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

Wordle 973 3/6

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MAUVE
CLAIM
PSALM

Quick and easy three today. I, too, thought this word would give people more trouble than it has.

LOL, it gave me trouble! I really derped my way into a 4 on this one.

Wordle 973 4/6*

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IRATE
SCAMP
PHASM
PSALM

WordleBot haughtily advised me that PHASM wasn’t really a Wordle sort of word and implied I was stupid for trying it. That’s me told!

Wordle 973 3/6*

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TROPE
PLAID
PSALM

Wordle 973 3/6

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HEART
PLAID
PSALM

Every night I wonder what the word will be. They always surprise me.

SUN FEB 18

Wordle 974 4/6*

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ALONE
SHIRE
DIRGE
RIDGE

Wordle 973 2/6

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SLATE
PSALM

Took me longer to see than it probably should have. Psoas came to me quicker, but that obviously wasn’t right, though it led me straight to it.

Wordle 974 3/6

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RATIO
RISEN
RIDGE

Wordle 974 4/6

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PLANT
SCORE
MERGE
RIDGE

This is the same opening from a couple weeks ago when I spent all day coming up with possibilities. Unfortunately I couldn’t find the paper I wrote them down on, so I just searched this thread to find what I went with at 3 last time, which was merge. The answer that time was verge.

Wordle 974 5/6

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I saw DIRGE before seeing RIDGE.

STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
DIRGE
RIDGE

Wordle 974 3/6*

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

Wordle 974 2/6

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RAISE
RIDGE

Wordle 974 4/6

: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::green_square: 68
:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square: 4
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLANT
CHORE
DEVIL
RIDGE

Given where I was after 2, I was happy to get a 4. I knew I was wasting a letter with my sleuth word at 3, but it was the best one I could come up with, and it was good enough.

Wordle 974 5/6

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HEART
SOBER
CREED
HORDE
RIDGE

Wordle 974 4/6

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CRANE
ROUTE
RIFLE
RIDGE

Wordle 974 3/6*

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LEAST
GREEN
RIDGE

I took 4 tries for this one too. And we had the same 3rd word.

Wordle 974 3/6

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AROSE
MERGE
RIDGE

Doubling up a known vowel was a bit risky, but I didn’t see many other options, and even though there wasn’t a second E, it got me to R__GE and the birdie.

Me, too. Dammit.

Plus I pooched it by reusing the ‘R’ in the wrong position a second time with PRICE. Duh.

Wordle 974 4/6*

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IRATE
PRICE
DIRGE
RIDGE

Wordle 974 4/6*

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TROPE
SHARE
CURVE
RIDGE
Chasing that pesky R all over the board