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

Wordle 805 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMPapparently, onion is pretty much the only possibility
ONION

Wordle 805 4/6* 9/2/2023

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SPACE → Strikeout. Two vowels down, so let’s try a lot of comcons
THIRD → And whaddaya know, I hit on a vowel. There’s a word that would cover two more vowels, but only one consonant (though that common). I’ll try it
UNION → Ha! So close
ONION

An aversion to double doubles early costs me, but it was a remarkable first guess.

My lucky streak continues. Another 3 that could easily have been a 4.

Wordle 805 3/6*

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IRATE
SPINY
ONION

WordleBot said there were only 2 possibilities after my second try, UNION and ONION. ONION popped into my head first and good thing. If I’d seen UNION, I’d have definitely tried that one first due to the same aversion to double doubles suffered by @SunUp.

Wordle 805 5/6

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SLATE
SCOUR
WOOZY
OVOID
ONION

Wordle 805 6/6*

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MONTH
ARGON
NYLON
XENON
UNION
ONION

Double letter curse! I’m lucky to get in six.

Wordle 805 3/6

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RADIO
POINT
ONION

Quick and easy three. ONION, UNION, and SCION (which I didn’t see) were pretty much all that were left, so it was essentially a one-in-three shot. Nevertheless, I jumped on the double-double since I hadn’t placed the O or N. Fortunate choice!

Wordle 805 4/6

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:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 68
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SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
ONION

Didn’t see UNION, fortunately. Happy to escape with the 4.

Wordle 805 4/6

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LOSER
CHAIN
UNION
ONION

Wordle 805 5/6*

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ADORE
STYLO
POUCH
OWING
ONION
A real struggle with this one. For some reason I rarely think of double letters.

Wordle 805 3/6

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PLANT
SNORE
ONION

N in second position greatly limited my options, and fortunately I didn’t see union.

Wordle 806 4/6

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RATIO
STAID
PLAIT
AWAIT

Wordle 806 4/6*

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ODIUM
INSET
AMBIT
AWAIT

Wordle 806 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMPthis leaves pretty much only await
AWAIT

Wordle 806 5/6*

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ALONE
ASPIC
ADMIT
AFRIT
AWAIT

Dunno what quirk had me landing on AFRIT before even seeing AWAIT, but there you go.

Wordle 806 4/6*

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

Wordle 806 3/6

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RAISE
PLAIN
AWAIT

Wordle 806 4/6

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SLANT
CRAFT
ADAPT
AWAIT

Wordle 806 4/6*

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CHOKE
STRUT
PLANT
AWAIT

Apparently I should have leaned more towards vowels instead of consonants. Still bmetter than a 6!

Wordle 806 3/6

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HEART
BLAST
AWAIT

Wordle 806 6/6
A really bad Wordle week.

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SLATE
QUART
CHANT
ADAPT
ABAFT
AWAIT

On the plus side, I’m betting nobody else guessed “abaft” as an answer.