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

The Game Room
6001
Wordle 979 4/6* 2/23/2024

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HEAVY → At least I placed the A. And, knocking out another vowel-and-a-half has to be good too, right? Plus, it sets me up for one of my favorite second guesses
ROAST → Where to put that R? I vacillated on this for a while, then decided on second, since that would let me try another comcon
GRANT → Process of elimination gives me three - and what looks a bit of a trap, too. However, I had gotten rid of so many possible word by now that I only saw one
APART
QUART was also possible. This answer gave me some serious feels, since SunLass has her first birthday away from the family coming up next week, so my emotional response kinda hit me by surprise.

6002

Wordle 979 5/6

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CRANE
REALM
START
QUART
APART

6003

Wordle 979 3/6

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HEART
START
APART
the beginning of a love story!

6004

Yesterday I played late in the day and after alcohol. I played fast and loose, and was lucky to score a five.
Today was better.

Wordle 979 3/6

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AISLE
APRON
APART

A good second word. I didn’t expect P to be the one to hit. That and the R gave me a tap-in for the birdie.

6005

Wordle 979 3/6*

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LEAST
GRANT
APART

6006

Man, it’s been a day! Played this morning but no time to pull together the post till now.

Wordle 979 3/6*

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IRATE
STARK
APART

I wonder what it means that I found APART before STARK but tried STARK first to eliminate more potential words, and I’m happier with the 3 than what would have been a 2…?

At least I’m back to a 3!

6007

Wordle 979 3/6*

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PLATE
TRAMP
APART
I’m not sure why my brain won’t process repeat letters. I stared at it a minute wondering SPART? OPART? before seeing the answer.

6008

[spoiler]Wordle 980 6/6

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Gah!

6009

Wordle 980 3/6

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PLANT
PROSE
PIPER

Saw and liked perch and then perky, but both have been answers. Then I started thinking double letter, but seconds after seeing piper I also saw piker. I liked both but I liked piker a lot more, and was pretty convinced that was going to be the answer. Fortunately I saw piper first, and going with the first thing I see is one of my stricter rules.

6010

Wordle 980 6/6*

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ALONE
THEIR
CIDER
MISER
WIPER
PIPER

That was — not fun.

6011

Wordle 980 5/6

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RATIO
LINER
DUMPS
VIPER
PIPER

Exactly the sort of puzzle I hate. After guess two and the trap, I went through all the letters and came up with 21 options. I chose the most common for a sleuth word and had four options left with the P (PIKER, PIPER, VIPER and WIPER). VIPER narrowed it down to two and I guess right for the five.If I had played my usual way ( random guessing) I probably would have lost.

6012

Wordle 980 4/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
PIPER

6013

Wordle 980 5/6*

\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[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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,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 R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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 P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned}

6014

Wordle 980 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
PIPER

A very lucky 4. After 3, PIPER popped into my head, and I figured it would at least tell me where my yellows were (or weren’t). Per @psychobunny, it could’ve also been PIKER, VIPER, or WIPER (RIPER had already been used); if it had been one of the latter two, a wrong guess on 5 would have gotten me a 6.

6015

Wordle 980 4/6

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RAISE
CLOWN
THUMP
PIPER

6016
Wordle 980 6/6* 2/24/2024

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APART → No As. I should have put the P & R together at the front so that I checked PROSE, but instead I went for
POURS → which was both a less-likely vowel and repeat position for the R, so a really bad choice. Still groggy. Then PLIER probably would have been a better option than
PRIED → but that did at least lead me to
PILER → and then I didn’t see repeat letters so I went with
PIKER → and finally saw
PIPER

Skill score - 0 . Luck score - also 0. Fun score - maybe 1. Better, at least, than reading the Sam Stone pit thread.

6017

Wordlebot liked my logic, so that’s a plus.

SLATE
POUND
PEPPY
PIPER

6018

Wordle 980 6/6

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HEART
LOSER
MINER
WIPER
VIPER
PIPER

6019

Wordle 980 3/6*

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Opted
Spiel
Piper

6020

Wordle 980 5/6

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COATI
LINER
VAMPS
WIPER
PIPER

I had a very similar experience to @psychobunny’s today. Stupid trap.