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

A 3. Will take!

Wordle 858 3/6*

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IRATE
OUTER
RETRY

I guess in addition to RETRY, there was also ENTRY and RETCH. I didn’t think of either, thankfully.

Wordle 858 3/6*

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STALE
TENOR
RETRY

Wordle 858 4/6

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LINER
COAST
HERTZ
RETRY

Fun one today…decided to go with different start words for a change. They left me 5 words that I could see. I took a chance on the Z, but Hertz told me exactly what it was (Retry would not have done that, except it’d be right, but no regrets).

Wordle 859 5/6

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RATIO
SHINE
BILGE
PIECE
PIQUE

Well that was a bit of a slog.

Wordle 859 4/6

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PLANT
PROSE
PIECE
PIQUE

Tricksy wordle, bringing pique to the table before piece has been an answer.

Wordle 859 5/6

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Slant
Chore
Suite
Imbue
Pique

Wordle 859 4/6

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CHORE
SLANT
DUMPY
PIQUE

Wordle 859 4/6*

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

Wordle 859 6/6*

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ALONE
SHITE
RIDGE
PIECE
PIXIE
PIQUE

After #3, I thought, well, looks like it has to be PIECE. And then, after #4, I thought, well, looks like it has to be PIXIE. And then I didn’t know what the hell to think.

Wordle 859 6/6

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HEART
SPIEL
PIECE
PINGE
PIXIE
PIQUE

Wordle 859 4/6

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IDEAL
NICHE
PIXIE
PIQUE

Wordle 859 5/6

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FLAME
SHUNT
BRICK
PODGY
PIQUE

Wordle 859 5/6* 10/26/2023

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RETRY → E, unplaced. Can check A or I with comcons next, though in plural form… let’s try A
LANES → Didn’t even place the E. Be nice to try two more vowels - make it so!
VOICE → Hit on one, and placing the E is nice. Still… where are the consonants? But I also need to try U, which would fit in well before the E. I though a long time before I hit on
IMBUE → So, ?I?UE, should try a Q before the U which leads us to
PIQUE

I was considering possible -IE endings on that fourth guess, which almost certainly would have had me finish in six (or worse). Also, a wrong decision right up at the top turned out to maybe cost me a guess later.

Wordle 859 3/6*

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OATER
PLUME
PIQUE

Wordle 859 3/6

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SLATE
PRIDE
PIQUE - There weren’t a lot of choices after ‘pride’. Some luck involved, of course, but ‘pique’ is one of my favorite words.

Wordle 859 3/6

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ALIVE
TINGE
PIQUE

I was one day early with the Q!
It took me a good long time to see any words fitting the _I__E pattern without any eliminated letters. Fortunately I saw PIQUE before PIECE. Could also have been PIXIE.

Looks like a 4 today is not a bad place to be.

Wordle 859 4/6*

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IRATE
SPINE
PIECE
PIQUE

FRI OCT 27

Wordle 860 4/6*

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ALONE
LONGE
NOLLE
NOBLE

Wordle 860 3/6

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PLANT
LONER
NOBLE

Wordle 859 4/6

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LINER
EIGHT
PIECE
PIQUE

I wanted to go with Piece at 2, but changed at the last second. I’ll take the 4 though with that low use Q, which I rarely play early on.