGOR
WORDY

Generally speaking, any time I get no hits on the first word a 3 is off the table.

Wordle 796 3/6*

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TILER
RANDO (I wasn’t sure this was valid but thought it was worth a try)
WORDY
I went for 2 unconventional guesses, and they paid off

Wordle 797 3/6

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RATIO
MODAL
OCEAN

The dumb luck is back.

Wordle 797 3/6

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SALET
ROUND
OCEAN

A symmetric color pattern! Vertical symmetry, anyway.

Wordle 797 4/6*

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GUISE
TREND
CLEAN
OCEAN

Wordle 797 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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 K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 N} \\ \end{aligned}

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SLANT
CHORE
OCEAN

Wordle 797 3/6

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IDEAL
CHEAT
OCEAN

[spoiler]Wordle 797 X/6

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Wordle 797 2/6*

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Summary

Emoji
Ocean

Wordle 797 3/6*

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REACH
CLEAN
OCEAN

What’s this? Another three? Whoop!