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

The Game Room
4441

Wordle 886 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,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 S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned}

4442

Wordle 886 4/6*

:black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SPEND
CREPE <— Dammit! I did it again, put a used letter in the same spot.
PETAL
PIXEL

4443

Wordle 886 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:


RAISE
WIELD
PIXEL

4444

Wordle 886 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::blue_square:
:white_large_square::blue_square::white_large_square::blue_square::orange_square:
:blue_square::white_large_square::blue_square::orange_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

CRANE
SPOIL
IMPEL - Dang, chose poorly
PIXEL

4445

Wordle 886 3/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

HEART
SPIEL
PIXEL

4446

Wordle 886 3/6

:black_large_square::orange_square::blue_square::orange_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::orange_square::black_large_square::orange_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

OILER
LIBEL
PIXEL

Scordle agreed with my choice of LIBEL. Narrowed it down to one, so you can’t beat that!
(But if the solution had been LIBEL, I’d have had a pretty symmetrical pattern too. Oh well.)

4447
Wordle 886 4/6* 11/22/2023

:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

PIANO → That’s a good start, but without one more bit of information, I don’t think I can get a 2 out of this. Would like to try an E, though so
PIETY → So It’s not PIECE, which I was worried about. Time to look for consonants, so
PILES → Not much left. Oh, the X…
PIXEL
PIKEL? Really, Scoredle? REALLY? Some of these Scoredle words are so obscure…

4448

I wasted guess with a dumb selection.

Wordle 886 6/6

:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

FLAME
SHUNT
BRICK — could be devil ideal (legit) liked oiled piled pixel wield yield
DEVIL
IDEAL — dumb! Really dumb!
PIXEL

Phew! I barely got it.

4449

I got a 3 today, but there was a lot of luck involved.

Wordle 886 3/6*

:yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:black_large_square::green_square::black_large_square::green_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

IRATE
SINEW
PIXEL

The consonant letters I like to fix or eliminate first after my opening word are S, N, P, C and L. I couldn’t come up with one that used a C, and since I’d already eliminated S and N with SINEW, I thought the X was a throwaway letter to learn about the P and L. Turned out to be the answer – out of 26 possibles. Definitely luck. WordleBot seemed dubious.

4450

Wordle 887 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RATIO
SHULE
QUEEN

Not really sure how I got this in three.

4451

Wordle 887 4/6

:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

PLANT
SNORE
BEGUN
QUEEN

Q with two Es is in fashion.

4452

Wordle 886 5/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLATE
CHOIR
WIELD
LIVEN
PIXEL

4453

Wordle 887 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ \end{aligned}

4454

Wordle 887 4/6
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all!

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square: 584
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: 77
:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 1
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
QUEEN

We’ve had two Q’s and an X so far just this week.

4455

Wordle 887 3/6

:black_large_square::black_large_square::blue_square::black_large_square::blue_square:
:black_large_square::blue_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

CANOE
RESIN
QUEEN

Hmm, I mused, we just recently had a Q word, but QUEEN will 1) place the E, 2) tell me if there are one or two E’s, and 3) confirm or deny the use of the last vowel.
And there it was! Fun birdie.

4456

Wordle 887 5/6

:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

FLAME
SHUNT
BRICK
PODGY
QUEEN

Happy Thanksgiving, all!

4457

Wordle 887 6/6*

:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::blue_square::blue_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::orange_square::orange_square:
:black_large_square::orange_square::black_large_square::orange_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

ALONE
NESTY
BENCH
GIVEN
RUMEN
QUEEN

When I got to GIVEN, I thought, Oh, How Cute.

Oh, How Wrong I Was.

4458

Wordle 887 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:


RAISE
MONEY
QUEEN

4459

No thanks, she’s already plenty rich.

4460

And plenty dead.

Wordle 887 4/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

HEART
SLICE
ENEMY
QUEEN