MANIA → One and only one A (cool!) Now I gotta place it, along with an E and three comcons
STARE → Oooh, good guess. Let’s see, [BFG]LARE… and what else? Not seeing anything. On average, I should get a 4 here.
GLARE → Average down to 4.5. Flip a coin and get
FLARE
Scoredle had 17 words left after my second guess, 14 of which were incredibly bogus, so I feel vindicated in only seeing three.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!!?
Wordle 869 6/6
Wordle 869 4/6
OLIVE
SLATE
GRUMP
FLARE
Way too many possibilities to go for it in three. Laying up for the par was the right play, as GRUMP narrowed it down to just two choices (even Scoredle couldn’t find anything besides BLARE and FLARE), and I won the coin toss.
Another 3. Lucky again!
Wordle 869 3/6*
IRATE
SPARE
FLARE
There were 3 other available words, GLARE, AWARE and BLARE. I don’t like using double letters, so between the 3 remaining, FLARE just seemed the most like a Wordle word. Guess it was.
Wordle 870 6/6
RATIO
TRAMP
TRACK
TRASH
TRAWL
TRADE
Wordle 869 4/6
SLATE
BUDGE
CRAMP
FLARE
Well that was a doozy of a trap out the gate, but glad to escape with a 4.
Wordle 870 3/6
slant
grate
trade
Wordle 870 4/6*
\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\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 A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}
Wordle 870 3/6*
ALONE
HASTE
TRADE
Wordle 870 3/6
71
10
SLANT
CHORE
TRADE => could’ve also been PRATE. GRATE, IRATE already used.
Wordle 870 3/6
PLANT
STARE
TRADE
Wordle 870 4/6
FLAME
SHUNT
BRICK
TRADE
Wordle 870 3/6
RAISE
CRANE
TRADE
Wordle 870 3/6
HEART
TRACE never trust the C
TRADE
Wordle 870 2/6
SLATE
TRADE
The only possible answers after SLATE were TRACE and TRADE and I remembered that TRACE had already been used (I rely only on my memory, not on past word lists).
Shoulda, woulda, coulda. Picked the wrong opening word.
Wordle 870 4/6
CRANE
BRAVE
FRAME
TRADE
FLARE → Best guess is the R goes in second. Darn it, now I have to think. Slight chance for a 2, -ACE -ATE -AKE TRADE ERASE, not much chance. Best chance for good eliminations, CRATE or TRACE, flip a coin to get
CRATE → Aha.
TRADE
Scoredle has 43 possibles after my first guess, and really liked my second guess, though I missed -AZE endings.
Today’s word was my opening word! Got it in 1 
Wordle 870 2/6
AUDIT
TRADE
The second-tier consonant paid off. I love when that happens!
And, symmetry!