Wordle 801 5/6*
AUDIO
HAVEN
WATER
PALER
CAPER
This could have been much worse after I opened up THE TRAP! I saw PAPER, TAPER, VAPER, GAPER, RAPER, though I doubt the last one would be there.
Wordle 801 4/6*
STEAL
NAMED
PAGER
CAPER
With all the traps and options, I was relieved to get it in 4
Wordle 801 3/6
LEAST
PAGER
CAPER
I wanted to check if this was going to be a _A_ER trap, and the first one I thought of was Caper, but I saw four P words, so I changed to Pager, darn it! That at least gave me the P though, and sealed the deal for getting it in 3, which I’m totally good with.
Wordle 802 2/6
RATIO
AUDIO
Wordle 802 3/6*
ALONE
ASCOT
AUDIO
Wordle 802 3/6
SALET
ROUND
AUDIO
Wordle 802 4/6*
PIOUS
UNION
ODIUM
AUDIO
Wasted third guess - I got bamboozled by all those vowels
[spoiler]Wordle 802 3/6
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shirk
avoid
audio
Wordle 802 3/6*
\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ \end{aligned}
Wordle 802 4/6
1,217
58
1
CHORE
SLANT
DUMPY
AUDIO
Switched my first two words since my usual starter wasn’t getting many hits lately. As you can see, it did so much good.
I have two different third words if I’m still fishing for letters. The other one is GIMPY, which would have narrowed things down almost as much (OUIJA would have been the only real alternative), but it would have made finding the potential solutions a lot harder. So I made the right choice there. Happy to get the par today.
Wordle 802 4/6
HEART
ALONG
AXIOM
AUDIO
Wordle 802 4/6
IDEAL
DRAIN
AUDIT
AUDIO
Wordle 802 4/6
Should be a lot of 1’s today
Wordle 802 4/6*
SHOUT
COUPE
FORUM <— Stupid stupid stupid!
AUDIO
AUDIO was my starting word yesterday. 
I predict a few slam-dunks on the way!
Good word progression, but that’s about it.
Wordle 802 4/6
SLATE
POINT
AVOID
AUDIO
Wordle 802 3/6* 8/30/2023
CAPER → Slow start. Comcons, and another vowel
ALIST → Hit on two vowels, and placed the A. Be nice to try something with an N, but I can also KO the last two vowels, so
AUDIO
Had I seen ADMIN first, I probably would have played it. A lucky birdie is still a birdie!
Wordle 802 4/6
POISE
MINOR
AVOID
AUDIO
Didn’t think to try more vowels after finding two of them in the first word. That might have cost me a birdie, but I didn’t have too much trouble anyway.
Wordle 802 4/6
PLANT
RACES
DOGMA
AUDIO
Felt good about dogma, but alas. I never do well on vowel-heavy answers.
Wordle 802 2/6*
SWIRL
Played early, busy day, posting late. Happy with the result!
Wordle 802 3/6*
IRATE
BASIN
AUDIO