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

The Game Room
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Wordle 873 4/6

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SLATE
BRAND
FLACK
GLAZE

There were 12 words left after SLATE and there was no sleuth word which would guarantee a 3. BRAND left me with 4 words so I had to play another sleuth word to narrow them down to ensure a 4.

Wordlebot did it in 3. It also had 4 to choose from after its second guess and it guessed the correct one of those four. An incorrect guess could have led to it getting a 5 but Wordlebot doesn’t care about making sure that it gets it in 4 or fewer guesses so it can take chances like that.

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Channeling Elvis’ “Caught In A Trap”.

Wordle 873 5/6

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SLATE
BLAME
GLARE
GLADE
GLAZE

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Wordle 873 X/6* 11/9/2023

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NINJA → For a second there I thought I would get nothing. OK, let’s see what I can do with the second guess.
LEAST → Hmm, not bad. Mix things around, and for some reason I’m seeing
WHALE → Trap territory - and a familiar, recent trap for that matter. GLA[RZD]E, FLA[RMK]E, BLA[RDZM]E, PLACE - I think I’m toast.
FLAME → BLARE would have been better here, but still the odds would be against me
PLACE → So here I’m just throwing stuff at the wall
GLADE

In retrospect, that third guess (a reach) might well have sunk me - or I might have lost anyway, that’s an evil trap to fall into. Oh, well - new streak starts tomorrow!

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Wordle 873 4/6*

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CLOSE
BLADE
GLARE
GLAZE

That could have been a lot worse!

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[spoiler]Wordle 873 3/6

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MAPLE
ANGLE
GLAZE

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Mama told me there’d be days like this.

Sux.

Wordle 873 6/6*

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IRATE
PLACE
BLADE
FLAME
SLAVE
GLAZE

My 20th 6! How I wish I’d tried BLAZE instead of BLADE for my third try. Oh, well.

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Wordle 873 6/6*

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ORATE
SHADE
PLACE
FLAME
BLAZE
GLAZE

That is my 44th 6. :sob:

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Wordle 873 4/6

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ORATE
PLUSH
FLAME
GLAZE

It’s a trap!
Went straight to a sleuth word at two, which narrowed things down but not as much as I’d hoped.
FLAME left me with four words, and GLAZE would at least guarantee me a five. Got some luck for the par.

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This was definitely one of those “why I don’t play hard mode” days.

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Wordle 873 6/6*

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SLATE
BLADE
PLACE
FLAKE
GLARE
GLAZE
Phew indeed! Caught in a trap with Elvis and @Chefguy. Oh well, it was time for a 6, and WordleBot says that today’s average score is 4.9

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Wordle 874 3/6

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RATIO
CHASE
LEASH

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Wordle 873 3/6

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STOLE
GLARE
GLAZE

Thought I had it in 2. Saw the possible trap, and thought I’d be in trouble…I was going to do a sleuth maybe, but decided to just pick one of the words, and I got super lucky! :smiley:

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Wordle 874 3/6

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Slant
Lease
Leash

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Wordle 874 3/6*

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Wordle 874 2/6

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SLATE
LEASH

LEASH was the only word left so an easy 2.

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Wordle 874 3/6*

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ALONE
STEAL
LEASH

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Wordle 874 3/6

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PLANT
LEARS
LEASH

I was going to say what about lears, but once again it turns out that’s not really a word. The word I was thinking of was leers. This is like roset all over again, where I get “Wordle brain” and lose the ability to spell. Lears is not creepily staring, and roset is not a type of wine. In some ways, I think wordle is making me a worse speller.

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Wordle 874 2/6

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SLANT
LEASH

Could have also been LEASE or PSALM. Missed the latter entirely; didn’t consider that tricksy PS start. (Neither mattgg nor EllisDee had to worry about that one because their starting words eliminated it.) Saw LEASE before seeing LEASH but liked the latter better. ETA: I see newtosite went the other way on that one.

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Besides not being a real word, LEARS is formed by adding S to the root so it will never be a Wordle answer.

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Wordle 874 3/6

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HEART
PEACH
LEASH