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

Wordle 826 5/6

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HEART
FRIAR
RALLY
LARVA
CAROL

Wordle 826 4/6

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PLANT
LASER
RALLY
CAROL

Wordle 826 4/6*

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GUESS
TRACK
CARRY
CAROL

I forgot to play yesterday!

I hate when that happens!

Wordle 826 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
VALOR
CAROL — unseasonal, true @RTFirefly !

Went from very promising to total shite.

Wordle 826 5/6

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CRANE
CHART
CARGO
CAROM - At least I didn’t go with ‘carob’, which was my first impulse
CAROL

Wordle 826 4/6* 9/23/2023

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BRUSH → SHRUB it was not. Darn. Build on that R, and try two vowels
LEARN → I and O are still out. I’ll try something with the former, a T
TRIAL → I got so excited by this word I put the R back where I already knew it wouldn’t. Alas. Anyway something must go before the L, not the A, probably another vowel, DARYL is a proper name, so let’s try an ?AROL word
CAROL
CAROL is also a proper name
, but not exclusively. A fun par, and my goof on 3 ended up harmless.

Wordle 826 3/6

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POISE
LABOR
CAROL

Only one word left after two. I saw it immediately but took a few minutes to rule out anything else. Fun birdie.

A 3 today. Shoulda been a 2. Trust the ‘B’, they said!

Wordle 826 3/6*

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IRATE
CAROB
CAROL

I did! Oh, well.

Wordle 826 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
CAROL

Happy to have won the coin toss! :slight_smile:

Wordle 826 3/6*

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LEAST
ALLOY
CAROL

Wordle 827 2/6

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RATIO
RIGHT

Haven’t had a two in ages.

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SLANT
CHORE
RIGHT

Now maybe I can get back to sleep. :slight_smile:

Wordle 827 3/6

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SALET
ROUND
RIGHT

Wordle 827 3/6*

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ALONE
SHIRT
RIGHT

I pretty much knew there was no harm in playing RIGHT, but it still felt just like walking into a trap option.

Wordle 827 3/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 827 3/6

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PLANT
ROSET
RIGHT

Always enjoy no yellows.

Wordle 827 3/6

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Should have had it in 2, couldn’t see the obvious H in position 4 until I elimiated other possiblities and got the vowel.
HEART
SHIRT
RIGHT

Wordle 827 2/6*

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GREAT
RIGHT

This took me so long to figure out! My brain kept looking at EGRET and I couldn’t see anything else.

Wordle 827 3/6

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RAISE
RIGID
RIGHT

Wordle 827 3/6 9/24/2023*

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CAROL → Need two more vowels and two comcons. Almost went for TIRES here but saw the repeat R in time.
RITES → Thought of a lot of bogus words here (RITUN? RIUTY? RIBUT?) then thought of the H, and it all came together
RIGHT

Scoredle, on the other hand, fell into the ?IGHT trap with its second guess and ended up missing it all.

So Scoredle, in the end, was WRONG. A cautionary tale for those who do hard mode - don’t finish with IGHT too early!