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

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Wordle 800 3/6

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SLATE
QUITE
WRITE

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I’m kind of surprised this thread has lived so long, but kudos to you all for posting. I still play most days and get mildly annoyed when I miss a day, so my streak ends. I’m much more pleased to have only got it wrong once, although this meant getting lucky many times.

Not having read this thread for a long time, in the end does anyone think its incorporation into the New York Times made any significant difference? It is hard to remember people were writing banner articles on strategy since they won a lousy hundred consecutive games…

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Wordle 800 4/6

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PLANT
STORE
BRUTE
WRITE

*cries*

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Ha! Not all minds think alike :wink:

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Wordle 800 4/6

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OPINE
MARLS
TRIBE
WRITE

With way too many —I-E words to choose from, I went to a sleuth word immediately. I didn’t know if MARLS was a word (something to do with calcium deposits, apparently) but it did a a good job narrowing the list.
I was happy to come out with a four. Kudos to @QMatic for beating me in hard mode with the same opener!

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Wordle 800 3/6

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SLATE
ROUTE
WRITE

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Wordle 800 4/6*

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ARISE
PRICE
TRIBE
WRITE
Too many _RI_E choices!
WordleBot rated me 97 for skill, 63 for luck, but it doesn’t feel like it. With 3 greens on my 1st guess, it still took me 4 guesses :frowning:

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TUE AUG 29th

Wordle 801 4/6*

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ALONE
SHEAR
TAMER
CAPER

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Wordle 801 3/6

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RATIO
LASER
CAPER

Was deciding how to deal with the trap and decided to go with one guess before sleuth words. Again, this was blind luck.
I counted at least 17 remaining options if this was wrong.

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Almost a 2!!!

Almost. I’ll take the 3 though.

Wordle 801 3/6

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SALET — 2 green after one guess! Woo-hoo!
PAPER
CAPER

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Wordle 801 6/6*

\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[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 F} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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 K} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 801 4/6

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:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square: 12
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SLANT
CHORE
CREAM
CAPER

CREAK and CEDAR had already been used; CAGER and CAVER seemed unlikely (people who aren’t cavers usually don’t even know that word, call us ‘spelunkers’ instead) so it came down to CREAM and CAPER.

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Wordle 801 3/6

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RAISE
TAPER
CAPER

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Wordle 801 5/6

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HEART
BREAD
LASER
PAPER
CAPER

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Wordle 801 4/6*

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GUILE
SPEAK
PEACH
CAPER

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Oh, fuck me.

Wordle 801 6/6

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Wordle 801 6/6* 8/29/2023

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WRITE → Not a bad start. That -ER would look good as an ending. I’ll try a second E in case of -EAR
SNEER → Nope, just one. 3-letter trap. Let me get L out of the way
OLDER → Clean whiff. A, and some second tier consonants
BAKER → Right now I’m most scared of the PAPER, PAGER, PAVER trio
PAGER → VAPER very unlikely, so only one letter left would work
CAPER

You and me both, Chefguy. I’ve been pulling a lot of sixes lately.

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Wordle 801 3/6

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ARISE
REACH
CAPER

I decided CATER and CAPER were the most likely solutions, and the coin toss went my way. I somehow totally missed CLEAR, so I got a little lucky it wasn’t that.

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Another day, another 4. I’ll take it. (Like I have a choice.)

Wordle 801 4/6*

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IRATE
LEARN
SPEAR
CAPER

WordleBot was lackluster, and that’s fair.

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Wordle 801 3/6

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PLANT
SPEAR
CAPER

Fairly straightforward.