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

The Game Room
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Wordle 952 2/6

:green_square::white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square: 21
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SLANT
SNAKE

Badger, badger, badger… :grin:

Already used: snack, snafu, snaky, snare
Didn’t see: snark, spawn, swain

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Wordle 952 3/6

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Slant
Snare
Snake
My first thought was snake. :frowning:

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Wordle 952 5/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
HAWKS
SNAKE

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Wordle 952 5/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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 G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \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 K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 952 3/6*

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:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

ALONE
MANSE
SNAKE

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Wordle 952 3/6

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RAISE
THICK
SNAKE

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Wordle 952 2/6*

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Like @Bullitt, I also start with STERN

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Wordle 952 3/6

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HEART
PLACE
SNAKE

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Managed to avoid the trap.

Wordle 952 3/6

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SLATE
SPARE
SNAKE

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Sshhheeewww, not me!

Wordle 952 5/6*

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IRATE
SCALE
SHADE
SUAVE
SNAKE

Well, at least that one’s out of the way! Even WordleBot felt sorry for me and gave me a 99 for skill. Sure thing, stupid bot.

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Wordle 952 4/6*

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LEAST
SHADE
SPARE
SNAKE

I’m lucky to get a par, I think.

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Wordle 952 4/6

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RADIO
SLATE
NYMPH
SNAKE

I figured this one would be trouble for anyone playing in hard mode. Scordle, starting with SLATE, took six tries.

My opener eliminated some good letters, and my sleuth word worked out well. Happy with the par here.

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Wordle 952 6/6* 1/27/2024

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ALOOF → Not much to work with. Let’s try three comcons and an E, please
STARE → Uh oh. Ackbar mode. SHAPE/SHAME/SHAKE/SHAVE/SUAVE, I know I’m missing some - but I really need to KO at least one of those SH words. Maybe a weird one here
SUAVE → No, no, no. I really needed to TRY one of those SH words that would also KO another word (or two), so it would KO the rest if it wasn’t SH. Sigh. Misplay. Let’s see
SHAME → And that is a shame. Two guesses left. I think too fast and go with the first thing I see which is
SCAPE → What’s left? Oh, I haven’t tried the N. Or the K. I can’t see anything else, so
SNAKE

Just beat the trap. Probably could have had it in five, (1/4 chance of a four) but it turns out my fifth guess made the sixth one obvious (barring Scoredle’s BS words). My streak was on life support there for a while…

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Wordle 952 4/6*

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TROPE
SLATE
SHADE
SNAKE
Phew! Trapped, but not too badly. It took WordleBot 4 guesses too.

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Wordle 952 3/6

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SLATE
SPARE
SNAKE

Got lucky on this one! :four_leaf_clover: Facing that huge trap, I decided to take my chances instead of tossing up a sleuth word. Glad it paid off this time. :grinning:

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Wordle — Sunday 28 January 2024

Wordle 953 5/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
HAWKS
EMBER

I struggled with this one.

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Wordle 953 5/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 1,713
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square: 176
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 7
:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square: 2
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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
MIXER
EMBER

After DUMPY, MIXER and EMBER were the only non-bullshit words left. I saw MIXER so went with it after poking around and not seeing anything else. Only saw EMBER when the M could only be the second letter.

I won’t say I struggled with this one, it was more that no approach, no system, is going to succeed in getting a 4 or less every time; there will always be some words that slip through its cracks. And I was still down to just two possibilities after my third guess, so a 50-50 shot at the 4, and no danger of a 6. For an off day, not too bad really.

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Wordle 953 5/6*

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ALONE
THEIR
SUPER
FEVER
EMBER

Yeesh.

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Wordle 953 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,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 T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 953 4/6

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RAISE
OUTER
CYBER
EMBER