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

Wordle 672 5/6*

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PIOUS
GROAN
BROOM
BROTH
BROKE

Wordle 672 4/6*

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STARE
DROVE
PRONE
BROKE

Wordle 672 3/6

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Slant
Climb
Broke
Never thought I’d get it so early.

Wordle 672 4/6

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LEAST
ROUND
PICKY
BROKE

Wordle 672 5/6*

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ALONE
SHORE
WROTE
PROBE
BROKE

Wordle 672 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 672 4/6

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NOISE
TROPE
GROVE
BROKE

Wordle 672 5/6

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SLART
NICHE
DUMPY
GREBE
BROKE

Summary

After my 3rd fishing-for-letters guess, I came up with five possibilities that hadn’t already been used: BROKE, FROZE, GREBE, VERGE, and VERVE. (FORGE, GORGE, and GROVE had already been used.)

I didn’t really think GREBE was going to be the solution, but alone of all the five possibilities, it would guarantee a 5. A second E would narrow it down to VERGE or VERVE, and only one has a G. No second E would narrow it to BROKE or FROZE, and only one has a B.

So I did a good job of playing it safe. But I guess I should have gone for BROKE. :wink:

Wordle 672 5/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
GROVE - ah, crap; a letter trap
WROTE
BROKE - lucky guess

Wordle 672 5/6

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My good run of 2s and 3s ends
HEART
LITER
GROPE
PROSE
BROKE

Wordle 672 5/6

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PLANT
SCORE
FROZE
DROVE
BROKE

With grove having been a previous answer I could only see three possibilities. Normally I would do another research word to guarantee a 4, but I’m trying to catch my 3s up to my 4s so I played it straight up hoping for a 3. The order I saw the answers in was no friend to me this time.

Rough day today, for everyone, it seems. My streak of 3s is broken!

Wordle 672 4/6*

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IRATE
PRONE
FROZE
BROKE

Felt lucky to get it in 4, knew I’d get it in 5.

Wordle 672 2/6

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This was a bizarre solve. I used one of my normal words to start ,then put in a second word that I realized had two errors already so

Wheat not bread so try broke

Wordle 672 3/6* 4/22/2023

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KAYAK → So, only one K, and in one of the middle positions. Not a bad start…
SKIER → I was lost for a while at this point, until I saw the -KE ending, at which point it was easy to get to
BROKE

But I almost went with SPOKE which would have been disastrously bad given one guess prior.

Wordle 672 3/6

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CAUSE
TRONE
BROKE

Hallelujah! My first three in almost two weeks!
There were eight possible words left, so I probably should have done a sleuth word. But since I only found four of the eight, I went for it, and got lucky.

Wordle 672 4/6

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OUTER
PROSE
CUBED
BROKE

Guess 2 revealed the trap; I had five possibilities that hadn’t yet been solutions or that weren’t ruled out by eliminated letters. CUBED was a sleuth word that narrowed it down enough to give me a hard-fought (and time-consuming) par.

I think I made this harder than it should have been. Definitely out of practice.

Wordle 672 6/6*

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RELAY
TUNER
FRESH
DRIVE
PROBE
BROKE

How and where do you find a list of already used words? I suspect it would be useful.

Wordle 672 3/6

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STONE
CLOVE
BROKE

Getting stuck in the O_E trap out the gate wasn’t looking too promising, though better early than late. Ruled out quite a lot of words with Clove. Thinking I should check the R in the 2nd spot, the only words that hadn’t been ruled out (or previously used) that I could see were Broke and Froze (didn’t think Grope would be used), and I picked the right one. :slight_smile:

Wordle 672 4/6*

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STARE
CRIME
PRONE
BROKE

That was fast!

Wordle 673 3/6

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ASIDE
COURT
UNZIP

Other choices were PUPIL or FUNGI, lucky guess.