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

Wordle 874 3/6

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RAISE
LEAST
LEASH

True, but I don’t try for the answer with my second guess. I spend the first two words checking letters. I’ll happily use a previous answer as my second guess, for example. It’s the third guess where I start trying for the win.

In fact, because I try to always follow up plant with something that includes SER – and O if the A didn’t hit – many of my second guesses end in S. It’s only if I’m forced to use a lesser letter in my second word that I try for the win at 2, and even then not always.

Wordle 874 3/6

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FLAME
SHUNT
LEASH

Wordle 874 4/6*

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SKUNK
THOSE
FRESH
LEASH

Wordle 874 6/6* 11/10/2023

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GLAZE → Hey, good start. Great way to get a new streak going, hey!
DEALT → Placed the E, very good. Really need to get some more letters, though…
LEAFY → Another trap. Sigh. Alright, get that R & N out of the way
LEARN → Clean miss. Rewatched NbyNW last night, so I’ll try
LEACH → Oh, the S.
LEASH

Not what I was hoping for when I stated with bravado yesterday that I would be starting a new streak today, but I’ll take it.

[spoiler]Wordle 874 3/6

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Wordle 874 4/6

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MAUVE
LEARN
LEAST
LEASH

About half a dozen legit words after two. I only saw three of them, so this could have gone worse.

Ssshhheeeewwww!! Glad I’m back in the 3 groove!

Wordle 874 3/6*

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IRATE
HEAVY
LEASH

WordleBot was wholly unimpressed with my second word choice. I don’t care. It worked out well for me!

Wordle 874 3/6*

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LEAST
LEASE
LEASH

For half a second I thought I had it in one, so the 3 is a little disappointing. Much better than yesterday’s 6, though.

Wordle 874 2/6

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CHOIR
LEASH

That was a surprise. :smiley:

SAT NOV 11th

Wordle 875 2/6*

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ALONE
ACTOR

Wordle 875 2/6

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RATIO
ACTOR

Another embarrassingly long time to find the answer.

A 2?! Excellent!

Me, a 4.

Wordle 875 4/6

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FLAME
SHUNT
BRICK
ACTOR

Wordle 875 3/6

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Slant
Cater
Actor

Wordle 875 3/6

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SLATE
CURIO
ACTOR

Wordle 875 3/6

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SLANT
TREAD
ACTOR

Lucky me: I made a bad decision at 2, but still managed to luck into a 3.

My usual first two words, SLANT and CHORE, work very well together as a package deal. But in the middle of the night, my mind kept yapping to try TREAD at 2 instead. So I did, which turned out to be a bad idea: CHORE would have narrowed it down to ACTOR, while TREAD left me with several possibilities. Fortunately for me, most of them had either been used (AORTA, PARTY, RATIO), or were a bit obscure (ATRIA, RAITA). I still had to reject GATOR and RATTY - slangy but still possible. But a lucky 3 when it didn’t have to be.

Congrats to all you folks who got 2s today!

Wordle 875 3/6

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PLANT
RATES
ACTOR

It took me so long to see actor I had to put it down and come back to it several times. If there were any other possibilities, I sure didn’t see them.

Wordle 875 4/6*

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

Wordle 875 3/6

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RAISE
ACORN
ACTOR

A fairly easy 2.

Wordle 875 2/6

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COURT
ACTOR