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

The Game Room
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Wordle 909 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
TOPIC

Saw previous solution TOXIC but overlooked OPTIC.

4822

Wordle 909 5/6*

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

:roll_eyes: again.

4823

Wordle 909 3/6*

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ALONE
TORUS
TOPIC

4824

Wordle 909 4/6

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STERN
ALOUD
CHIMP
TOPIC

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Wordle 909 4/6

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HEART
STONY
PIVOT
TOPIC

4826

Wordle 909 3/6*

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VENOM
TORCH
TOPIC

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Wordle 909 4/6

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RAISE
ITCHY
TOXIC
TOPIC

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Wordle 909 3/6

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ALIVE
TONIC
TOPIC

A good second word and a nice symmetrical grid for the win!

4829

Same here.

Wordle 909 3/6

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SLATE
POINT
TOPIC

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Wordle 909 5/6* 12/15/2023

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WOULD → Well, that’s something. I’ll focus on comons for the next guess, with an E
TONER → And now I throw caution to the winds and double up on the repeat letters…
TOOTH → And strikeout. Ah, well. Can’t be TOAST, either. TOS?? goes nowhere, as does TOI??. But TO?I? could be
TOXIC → Already checked the N, so
TOPIC

The Hail Mary third guess ended up fruitless, but at least Scoredle says it cut possibles down by more than half, though most of those words were pretty bogus.

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Wordle 909 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
TOPIC

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My brain was slow this morning.

Wordle 909 4/6*

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IRATE
FLINT
TIMID (not my favorite try)
TOPIC

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Wordle 909 3/6*

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SLATE
NITRO
TOPIC
I saw TOXIC, but that was on the used words lists, and VOMIT, but liked the look of TOPIC better. WordleBot said that IDIOT was another possible.

4834

Wordle 910 5/6

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RATIO
SHONE
CLOVE
BLOKE
GLOBE

Bit of a slog here. I did get one letter with each guess.

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Wordle 910 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

That’s better.

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Wordle 910 3/6

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STERN
ALOUD — could be clove elope globe glove
GLOBE — elope and glove had already been used

4837

Wordle 910 4/6*

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ALONE
CLOSE
ELOPE
GLOBE

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Wordle 910 4/6

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RAISE
OUNCE
WHOLE
GLOBE

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Wordle 910 3/6

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PLANT
CLOSE
GLOBE

Started out rough having to go C instead of R. Saw bloke but didn’t love it, then glove, but it turns out both have already been answers. Then pretty quickly so globe. Been a hot minute since we’ve had any Bs, huh?

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Wordle 910 5/6

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I was a tortoise, not the hare today. Progress every step but slow progress.
HEART
CYCLE took a big chance here
SLIME
GLOVE
GLOBE