This one took me far to long to think of and I had just read about the SAG-AFTRA strike deal.
Wordle 875 2/6*
ORATE
ACTOR
Reminds me of last fall when I had a hard time coming up with INTER (Wordle #442) right after dealing with my mother’s burial arrangements.
Wordle 874 2/6
Sure beats yesterday’s effort!
SLATE
LEASH
Forgot to hit “reply” yesterday. 
And now for today’s puzzle!
Wordle 875 4/6
CRANE - Oh goody, another two!
FORAY - Or not.
SAVOR - Same mistake
ACTOR
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TOUCH
SCOUT
ACTOR
Wordle 875 4/6* Veteran's Day 2023
LEASH → Hmm, not much there. Normally I’d go TRAIN here but the A is right in the middle, so no help placing it. I’ll use an O and dial back the third consonant to make
GROAN → R is nice. Where does that A go? Still haven’t tried the T, but I’m seeing one that scrambles the three known letters around in the middle, so try
CAROM → Oh, darn. A at the start, so it must be
ACTOR
If I had thought about starting with A on my third guess, I might have seen the answer. Still, 4 is nice after the last couple days.
Wordle 875 5/6
I can get the letters in the right place after exhausting all other possibilities
HEART
STRAP
GROAN
RADIO
ACTOR
Good day for 2s today!
Wordle 875 2/6*
IRATE
ACTOR
Wordle 875 4/6*
FRESH
PARTY
TRACK <— dammit, doubled up on the R
ACTOR
Wordle 875 3/6
AROSE
ABHOR
ACTOR
Good opener - narrowed it down to ACTOR, AORTA, APRON, and ABHOR. ACTOR was the only one I didn’t see. I remembered AORTA has been used, and I was pretty sure APRON had as well (I was right), so I felt quite confident I had a two.
Always happy with a three, though it took me an embarrassingly long time to finally see ACTOR.
Wordle 875 2/6
CHOIR
ACTOR
Two 2’s in a row! And I got a 50/50 right…I had Decor too. Maybe I should buy a lotto ticket. 
Wordle 875 3/6*
LEAST
RATIO
ACTOR
Sunday, November 12th
Wordle 876 2/6
14
SLANT
MEANT
After my starting word, there were really only 4 possibilities: CHANT, GIANT, GRANT, and MEANT. The first two had already been played, and the last one seemed like a very Wordly word, so I went with it over Grant.
(Saw QUANT as well, didn’t think it was a real word in and of itself.)
Wordle 876 3/6
FLAME
SHUNT
MEANT
Getting early greens helps tremendously.
Wordle 876 4/6
RATIO
STALE
TEACH
MEANT
Wordle 876 4/6*
\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \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 N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}
Wordle 876 2/6*
ALONE
MEANT
Wordle 876 2/6
PLANT
MEANT
I didn’t see grant, but even if I had I saw meant first anyway. Technically, I saw meant third, after giant and chant.
Wordle 876 3/6
RAISE
PETAL
MEANT
‘Scant’ was the only other potential solution besides those you mentioned, afaict.