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

Wordle 664 3/6*

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ALONE
SHIER
THIEF

Wordle hates Js

I won’t ask it to roll me one, then. :wink:

Wordle 664 4/6

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My usual “four”.

CRANE
SPOIL
QUIET - eliminated all but one word
THIEF

Wordle 664 4/6

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OPIUM
SAINT
TRITE
THIEF

Seven of my last eight games have been fours. I’m in a rut.
Even though THIEF was my only choice at the end, it took me a long time to see it. I went through TEI__ first and got nowhere. Then, for some reason, my brain just couldn’t make sense of T_IE _. It was only after I actually started typing “T-H-I-E” that I saw the answer. A weird block, making this harder than it should have been.

It increases the chance of getting your yellow letters into the right spot. I often use Scordle’s double-up strategy now, and it can indeed be helpful.

:bangbang:

Wordle 664 3/6

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CLUES
RATIO

Might be — bidet kited pipet thief timed
Consonants — B D F H K M
Try — thief

THIEF

Yes‼️ I’m happy with this, if you can’t tell.

Wordle 664 3/6*

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ADIEU
BRIEF
THIEF

I’m happy with a 3 today.

Wordle 664 3/6*

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IRATE
FETID
THIEF

WordleBot advised there was only 1 word after my second try, and there was! It took me an embarrassingly long time to find it, though.

Wordle 664 3/6

Joining the parade of 3’s today. :slight_smile:

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POISE
DEITY
THIEF

Wordle 664 4/6*

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STOLE
APTER
TIMED
THIEF

Wordle 665 4/6

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RATIO
CLOAK
AMONG
AGONY

Wordle 664 3/6* 4/14/2023

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CARAT → Not much of a start, so two vowels to go with two common consonants…
STILE → Struck out on the consonants, but placed I with an E is great! Not many words have the -EI-- structure, so try --IE- so the T will need to go first, T-IE-… Hmmm, H, so…
THIEF

Feels good to get back in the 3 column

Wordle 665 4/6*

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VIOLA
GROAT
ALONG
AGONY

Wordle 665 3/6*

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ALONE
AMONG
AGONY

Sounds like a pretentious art-house film…

Wordle 665 5/6*

\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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

Damn ! I was sure guess 4 was right.

Wordle 665 4/6

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CLUES
RATIO
NYMPH
AGONY — luckily this worked. It could also have been ANNOY.

Wordle 665 3/6*

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SLATE
ANGRY
AGONY

Got lucky on the second guess…

Wordle 665 6/6*

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TROUT
CHOKE
FLOWY
POOPY
DOOZY
AGONY

It certainly was!

Wordle 665 3/6

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PLANT
EARNS
AGONY

Sure glad I didn’t see among.

Wordle 665 3/6

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RAISE
ALONG
AGONY
Got super lucky with my checking for an O word.

Finally broke my four streak.

Wordle 665 3/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
AGONY - If I’d seen “among”, I’d probably have gone with that instead