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

[spoiler]Wordle 984 3/6

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SHINE
DIVER
DEVIL

Wordle 983 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
SEGUE
SENSE

Wordle 984 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 984 4/6*

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ALONE
SHELF
LUTED
DEVIL

Wordle 984 4/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
DEVIL β€” was pretty much the only possible word

Wordle 984 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY β†’ After 3, I still had the
DEVIL β†’ of a time finding the solution

Even though there turned out to be only one legit possibility after 3, it was quite the challenge to find it.

Wordle 984 5/6

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HEART
PENIS
GENIE
MEDIC
DEVIL

Wordle 984 4/6

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RAISE
DEBIT
DENIM
DEVIL

Wordle 984 3/6

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CRANE - Not much to work with
SPIEL - Never tried this word before, but it includes good consonants and leaves only. . .
DEVIL

Wordle 984 4/6* 2/28/2024

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SENSE β†’ At least I know there are no other Es. I stalled here for a while, looking for a word with another vowel and three comcons. Not finding one, but while listening to Fleming & John, it was only logical to try
PEARL β†’ and hitting that L was nice. But now I got hung up on trying T, so I tried a bunch of words that I wasn’t sure were Wordle-eligible and ended up hitting enter on
CETYL β†’ so this time I looked a litte harder at other letters and realized it must be
DEVIL
LIVER
is the official word SunUp is rooting for tomorrow. Scoredle went for the today’s solution after the second guess, though most of its possibles were just as bogus as the word I eventually tried there.

Wordle 984 4/6*

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LEAST
JELLY
BEVEL
DEVIL

Wordle 984 4/6

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AMUSE
TONER
GELID
DEVIL

Another four, but I’d say that’s not bad after having nothing but an unplaced E after two!
GELID narrowed my choices down from 101 to just 1.

Looks like 4 was the order of the day. For me, too.

Wordle 984 4/6*

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IRATE
SPIED
MEDIC
DEVIL

WordleBot advised that LINED would have been a better choice than SPIED. I am forced to agree with WordleBot.

Wordle 984 4/6*

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PLATE
LONER
WIELD
DEVIL

Rats! I talked myself out of a 3. I saw the solution but thought wait, maybe there’s a likelier word, saw WIELD and played it instead.

THU 2/29

Wordle 985 4/6*

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ALONE
TRACE
SHAME
IMAGE

[spoiler]Wordle 985 4/6

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CHART
PLANE
AWAKE
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I know someones probably getting this in 2.

Wordle 985 6/6

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PLANT
SCARE
WEAVE
QUAKE
ADAGE
IMAGE

Yikes.

Wordle 985 3/6

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RATIO
ALIGN
IMAGE

I stared at this for the longest time trying to figure out what could come after the G except H or Y before realizing that I hadn’t yet checked the E.

LEAP DAY 2024

Wordle 985 4/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
IMAGE

Wordle 984 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
DEVIL

Nice to finally get a 3…it’s been a little while.