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

Wordle 809 6/6*

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IMBUE
SOAPY
CLASH
TRASH
AWASH
GNASH

[spoiler]Wordle 809 X/6

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:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:[/spoiler]

Wordle 809 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMP
GNASH — a lucky guess!

WTF !

Wordle 809 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 C} \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 M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 809 3/6*

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ALONE
SNAKY
GNASH

Wordle 809 3/6

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RAISE
CLASH
GNASH

Wordle 809 2/6

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SLANT
GNASH

There really weren’t any other possibilities, but it took me awhile to be sure of that.

Wordle 809 4/6*

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TODAY
APPLE
CRACK
GNASH

This one was kinda fun!

Wordle 809 3/6

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HEART
SHADY
GNASH

Wordle 809 5/6

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SLATE
BRASH
QUASH
SMASH
GNASH - consolation prize: wordlebot would have chosen ‘awash’ here

Wordle 809 4/6* 9/6/2023

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BIRCH → Let’s try a couple vowels; don’t see a word with those and two comcons so I’ll do my best
DEATH → Hmm, single-vowel word? I can try two more comcons here
FLASH → Hit on one. N is still left; only see one word that uses it, so
GNASH

Scoredle had four non-bogus possibilities left for my fourth guess; I guess I got luckyl Also, two straight days with no yellows.

WTF indeed!! The only one of those words I would have tried was the answer.


Another 3 today. My letter-testing strategy seems to yield good results.

Wordle 809 3/6*

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IRATE
SCALP
GNASH

My last thought before Try #3 was, “Oh, well. It won’t be a 3 today.” (!!!)

Wordle 809 3/6

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PIANO
SNARE
GNASH

A good second word got me the birdie here.

nm xxx

Wordle 809 3/6

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SLATE
GRASS
GNASH

I saw four possible words after my start word, and Grass would tell me exactly what it was. I actually thought of Gnash first and almost went for it, but I’m good with my decision.

Edit to add: Glad it wasn’t Awash or Abash…didn’t see those two words until after.

Wordle 809 3/6

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PLANT
SNARE
GNASH

Nice easy three thanks to the green N in second position.

Wordle 809 4/6*

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STEAL
ARSON
PANSY
GNASH
And WordleBot rated my guess PANSY as 0/100. What it told me: “PANSY is a valid guess, but it’s unlikely to be a solution based on what I’ve learned from playing Wordle”.

THURSDAY SEPT 7th

Wordle 810 5/6*

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ALONE
SPIEL
ETHYL
QUELL
DWELL

…that was a slog.

Wordle 810 4/6

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RATIO
LUNES
WHEEL
DWELL

[spoiler]Wordle 810 5/6

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irate
hovel
smell
quell
dwell