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

[spoiler]Wordle 957 4/6

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TRINE
SLIDE
ALIKE
ALIVE

Wordle 957 3/6

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SLANT
CROME
ALIVE

Three at last!

Could’ve also been ALGAE; ALIKE had already been used.

Wordle 957 2/6*

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ALONE
ALIVE

Wordle 957 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[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 C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \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 T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\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 I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 957 3/6

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HEART
CLEAN
ALIVE

[quote=“BobLibDem, post:5625, topic:981659”]

HEART
CLEAN
ALIVE[/quote]

Glad they were able to clean out the blockage. :grin:

Wordle 957 3/6

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RAISE
VODKA
ALIVE

Wordle 957 3/6

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SLATE
ALGAE
ALIVE

Wordle 957 5/6* 2/1/2024

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BULKY → About what I expected. E, A & two comcons next… but which? LEARN? LEANS? STEAL? STALE? SLATE? I’ll sort of mix 'em together and try
LEAST → Really need to place some. Can’t think of a two-L strategy like Scoredle would try. Just keep slogging
GLEAN → And placed the L anyway. Still have an R to try. I can do this with a leading A
ALDER → There it is. I’m working with AL??E by process of elimination. Try a few combos with I & O third and the last one I get to is
ALIVE

Despite going to five, I didn’t really have the feeling of dread I did from the sixes I got earlier, which is nice, though if I had thought more about placing the E differently I might have made par.

Wordle 957 4/6

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PIOUS
TRAIN
ABIDE
ALIVE

I’ve been having the worst luck with my starting words lately. If ALIVE were tomorrow’s word, I’d get it in two.
Par is fine, but I could have birdied if I’d gone TRAIL instead of TRAIN at two, which was a coin flip. Just goes to show how much luck is involved, no matter how strong one’s strategy is.

My goddamn 113 game streak ended the other night!

But, by way of atonement, I got today’s on the second guess.

Wordle 957 5/6*

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LEAST
IDEAL
ALIEN
ALIKE <— Flipped a coin!
ALIVE

It should have been easier than this, given all the letters I got!

ETA: I just found out that ALIKE had been used. I forgot to check!

Wordle 957 3/6*

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TROPE
SCALE
ALIVE

Forgot to post yesterday’s:

Wordle 956 4/6*

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IRATE
CLOUD
SKULK
BULKY

I’ll take the 4 with a full failure at my first word!

Today’s, well…

Wordle 957 2/6*

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IRATE
ALIVE

Heeeeeeeee!!!

Friday, February 2nd

Wordle 958 3/6

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PLANT
CLOUT
CLEFT

With no way to work in my preferred SER after the first guess I just started going for the win at 2. Finally broke my 4 streak, and though this wasn’t super quick it was definitely not slow.

[spoiler]Wordle 958 4/6

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STAIN
OCTET
ERECT
CLEFT

Wordle 957 2/6

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SLATE
ALIVE

Wordle 958 5/6

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RATIO
STUNG
THYME
FLEET
CLEFT

Wordle 958 3/6

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SLANT
ELECT
CLEFT

Had it down to CLEFT, CLOUT, ELECT, FLEET after 1, since BLURT, FLIRT, FLOUT had already been used.

Wordle 958 3/6*

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ALONE
CLUES
CLEFT