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

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Math was my worst subject.

Something tells me you already worked that out. :wink:

Glad it was useful for you today!

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Wordle 657 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

ANISE
LOTUS
LOCUS

I had both Lotus and Locus as options, and really felt the latter would not be used. I am certainly familiar with it (specifically in terms of genetics), but there haven’t been that many science or math terms. That said, I can’t complain about getting it in 3.

Are you thinking Locust? That’s a cricket. :cricket: :slight_smile:

Edit to add: oops, actually, it’s a grasshopper

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Wordle 657 3/6*

:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

LEAST
LORIS
LOCUS
And WordleBot sneered at my 2nd guess as not being in the accepted list of words. But if TAPIR was a valid solution, why not LORIS?

Loris - Wikipedia

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Saturday, April 8th

Wordle 658 4/6

:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

PLANT
ROLES
WHILE
LEDGE

Man that L just did not want to be placed.

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Wordle 658 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

ASIDE
COURT
WHELP
LEDGE

I used WHELP to eliminate the WEDGE/HEDGE/LEDGE problem. DELVE was another possibility.

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Wordle 657 4/6* 4/7/2023

:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

LEAFY → Let’s keep the vowel run going and add in another couple common consonants. It’s plural, but what the heck…
LIONS → And it ends in S. Interesting. Too hard to think right now of LO??S or L??OS with non-plural, so I’ll just try another plural with a U as well…
LOUTS → Not LOTUS, so it must be…
LOCUS

If I had thought of LOTUS before LOUTS, I might have thought a little more and gotten the answer in 3… but not at night after a long hike.

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Wordle 658 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\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 D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 658 5/6*

:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

ALERT
SLOPE
LUNGE
LIEGE
LEDGE

Dumb move for my second guess…

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Wordle 658 5/6

:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

CLUES
RATIO
NYMPH
WEDGE
LEDGE

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I never played D&D. Besides schooling, really, I’d never heard the word locus ever used. Ever. I mean, who talks that way???

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Wordle 658 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RAISE
COUPE
MELEE
LEDGE

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Wordle 658 5/6*

:black_large_square::blue_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::orange_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::blue_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

ALONE
STILE
LEVEE
LECHE
LEDGE

Man, I could not get any momentum with this one; up until the end, I had no idea what was going on…

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Yeah it was a little bizarre, this one.

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Yeah, I can get on board calling it bullshit. When covey was the answer I did a search of the entire SDMB for covey to see if anyone ever used it in a sentence. I found one instance, and then like a dozen instances of it appearing but being a typo. Pretty sure the word they were going for was cover, but now I can’t remember. Could also have been covet.

I’d bet that a similar search of locus would also find it being used in a natural language sentence extremely rarely.

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Wordle 658 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RATIO
DUNES
LEDGE

Pure luck.

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Wordle 658 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::orange_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::blue_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

CRANE
SPOIL - now I have to think; I hate that
LEVEE - hey, why not try 3 'e’s.
LEDGE

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Wordle 658 3/6

:orange_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::orange_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

LOUSE
LARGE
LEDGE

A quick, all-orange three. I like those!

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Wordle 658 4/6*

:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

IRATE
SCONE
FLUKE
LEDGE

After eliminating virtually every useful letter, I stumbled into the answer. I will take the 4 and slink away to my corner!

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Wordle 658 3/6* 4/8/2023

:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

LOCUS → Huh, three answers in a row starting with L, thus two puzzles in a row where I start with one green. OK, try more vowels…
LAIRD → E and Y are left. And that D must be 3rd or 4th (or both)… LEDDY? LENDY? Nah. Two Es? LEED? or LEDE?, but nothing comes from them… or…
LEDGE

Tougher than it looked; the second guess forced the answer, but it took a while to think of it. Scoredle said I should have tried LATER as my second guess, but I don’t think I’d have finished in 3 if I had.

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Wordle 658 4/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 585
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square: 58
:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 3
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLART
NICHE
DUMPY
LEDGE => lucky I didn’t see LODGE