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

The Game Room
5101

Wordle 926 4/6

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AROSE
RIATA
MARCH
MURAL

I left a vowel on the table until four, which is unusual for me. But I doubt if I would have gotten to MURAL without the M, so I probably did myself a favor.

5102

I played hours ago but forgot to post till now. Lucked into a 3.

Wordle 926 3/6*

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IRATE
VALOR
MURAL

My second try eliminated all but MURAL, AURAL and RURAL, according to WordleBot. I just happened to choose the correct one due to my aversion to using double letters unless forced. For once, it paid off!

5103

Wordle 926 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
RURAL
MURAL

At guess #3, I should have gone with my first instinct (and first word I saw), which was Mural. This could have been worse though with the _URAL trap (A, J, M, R), so I’m ok with getting it in 4.

5104

Wordle 927 5/6

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RATIO
FINAL
ANISE
APING
AGING

5105

Wordle 927 4/6

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PLANT
EARNS
AMONG
AGING

Not a huge fan of …ing verbs as answers. I know they are considered valid answers, just not a big fan.

5106

Wordle 927 4/6

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STERN
ALOUD
CHIMP
AGING

5107

Wordle 927 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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \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 N} \bbox[lime,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 I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ \end{aligned}

5108

Wordle 927 4/6*

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ALONE
AXING
AWING
AGING

5109

Wordle 927 3/6

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SLANT
AMEND
AGING

After SLANT, it didn’t seem like my usual CHORE was going to be very helpful. I thought of AMEND, AMONG, AGONY, and RAINY; the last two had been used already. Tried AMEND, and other than AGONY, AGING seemed to be the only word that fit. (If I’d gone with AMONG on 2, it would have been a lot less work to find it!)

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Wordle 927 5/6

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HEART
CLOAK
SAVVY
PIZZA tried the A in four places, no dice
AGING

5111

Wordle 927 4/6

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RAISE
CHINA
APING
AGING

5112

[spoiler]Wordle 927 3/6

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SCARE
PAINT
AGING

5113

Maddening.

Wordle 927 5/6

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CRANE
PAINT - ‘A’ is still wrong place
CHINA - Still in wrong place
AMINO - I really thought this would be the right answer
AGING - Oh, kiss my wordling butt

5114

I kind of hated this one.

Wordle 927 5/6*

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IRATE
DAILY
CHINA
AMINO
AGING

I guess my brain is AGING.

5115

Wordle 927 3/6

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AISLE
ANTIC
AGING

The double G seemed like a big leap of faith. But the more I looked, the more it seemed like a coin-flip between AGING and AVIAN. (I did also see APING and AXING, but didn’t like those as possible answers.)
Checking Scoredle avterward, AXION and AMINO were pretty much the only non-BS words I’d missed - and I’d consider both of those fairly unlikely answers as well. So my gut steered me right.

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Wordle 927 4/6*

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BEACH
TASTY
AMINO
AGING

For some reason, I didn’t think “ing” words were part of Wordle’s list.

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Wordle 927 5/6* 1/2/2024

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MURAL → Sigh. Can’t find a word with three comcons and an E, so I’ll step down to I and try
STAIN → Sometimes I think a lot of unplaced letters are the worst of both worlds - too few clues for a good guess, too many letters to use to deal with possible traps. At least I can check up on E now
NAIVE → What was I thinking? Ah well, only two places left for the A, I’ll try the end, and precede it with the N and two more consonants at the start
CHINA → Well, at least I know where the A is. Looks the the last letter is a G, too… so AGING/APING/AWING/AXING, what are my best two guesses? The latter two would be variants of AWEING/AXEING, so IMHO less likely. I’ll try the first two in alpha order
AGING
APING was Scoredle’s guess starting with my third guess. I should put G higher on my list of letters to start trying after the comcons are gone.

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Wordle 927 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
AGING

This one took a while…I often forget about starting with a vowel, but I finally saw three good choices (Aging, Aping, and Avian), and I chose well. :slight_smile:

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WED 1/3

Wordle 928 4/6*

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ALONE
TULIP
TRILL
TWIRL

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Wordle 927 5/6*

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SLATE
RADIO
CHAIN
ANIMA
AGING
I made a poor 3rd guess, put it in too quickly without stopping to consider that there were 2 letters that couldn’t be in those positions. “More haste, less speed” as the old saying goes.