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

Wordle 951 4/6

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RATIO
CLOAK
ALONE
ALOOF

[spoiler]Wordle 951 4/6

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CHEST
DOING
FLOUR
ALOOF

Wordle 951 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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 951 3/6

Scoredle 3/6

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SLANT
CROME
ALOOF

Could’ve also been ALOHA; ALOUD has already been used.

Wordle 951 5/6*

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ALONE
ALOHA
ALOUD
ALOFT
ALOOF

Thought that would be easy. It wasn’t.

Wordle 951 4/6

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RAISE
FOCAL
ALOFT
ALOOF

Wordle 951 3/6

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STERN
ALOUD
ALOOF

You may want to look at Past Wordle answers: Archive of previous words | Rock Paper Shotgun.

Wordle 951 4/6

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HEART
GLASS this one’s for you, Debbie Harry. Doh! I left the A in position 3
PLAID Double doh! Still left the A in position 3
ALOOF

Wordle 951 3/6

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PLANT
GLEAM
ALOOF

Not sure why I didn’t see clear for my second guess. Because I didn’t, I just tried for the win at 2. Got lucky to save a 3.

Wordle 951 3/6* 1/26/2024

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BLOCK → Oh my. I’m not sure whether or not I should be running screaming from a trap or elated at a possible 3. I’d like to try either a comcon with two vowels, or two comcons with one vowel, but I can’t see any word to do either. Hmm. Work from the front letter. A, F, S, also G or P but don’t see much with them. ALOUD/ALONE/ALOOF, FLOUR/FLOWN, SLOPE/SLOOP, probably others. ALOOF might be best bet, but I hate those double letters, so I’ll try
FLOUR → Oh, darn. It was
ALOOF

Not that I’m unhappy with a three, mind you, but I could have had a two. Of course, with all the non-bogus words I didn’t see after the first guess (about a dozen of 'em, thanks, Scoredle!), a six was also possible, so my three was really dumb luck.

Wordle 951 3/6

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CRANE
FLOUT - A total SWAG to look for letters, but it paid off
ALOOF

Wordle 951 4/6

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ASIDE
ALONG
ALOFT
ALOOF

Thought I had a two for a second.
I didn’t have a two.

Wordle 951 6/6*

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LEAST
ANNUL
ALLAY
ALIBI
ALOHA
ALOOF

Whew!

Wordle 951 3/6*

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TROPE
AHOLD
ALOOF

Saturday, January 27th

Wordle 952 3/6

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PLANT
SNARE
SNAKE

Harrumph.

Wordle 951 4/6

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SLATE
ALLAY
ALONG
ALOOF

Going for the double double at guess #2 was a gamble, but it knocked out 6 possible words. Still had 4 words to choose from, but thankfully Along would tell me which one it was if wrong.

Glad for a 4 today.

Wordle 951 4/6*

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IRATE
SAUCY
ALONG
ALOOF

Wordle 952 5/6

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RATIO
SHALE
SPACE
SUAVE
SNAKE

Caught in the trap.

[spoiler]Wordle 952 5/6

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STEIN
SPEND
SLAVE
SNARE
SNAKE