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

The Game Room
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MIght want to blur that!

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Wordle 863 4/6* 10/30/2023

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PHONY → Strikeout. Time for a second-guess classic
TEARS → Perhaps ??AIR would work, but I can’t see much to fit in there. On the other hand, ?RAI? could be
FRAIL → Soooooo close. I’ll hand in my Monty Python fan card now.
GRAIL
FRAIL/GRAIL club now up to five members.

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Done. (After I’d already solved the puzzle before opening this thread, of course!)

Wordle 863 3/6*

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IRATE
BRAIN (trust the B my ass)
GRAIL

I saw FRAIL, but GRAIL just seemed more Wordle-ey.

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Yeah, I figure most of us solve it before opening the thread, just to keep from inadvertently picking up a hint. But just in case, I figured it would be better if that reference was cloaked. So thanks for stepping in!

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Wordle 863 3/6

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SLATE
FRAIL
GRAIL

The poor letter F hasn’t gotten any love for a while. There were 0 in August, only 1 in September, and none this month with only one day left. That is why I went with Frail over Grail, hoping it finally would get to see the light of day. Happy with a 3 regardless, and looks like I’m in good company with choosing Frail before Grail.

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Wordle 863 4/6

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PIOUS
TRAIN
FRAIL
GRAIL

Second day in a row I’d have been better off starting with my second word.

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[spoiler]Wordle 864 2/6

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2! Wooot!

BLADE
BLEAK

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Wordle 863 3/6*

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SLATE
FRAIL
GRAIL
Joining the FRAILbefore GRAIL club

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Wordle 864 6/6

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RATIO
SHALE
PEDAL
GLEAM
CLEAN
BLEAK

I would have said to check more common letters first but it would not have helped. Luckily I think there were only two possibilities left after four.

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Wordle 864 2/6

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PLANT
BLEAK

Trust the B!

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Wordle 864 4/6*

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ALONE
CLEAR
PLEAT
BLEAK

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Wordle 864 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
BUMPY
BLEAK

Man, look at all these 2s and 3s already! After my starting word, there were way too many possibilities out there to just go for it on 2. After my second word, with help from the past solutions list, I was down to Alley, Bleak, Gleam, and Plead, all perfectly decent possibilities. If you guess one of the last three on 3, you’ve got a 1/4 chance of a 3, a 2/4 chance of a 4 (since you’ll know after 3 whether or not it’s Alley), and a 1/4 chance of a 5. (And Alley on 3 would leave a possible 6.)

Hating getting 5s more than I like getting 3s, I went for the guaranteed 4: my sleuth word on 3 nailed down which of the four was the solution.

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Wordle 864 2/6*

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

2! Wooot! too !

:owl:

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I had a chance to get it in 2, but then got trapped with chasing the possibilities and ended with a 5.

Wordle 864 5/6

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FLAME
PLEAD
CLEAR
GLEAN
BLEAK — it was beginning to look bleak

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Wordle 864 3/6

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HEART
SPEAK
BLEAK

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Wordle 864 4/6

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RAISE
CLEAN
PLEAD
BLEAK

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Wordle 864 5/6* Halloween 2023

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GRAIL → Two letters found is not a bad start. I guess GHOST is out, though. Try an E, and two more comcons
LANES → Yeah it’s a plural, and yeah I missed on the S, but at least the E worked. Really need to place these. Could be DELAY, or
CLEAT → Looks a little trappish. On the bright side, not many letters left to go before the L. Try one
PLEAD → Hmm things look a bit
BLEAK

Scoredle says I should have tried MAPLE for my third guess, so I lucked out there.

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Wordle 864 3/6

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CRANE
BAGEL
BLEAK

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Wordle 864 5/6*

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COULD
LEAST
PALER
GLEAN
BLEAK

It certainly looked that way!

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Most welcome.

And you’re right, I never look at this thread until I’ve solved for the day. I don’t look at flags for this thread until then, either. But if I do see a flag, I try to hurry up and solve so I can spoiler if necessary, in case our assigned Game Room mods aren’t available.

Wordle 864 3/6*

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IRATE
SPEAK
BLEAK

Looks like @BobLibDem and I took virtually the same path. WordleBot was churlish. It attributed my second try to “luck” more than “skill,” and I thought that was unnecessarily rude. I did think quite a bit about which word to try after my opening. Not that WordleBot would ever credit it!