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

Wordle 944 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
THIGH
THING

Lost the coin toss, so a 4 it is.

Wordle 945 3/6

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RATIO
LASER
LARGE

Another one where I could have had a two but rejected the correct answer for a more common letter.

Wordle 945 3/6

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:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square: 8
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SLANT
CHORE
LARGE

Scoredle to the contrary, there really was no other possibility after 2. One of its bullshit words was ARGLE, and the rest were just a bunch of argle-bargle. :upside_down_face:

Wordle 945 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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 K} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

[spoiler]Wordle 945 3/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:[/spoiler]?

RAISE
CARVE
LARGE

Wordle 945 4/6

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STERN
ALOUDcould be early lager large layer realm regal relax relay, but layer regal have been used already
MUGGYto eliminate letters, but got G4!
LARGE

Wordle 945 3/6*

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ALONE
STALE
LARGE

Wordle 945 2/6

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RAISE
LARGE

Wordle 945 3/6

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PLANT
LASER
LARGE

Nice and quick. The only reason I’m posting this morning is because I went to sleep super early last night: 10 minutes before midnight. Woohoo! So rested…

Wordle 945 4/6* 1/20/2024

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THING → The G. Really? Not the letter I would have expecte a hit on. OK, try two vowels and two comcons… could be GLUER, or
GLUES → Got the L. O & A are still out there, probably need one more vowel. LOAGE? LEGAO? Orf try something with an R? Or should I try a repeat this soon?
LEGAL → Ah, now I see it. .Should have held out for the R.
LARGE

This time, Scoredle went for LEGGY for a third guess, even though it didn’t go for TINNY third yesterday. Maybe I just shouldn’t second-guess with Scoredle.

Way harder than it should have been.

Wordle 945 5/6

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SLATE
VALVE
LANCE
LADLE
LARGE - Couldn’t see this for the life of me. Had to take a break and come back.

Wordle 945 3/6*

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LEAST
LATER
LARGE

Wordle 945 5/6

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HEART
BREAK too bad HOTEL wouldn’t work for the next guess
CAPER
EARLY
LARGE

Wordle 945 3/6

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ALONE
STALE
LARGE

Yep, @The_Other_Waldo_Pepper and I played exactly the same game today!

I wasn’t sure I was going to pull off the birdie, but knowing where the A and L didn’t go was a huge help.

Still with a 3.

Wordle 945 3/6*

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IRATE
PARSE
LARGE

At least WordleBot is speaking to me again. Though not very nicely.

Wordle 945 3/6

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SLATE
ANGLE
LARGE

Wordle 945 3/6*

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TROPE
RAISE
LARGE

Sunday, January 21st

Wordle 946 3/6

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PLANT
NOTES
NORTH

My second word was a toss up between notes and tones. Notes for the win.

Wordle 946 3/6

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RATIO
SHORT
NORTH

Wordle 946 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
NORTH

Had all 5 letters after 2, and even Scoredle couldn’t find another (bogus) word that worked. Took less time to do it than to post about it.