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

Another 2 today. Day-um!

Wordle 943 2/6*

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IRATE
STOLE

I nearly went with STOKE instead of STOLE, but figured learning about the ‘L’ would be more useful to find the answer. STONE and STOVE had already been used.

I wish my luck in life was as strong as it is in playing Wordle!

It’s only my 39th 2 in 711 plays.

Summary

Alder
Stole
Wordle 943 2/6*

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Wordle 943 4/6

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HEART
QUITE
STONE
STOLE

Tru dat, but it would still be more information than I’d want to know.

Wordle 943 2/6*

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LEAST
STOLE

Wordle 943 2/6

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SLATE
STOLE

Stole is one of my alternate start words…too bad I didn’t go with that today, but I’ll gladly take the 2! :slight_smile:

Fri 1/19

Wordle 944 4/6*

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ALONE
SHUNT
THINK
THING

Wordle 944 3/6

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PLANT
STONE
THING

Nice and quick. I saw thing then think in rapid succession, and think has already been an answer.

Wordle 944 3/6

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RATIO
THINE
THING

So close! I wanted to check the E.

Wordle 944 4/6

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STERN
ALOUD
CHIMPthink or thing but think has been used; I doubt it’s thine
THING

Wordle 944 2/6

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SLANT
THING

Lots of 2s the past couple of days, nice to join the club.

THINK, TREND, TWINE had been used; thought of THING, THONG, TRUNK, and THING was the best choice of that group. Didn’t see TINNY, TYING.

Wordle 944 4/6*

\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[lime,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 H} \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 K} \\ &\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 I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ \end{aligned}

I never check any lists or use bots, or i wouldn’t have tried THINK

Wordle 944 3/6

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RAISE
THICK
THING

Wordle 944 3/6

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HEART
THINK
THING

Wordle 944 4/6* 1/19/2024

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STOLE → That’s all, out of a pretty good starter word? Well, at least I can try one of my preferred second guesses
TRAIN → Now that is a little more like it! I think I’ll try a Scoredle strategy here and double up on the N, looks a little more likely than chasing a U
TINNY → The only N is 4th, the I is 3rd, assuming that’s an H in 2nd looks like
THING
A terminal K
didn’t occur to me, and would have meant a bogey. Oddly enough, Scoredle didn’t adopt the doubling-up strategy on the third guess like I did.

Wordle 944 3/6

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PIANO
WREST
THING

Another good second word, if I do say so myself! Narrowed it down to THING, THINK, and TYING. I didn’t see TYING, and I remembered THINK having been an answer before.

Wordle 944 4/6

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CRANE
POUND - Okay, so the vowel is ‘i’, with perhaps a ‘y’ at the end
SHINY
THING

Wordle 944 4/6*

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LEAST
TRICK
THIGH <— I should have tried the N first with THING
THING

Hindsight is 20-20, eh?

Back to a 3.

Wordle 944 3/6*

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IRATE
JOINT
THING

WordleBot must be sick of me. It keeps telling me to go play the game, then come back for WordleBot’s analysis. I did play the game and it does reflect in my stats. Not sure what WordleBot’s problem is!

Wordle 944 3/6*

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LEAST
TONIC
THING