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

I might be finding my groove again. (How’s that for a dated reference, eh?)

Wordle 845 3/6*

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IRATE
SPENT
KNELT

My second try eliminated all other words but the answer, according to WordleBot. I saw it instantly, too. Though it took a bit of futzing around to trust it.

How Aspenglow got her groove back :smiley:

Meh.

Wordle 845 5/6

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CRANE
DOZEN
TENTH
INEPT
KNELT

Wordle 845 4/6

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AMUSE
LITER
DWELT
KNELT

I guessed right with the ELT ending, but picked the wrong one.

Wordle 845 5/6

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ROAST
CHILE
EXULT
DWELT
KNELT

Wordle 845 4/6*

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LEAST
ELECT
DWELT
KNELT

Wordle 846 4/6

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RATIO
DUNES
BEGUN
UNCLE

Wordle 846 3/6

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PLANT
LONER
UNCLE

Second day in a row with both L and N hitting yellow. No terminal T this time, though, meaning I had to come up with a brand new second research word. Happy with loner.

After 2 I of course immediately saw knell, but figured there was zero chance now with an editor overseeing answers that they would put knelt and knell back to back. Kept looking, and in a throwback I almost got stuck on incel again, but then quickly saw uncle from there.

Wordle 846 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

That was surprising… (i don’t know how many other words were available).

Wordle 846 3/6*

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ALONE
LUNGE
UNCLE

That took a while.

Wordle 846 3/6

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RAISE
OUNCE
UNCLE

Wordle 846 3/6

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HEART
SLICE
UNCLE

[spoiler]Wordle 846 4/6

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SCARY
TWICE
CHOKE
UNCLE

Wordle 846 4/6*

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VALUE
JOULE
GUILE
UNCLE

Oops. Glad I didn’t try any of those.

Today:

Wordle 846 3/6

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SALET
ROUND
UNCLE

Wordle 846 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
UNCLE

After my opening word, the solution was the first possibility that occured to me. But then I thought of MELON, LONER, LUNCH, and I also realized that there were a lot of possibilities out there that I wasn’t seeing. (Roughly 2 dozen legit possibilities in Scoredle’s list of 98, as it turned out.)

So I decided to go with my regular second word, which narrowed it down to the solution. I continue to be happy with my first two words.

Wordle 846 4/6

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SLATE
EXILE
WHOLE
UNCLE

Wordle 846 2/6* 10/13/2023

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KNELT → Oh my, that is a very good start. ENOLA? Proper noun. Don’t think there’s anything else that leads with E, so ?N?LE it is. Nothing with a leading S works. K is already gone, so it starts with a vowel, and can’t be ANKLE, but that leads me to
UNCLE
ANGLE
was left, but I think we had that recently? Either way, probably caps my best ever three-day streak.

Wordle 846 3/6

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AROSE
UNITE
UNCLE

Fastest solve I’ve had in a while.

Wordle 846 3/6

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STORE
CLAIM
UNCLE