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

You are doing so well! I’ll bet your stats are looking great. :slight_smile:

Wordle 840 4/6

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POISE
BROIL
AIOLI
VIOLA

I really should have come up with VIOLA before AIOLI. Of course, if it had been AIOLI I’d have felt really smart.

Wordle 840 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
VIOLA

Wordle 840 4/6*

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STEAL
LANKY
CLAMP
VIOLA

A real slog on this one

Sunday, October 8th

Wordle 841 3/6

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PLANT
SNORE
BINGE

This was a roller coaster. First I saw dunce, but I really didn’t like that as an answer. Then wince, but that’s been used. Then ounce, but I already eliminated O. Then hinge, but that’s already been an answer. Finally that led me to binge, which felt like a Wordle answer. Sure there’s the eating disorder context, but “binge watching” has become a fully mainstream term. I almost settled on dunce so many times; glad I kept looking.

Wordle 841 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
BINGE => Trusted the ‘B’ (now where would I have got that from? :wink: )

I was luckier than I realized at first, per Scoredle it could have been nudge, knife, genie, or venue (and that last one will really kick my butt when its turn comes up).

Wordle 841 4/6

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RATIO
SHINE
MINCE
BINGE

Wordle 841 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 841 5/6

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SALET
ROUND
**CHIMP ** — this leaves begin binge genie
BEGIN
BINGE

Geez, dude, we all have issues with our parents, but is this really the thread for it? :laughing: :wink:

Wordle 841 6/6*

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ALONE
NUDIE
TINGE
SINGE
HINGE
BINGE

Sounds like a pretty messed-up story.

Wordle 841 4/6

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SLATE
PROBE
BIBLE - Another dumb mistake
BINGE

Wordle 841 4/6

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RAISE
WINCE
TINGE
BINGE

Wordle 841 5/6

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HEART
SLICE
PIXIE
DINGE
BINGE

Wordle 841 4/6*

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GRAVY
BEING
BEGIN <<<— dumb dumb dumb
BINGE

Wordle 841 6/6* 10/8/2023

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VIOLA → Try another vowel, some comcons
LITER → Duh, but not the L! Could have put almost anything else in that space. NITER would have worked. Ugh. OK, what next? E probably not next to I, so try
SIEVE → Found it - but I know almost nothing else. N is still out there. Probably no U. Need consonants - my streak depends on it
NICHE - Found the N, where does it go? I’m running out of guesses. Wordle was originally British, right? So try
WINGE → which, now that I think, is usually spelled WHINGE, so not a Wordle word. Ugh. Shoujld have thought a little longer. Don’t think DINGE or MINGE are words, so I think I’m safe
BINGE

If not for my screwups on 3 & 5, I probably could have finished in 4. Not my finest hour.

Wordle 841 4/6

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LOUPE
RAISE
HINGE
BINGE

I thought of BINGE first. Shoulda trusted the B.
At least it wasn’t TINGE.

Wordle 841 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
GUIDE
BINGE

Wordle 841 4/6*

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STEAL
CHORE
KNIFE
BINGE

Oops. Almost forgot to post today. Been busy.

Wordle 841 4/6*

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IRATE
SPINE
GENIE
BINGE

Trust in the ‘B’.