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

Wordle 839 4/6* 10/6/2023

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BUNCH → That is just too good a prefix to pass up. Plus, I can try two vowels and a comcon. What’s not to like?
CHAIR → Success! And an I. First thing I saw here was CHIEF, then I figured try the E at the end
CHIDE → Oh, so close. Prefer M over V, so
CHIME

Looks like I’m vacationing with @EllisDee today.

Wordle 839 4/6

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SLATE
POUND - vowel search
CHIVE
CHIME

Wordle 839 3/6*

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FRAIL
MIGHT
CHIME

I’ll take the three.

Wordle 839 5/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
CHIVE
CHIDE
CHIME

I could have gone with a sleuth word to guarantee a 4, but I just decided to go for it, and luck just wasn’t on my side today, unfortunately.



You’ve got company now…couldn’t let just you and @SunUp have that island all to yourselves. I’m taking up the most room on there though with my 5 acres. :laughing:

A fortuitous 3 today.

Wordle 839 3/6*

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IRATE
SPINE
CHIME

I came sooooo close to going with CHIDE before CHIME. Those were the only 2 words that sprang to mind after SPINE, and CHIME just seemed more like a Wordle word. Turns out it was extraordinarily lucky, since WordleBot said there were 15 possibles after SPINE. I’ll take it!

Wordle 839 2/6*

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ORATE
CHIME

I’ve been on a Wordle high lately. Out of the last 14 days, I have this 2, 10 3’s, 2 4’s and 1 6 (f&^% you DADDY).

Wordle 839 3/6*

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STEAL
MINER
CHIME
Wordlebot said that apart from CHIME there were just 2 choices after my 2nd guess, IMBUE EMOJI, neither of which I saw, luckily

SAT OCT 7th

Wordle 840 4/6*

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ALONE
SHOAL
LOOFA
VIOLA

EDIT: Nevermind. I was confused about wordlebot telling @gkster there were only two choices left because I missed the fact that M was already confirmed.

Wordle 840 3/6

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RATIO
AXIOM
VIOLA

Wordle 840 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMP
VIOLA

Wordle 840 3/6

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PLANT
LASER
VIOLA

Saw villa first but didn’t love that as an answer. Then saw aglow but that’s already been an answer. Finally saw viola, which I still didn’t love but at least I liked it more than villa, and figured checking two more vowels would help ensure a 4. That it ended up being the answer was just a happy accident.

Wordle 840 4/6*

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

Wordle 840 4/6

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IDEAL
ALIGN
VILLA
VIOLA

Wordle 840 4/6

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HEART
CLOAK
LOAMY yes I know this was a brain cramp, had already placed the O
VIOLA

Wordle 840 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
VIOLA

Getting that one green on my second word helped hugely in narrowing things down. In fact, the hard part was finding words that fit! I first saw AFOUL, and I thought that was legit but not that likely, so I kept looking, and finally found the solution. Scoredle points out LOOFA which I missed. It’s in my 40 year old dictionary so I’d consider it legit if they ever use it.

Wordle 840 4/6*

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PIECE
FILLY
VILLA
VIOLA

Wordle 840 4/6* 10/7/2023

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CHIME → OK, let’s pull out the choke and crank it again
STAIR → A little better, though I’m still low on consonants. L & N are still out there, and I can try a word with a Y
INLAY → Nothing placed. I sat looking at all the different possible combinations here, and nothing worked. Then I walked the dog, came back and it hit me right between the eyes
VIOLA

Or at least, between the cellos and the violins.

Wordle 840 5/6

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CRANE
ABOUT
SKOAL
ALOHA - Dumb choice
VIOLA

Ugh!

I hate when I screw up and use a letter in the wrong place twice. Oh, well.

Wordle 840 4/6*

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IRATE
CABIN
AVOID
VIOLA

Didn’t even ask WordleBot what it thought because, frankly, I just don’t care.