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

Wordle 851 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
WRECK
MERCY

I thought I came up with a really good third guess, and was a little surprised that (a) it hadn’t already been a solution, and (b) it wasn’t today’s solution either. But no complaints. If my week-long streak of 3s was going to end, this was a good one to end it with.

Wordle 851 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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 S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 851 4/6*

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ALONE
CREST
DICER
MERCY

Wordle 851 4/6

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RAISE
OUTER
JERKY
MERCY

500th game, or 500th in a streak? Either way, most impressive! Congrats.


My own luck continues. Another 3 today.

Wordle 851 3/6*

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IRATE
SOBER
MERCY

The answer was out of 21 choices, according to WordleBot, so yeah… pure luck.

Wordle 851 4/6

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HEART
REPLY
BERRY
MERCY

Top of the world, ma!

Wordle 851 3/6

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CRANE
RECUR - Only left two choices, according to Wordlebot
MERCY - I have chosen. . .wisely.

Wordle 851 6/6*

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It’s a trap!!!

HOUSE
REPLY
BERRY
JERKY
NERDY
MERCY

Either MERCY or GERMY. I think that was all that was left! Sixes are no bueno, man. Better than a bust, but still…

Wordle 851 5/6* 10/18/2023

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ADULT → Ohhkay. Two vowels gone, at least. Let’s try N, R, S, and two of E, I, O to get
RISEN → Don’t see a good way to try both O & Y. Scramble up the R & E, try O and a couple of less common consonants
PROVE → No progress. A hard chip for par here. If I try a terminal Y, I could double up on the R for
BERRY → I thought of trying MERRY with this guess, which would have gotten me closer - but it’s pretty much a tap in for bogey anyway
MERCY

I fell into the same trap as Rebo but so late that I had guessed a lot of letters, so there weren’t as many options. Though Scoredle reminds me I still could have ended up with a six, so there’s that.

I almost forgot to play today! I tried new words.

Wordle 851 4/6

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FLAME
SHUNT
BRICK
MERCY

Whoa — NICE!!! I’ve played 503 games but my max streak is only 144. My current streak is 47.

Nice going @Mark_Finn !

Wordle 851 3/6

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OUNCE
BEACH
MERCY

A fun birdie!
Only about two dozen legit words were left after my opener, at least half of them ending in CH.
MERCY was all that was left after two. It took a minute, but I broke into a spontaneous Roy Orbison impression when I saw it.

Wordle 851 3/6*

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LEAST
DEIGN
MERCY

Feeling very lucky, because after guess 2, there were 26 possible words left!

Thursday, October 19th

Wordle 852 2/6

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PLANT
SPLAT

I got very fixated on topal, which is not at all the word I was thinking of: topaz. Thankfully google was convincing that topal is not a word. It wasn’t until I was done with that mental misfire when I finally realized that the word had to end in T, which quickly led to splat.

Wordle 852 3/6

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RATIO
SLANT
SPLAT

Not a real word.

Wordle 851 3/6

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STORE
CHAIN
MERCY

Wordle 852 3/6

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FLAME
SHUNT
SPLAT

Agree with @psychobunny , not a real word.

Wordle 852 2/6

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Slant
Splat

Wordle 852 2/6

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SLANT
SPLAT

Wordle 852 3/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}