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

Wordle 930 5/6*

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SLATE
WHOLE
LIEGE
LEDGE <---- I already knew there wasn’t a second E!
LUNGE

Forgot to post yesterday. It was an unremarkable four.

Wordle 930 3/6

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ANISE
OUNCE
LUNGE

I almost didn’t try a U at two in favor of consonants. I’m glad I gave in to my vowel obsession!

Wordle 930 3/6* 1/5/2024

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SCANT β†’ Apt word. OK, I need to try two more comcons, and two vowels - O & E are probably the best bets. Or I. Naw, O.
LONER β†’ Maybe I should have tried I. Hmmm, LEN?? or L?N?E is a tough choice. I’m not seeing anything with the former, oddly enough. I is still not helping, so perhaps a U? Hmmm…
LUNGE

Rather a lucky second guess - Scoredle called for LINEN which would have ended up in the same place in the event, and was probably better for other possible words. Plus, the double-up on found letters effect again…

Wordle 930 4/6

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STERN
ALOUD
UNCLE
LUNGE

Wordle 930 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
NUDGE
LUNGE

Catching up: I was sidelined for a day yesterday, but I managed to fit in a date with Wordle!

Wordle 929 3/6*

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IRATE
SLANT
SCANT

As soon as I made my second try, I knew there would be a lot of twos. Congrats to all! :slight_smile:

Wordle 930 4/6*

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IRATE
SCONE
NUDGE
LUNGE

Wordle 930 3/6*

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ALONE
UNCLE
LUNGE

Wordle 930 4/6*

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SLATE
PROLE
LIEGE
LUNGE

Wordle 931 3/6

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RATIO
SAUCE
CABLE

As usual, didn’t put much thought into it and got lucky.

Same here!

[spoiler]Wordle 931 2/6

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CAUSE
CABLE

Wordle 931 4/6

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STERN
ALOUD
CHIMP
CABLE

Wordle 931 3/6*

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ALONE
STALE
CABLE

Wordle 931 3/6

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PLANT
LASER
CABLE

Finally a quick and easy Wordle where I was done in two seconds. Almost forgot what those were like.

Wordle 931 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
CABLE

The only other possibility at 3 was the verb CALVE, which seemed iffy as a solution, so CABLE it was. At 2, I was tempted to try LARCH, but that would have additionally opened up CAMEL, CABAL, and CAVIL as solutions (CAULK was already used) so I’m glad I resisted the temptation.

At long last, I have more 3s than 4s. (Of course, I still have way more 5s and 6s than 2s, not to mention my two losses.) Still, it’s a nice benchmark.

Wordle 931 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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 F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 931 2/6

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RAISE
CABLE

Caught in a trap.

Wordle 931 5/6

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CRANE
CACHE
CARVE
CASTE
CABLE

Wordle 931 4/6

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HEART
PLEAD
LANCE
CABLE

Wordle 931 4/6* 1/6/2024

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LUNGE β†’ Good start. Lots of possibles with an -LE finish, so I’ll give that a try. Picked the first word that came to find and got
SIDLE β†’ Which seems a little trappish. When I thought about it a little more, I realized I should have gone with STALE. Oh well. I thought about TROLE for a brief second to KO the R, but of course that’s no letter, so I went with
TABLE β†’ Which led directly to a word of thanks for trusting the B, and
CABLE
GABLE
was eliminated by my first guess, fortunately. Also, I completely missed thinking about Aesop, so a five was definitely possible. Plus, kinda like that build-from-the-end pattern.

Wordle 931 3/6

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AMUSE
TABLE
CABLE

I got lucky twice: once with a fortunate second word, and then with the spin of the CABLE/GABLE/FABLE wheel. I’ll take it!