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

Nice!

good one :rofl:

And again today! Wow, maybe I should go out and buy a lottery ticket.

Wordle 811 2/6

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RAISE
ROUSE

It all rides on the first word! Got a 2!

[spoiler]Wordle 811 2/6

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roast
rouse

Wordle 811 5/6

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HEART
BONER
HORDE
ROGUE
ROUSE

Wordle 811 3/6*

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PORCH
ROAST
ROUSE

Finally, a three again!

Wordle 811 3/6

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:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square: 6
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SLANT
CHORE
ROUSE

Of Scoredle’s 6 possibilities, four were legit words. But WORSE had already been used, MORSE is a proper name, and GORSE seemed unlikely, despite A.A. Milne’s including a gorse bush in Winnie-the-Pooh. So I ROUSEd myself and typed in the correct answer.

Thanks for the update, @mattgg! I didn’t know about those changes. I look forward to the possibility of a very frustrated Wordlebot!

Back to a 3. Yayy!

Wordle 811 3/6*

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IRATE
SCORE
ROUSE

I guess the other possibilities were HORSE, WORSE and GORSE. I just happened to see ROUSE first, so I went with my gut and tried it. Glad I did!

I look forward to that, too.

Wordle 811 5/6

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OPINE
CLOSE
SHARD
WORSE
ROUSE

Tough one. Way too many -OUSE words to try for the birdie, but a good sleuth word proved elusive. SHARD had good consonants, and I chose A for the vowel in case I was missing something (I wasn’t). Hitting that R was the only scenario to not guarantee a par, and then I lost the coin flip.
I’ve been having good luck lately, so I guess I was due for some bad.

Wordle 811 4/6

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SLATE
POISE
HOUSE
ROUSE

Wordle 811 5/6* 9/8/2023

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DWELL → Slow start. Lots of comcons left, though - and an A
TEARS → Three letters to shuffle around. Do I have an -ER ending?
HOSER → Nope. But the O pickup is nice. I can see GORSE or
MORSE → but it looks like there’s a U I need, so
ROUSE

If I didn’t hit on the E unplaced at the start, I probably would have tried ROAST and ended with a 3. Then, if I had anagrammed my third-guess letters and gone with HORSE, I would have finished with four. Two opportunities missed.

Wordle 811 2/6

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SNARE
ROUSE

Well that was a nice surprise. :slight_smile:



Awesome! A lottery ticket is calling your name. :wink:

Wordle 811 3/6

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PLANT
SCORE
ROUSE

With horse and worse both having been answers I looked to put R in first position. Rouse for the win.

Tell me about it! I almost went with AROSE, which would have given me a chance for a 2. Instead:

Wordle 811 4/6*

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STEAL
CRIES
REUSE
ROUSE

SAT SEPT 9th

Wordle 812 4/6*

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ALONE
FILTH
SURLY
LUCKY

Wordle 812 3/6

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RATIO
PULSE
LUCKY

I call it skill.

[spoiler]Wordle 812 3/6

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later
lousy
lucky

Wordle 812 5/6*

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IMBUE
SOUND
ULTRA
SULLY
LUCKY

Wordle 812 3/6

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RAISE
CLOUD
LUCKY

Wordle 812 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 812 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
LUCKY

Yeppers. :slight_smile:

Wordle 812 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMP
LUCKYthe only remaining possibility