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

Wordle 669 3/6*

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VALID
ROUSE
THUMP

Wordle 669 4/6

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RATIO
TUNED
THUMB
THUMP

Wordle 669 5/6

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LEAST
ROUND
PICKY
BOUGH
THUMP

Wordle 669 3/6

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RAISE
COUNT
THUMP

Wordle 669 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 669 6/6

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Should have been a 4 or 5, couldn’t think of THO or THU words at first
HEART
THINK
THONG
THUDS
THUMB
THUMP

Wordle 669 4/6

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SLART
NICHE
DUMPY
THUMP

Wordle 669 3/6

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PLANT
TROPE
THUMP

Wordle 669 4/6*

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See above—I think that’s the first time I’ve ever noticed somebody else having the same progression. Guess that means my guesses aren’t all just nonsense!

Wordle 669 4/6

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CRANE
SPOIL - okay, so a ‘u’ and maybe a ‘y’
PUTTY - no ‘y’, but only one possible word left as far as I can see
THUMP - dingdingding

Wordle 669 5/6

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RADIO
LUTES
THUNK
THUMB
THUMP

I thought I had a three. Then I thought I had a four. Then I had a five.
Sometimes you’re the bug.

I’m having a nice, unexpected run of 3s. I’ll take it!

Wordle 669 3/6*

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IRATE
SCOUT
THUMP

Went quick, too, because I thought I was still just letter-testing.

Wordle 669 3/6

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EARTH
THINK
THUMP

EARTH, from my regular starting-word rotation, gave the TH that was natural to try at the start of guess 2. After that there were only O and U left to try as vowels, and I couldn’t come up with a THO word that was both five letters and not-yet-a-winner. So guess 3 was THUMP by default.

Wordle 669 3/6

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SPACE
PIVOT
THUMP

Nice to get a 3 to break up my streak of 4’s.

Wordle 669 4/6* 4/19/2023

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HOUND → Good start. I’m going to make a stab at no more vowels, and take a page from Scoredle’s book on repeated letters…
TRUTH → OK, only T at start, and that H has gotta go second, so THU??, no N so THUNK is out, try…
THUMB → Missed it by that much…
THUMP

I don’t know that I’ve had a puzzle where I’ve never guessed A, E or I before.

APR 20

Wordle 670 3/6*

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ALONE
SLATE
PLATE

Wordle 670 3/6

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RATIO
SLANT
PLATE

Wordle 670 2/6*

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ALERT
PLATE

PLATE and SLATE were the obvious possibilities, got lucky on the coin toss. I predict a lot of twos on this one from people using SLATE as their starter…

Wordle 670 3/6*

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WEIRD
PROVE
PLATE

Wordle 670 2/6

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Slant
Plate
I picked a good starting word.