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

The Game Room
5981

Wordle 978 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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 F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \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 V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

5982

Wordle 978 2/6

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HEART
HEAVY shades of LBJ “I come to you… with a heavy heart”

5983

Wordle 978 3/6

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PLANT
SCARE
HEAVY

I’m losing my proficiency with this game. Last night I saw beady – which I didn’t love as an answer – and heady, but both have already been answers before. I kept looking but couldn’t see anything else. Now this morning was a headsmack moment when I saw heavy. How did I not see heavy last night after already seeing heady?

5984

Wow, Bob, nice! Me, a humble 5.

Wordle 978 5/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
HAWKS
HEAVY

ETA — @EllisDee it happens often enough. Every once in a while I’ll get stumped for a while. If I step away from the game for a few hours, when I come back the answer is sometimes obvious.

5985
Wordle 978 4/6* 2/22/2024

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BUILD → I’ve had a lot of whiffs lately. With my play style, it gives me a lot of freedom for the second word. Thought about STAIN for a while, but tried a homonym and it somehow worked
STANE → E can’t really go in 4th, and I can’t see anything with it at the start, so second it is. I can see a good word with R and some “more-common” consonants of what’s remaining
REACH → Hit on the H, which must go at start, then I go right to
HEAVY

Scoredle saw the answer with its third guess, so I’ll take a hit on my personal skill score today. At any rate, a fun puzzle for a Thursday.

5986

Wordle 978 3/6

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RAISE
LEANT
HEAVY

5987

Wordle 978 3/6

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SLATE
BEACH - Well, the Bot didn’t like this word, but it demands that the ‘H’ will have to go at the beginning of the answer, which narrows things.
HEAVY

5988

Wordle 978 4/6*

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LEAST
BEARD
WEAVE
HEAVY

5989

I got consecutive twos for the first time today, after having a rough patch.

5990

Wordle 978 3/6*

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PLATE
REACH
HEAVY

5991

A two. And a hard-won one, too.

Wordle 978 2/6*

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IRATE
HEAVY

I really wrenched on this one today. Knowing the ‘E’ was not in the last position was helpful, as it meant it almost had to be in the second position. WordleBot advised there were 11 possibilities after my first try, and I believe I found the majority of them. Every word I found and checked had already been used until I finally hit on HEAVY. WordleBot gave me a 53 for skill.

5992

Friday, February 23rd

Wordle 979 2/6

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PLANT
APART

Very quick.

5993

Wordle 979 3/6*

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ALONE
ASTIR
APART

5994

Wordle 979 4/6

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RATIO
TRACE
SMART
APART

5995

Wordle 978 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
HEAVY

5996

Wordle 979 5/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
HAWKS
APART

5997

Wordle 979 5/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,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 M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}

Bastards!

5998

Wordle 979 3/6

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SLANT
CRAFT
APART

5999

[spoiler]Wordle 979 3/6

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CRATE
SMART
APART

6000

Wordle 979 3/6

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RAISE
CRAWL
APART