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

[spoiler]Wordle 842 3/6

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STERN
TRUMP
TRUTH

wow

I almost got it in 2, but messed up. See what happens when you choose trump over truth?

Wordle 842 3/6

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PLANT
STORE
TRUTH

After 2 I got all excited about fruit, to the point I actually typed it in, but then I realized I already knew T didn’t go in last position. So then it was all about starting with TR, and I figured truth would help place the T if it wasn’t the answer.

Wordle 842 5/6

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RATIO
TRUCE
TRULY
TRUMP
TRUTH

I didn’t really think it was a trap. I guess it could also have been TRUST.

Wordle 842 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMP
TRUTH

Wordle 842 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \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 U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\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 U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 842 3/6*

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ALONE
SHIRT
TRUTH

Wordle 842 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: 524
:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square: 13
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SLANT
CHORE
MIRTH
TRUTH

After 2, it came down to BIRTH, GIRTH, MIRTH, and TRUTH. The first two had already been used, and I guessed wrong between the last two.

Wordle 842 3/6

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HEART
THORN wasted guess, the R was known not to be 4th
TRUTH

Wordle 842 4/6

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RAISE
COURT
TRUNK
TRUTH

Wordle 842 3/6

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Nice, after the last few. S’truth.

SLATE
PROUD
TRUTH

Wordle 842 4/6* 10/9/2023

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BINGE → OK. Time for one of my favorite second guesses
ROAST → U or Y? HURRY would be nice, but no T. RUTLY? Nah. If I give up on Y, I can throw in an H and M
THRUM → TRUH? or TRU?H, time to try a repeat T
TRUTH

I have voted SuntanLotion as today’s commentary winner. Also, if I had anagrammed RUTLY to TRULY, I might have gone for that… but probably ended up in the same place.

Wordle 842 4/6

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OLIVE
SMART
RUNTY
TRUTH

Probably would have been a three if I’d slowed down and thought about it some more. Doubling up on unplaced letters is usually Scordle’s strategy, but it would have gone for HURTY at three, so I guess I don’t feel so bad about RUNTY.

Wordle 842 5/6*

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PORKY
RIGHT
THERE
TRASH
TRUTH

Ugh.

Wordle 842 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
TRUTH

Nice to be back to a 3! It’s been awhile. :confused:

Wordle 842 3/6*

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IRATE
BROTH
TRUTH (such a Wordle word.)

Wordle 842 4/6*

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LEAST
TONIC
THUMP
TRUTH
I thought about TRUMP for my 3rd guess but didn’t think that could be a solution, even though it’s a real word.
I wonder if it’s on the list of valid words? Is there such a list?

Tuesday, October 10th

Wordle 843 3/6

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PLANT
LEARN
SNAIL

Pretty pattern!

Wordle 843 3/6

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RATIO
PLAIN
SNAIL

It took me an embarrassingly long time to come up with the answer.

[spoiler]Wordle 843 4/6

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LEAST
SNACK
SMALL
SNAIL

Wordle 843 2/6

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Slant
Snail