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

Wordle 990 4/6

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RAISE
COUNT
PLUMB
HUNCH

Wordle 990 5/6

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HEART
HIPPO
HUMUS
HUFFY
HUNCH

Wordle 990 6/6*

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ALONE
SNICK
BUNCH
MUNCH
PUNCH
HUNCH

I think I only got there by running out of other options.

Glad I’m not the only idiot in the crowd.

Wordle 990 5/6

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SLATE - should have gone with my other word “crane” as it turns out
POINT - so it’s a ‘u’
NUBBY - stop laughing
LUNCH - no, the ‘L’ is a stupid choice
HUNCH - opted for this because ‘munch’ seemed too verb-y.

Wordle 990 5/6* 3/5/2024

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FLAME → Clean miss. But now I can try one of my famous second guesses
ROIST → And… that went nowhere. Need to try an N, and both U & Y, and as many other letters as I can
PUNKY → Oh, that’s a relief. Thought about ?UNU? combos for a while, but other than my username couldn’t think of any, but that -CH looks promising
BUNCH → A good idea, but I should have gone with a better
HUNCH

I was lucky to have played P, L, and M in the first three words before it became a trap. Scoredle gives three B.S. words of the five after my third guess, so I missed a coin-flip for par.

Wordle 990 4/6*

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LEAST
CRONY
PUNCH
HUNCH

Well, there was LUNCH. :wink:

[coughs politely]

Eliminated by Word #1.

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Ick, ick, ick. Horrid game!

Wordle 990 6/6*

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IRATE
CLOUD
PUNCH
BUNCH
MUNCH
HUNCH

The less said, the better.

And that’s why I’m not very good at this game! :smiley:

Wordle 990 5/6

Boy, I stunk up the joint today. But at least I had lots of company!

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SLANT
CHORE
PINCH
MUNCH
HUNCH

How did I miss HUNCH when I saw FINCH, PINCH, WINCH, BUNCH (already used), MUNCH, and PUNCH? If I’d seen it, I’d have chosen it over the more slangy MUNCH at 4.
Grrr. Argh.

I had a 93-day streak going with Wordle when I woke up Saturday AM, and really needed to use the head. I always use a different word to start, and that day, I realized that URINE had a good combo of letters, leading to a 2, with URBAN.

The next day, I missed STATE, and today ran out of room again, so my “streak” reset anew.

Wordle 990 6/6

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ALIEN
NORTH
BUNCH
PUNCH
MUNCH
HUNCH

Gah!!! 6-5-6 in the last three days.
At least my streak is still alive, so that’s a silver lining. Scordle failed today.

Wordle 990 4/6*

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PLATE
MINOR
BUNCH
HUNCH

Wednesday, March 6th

Wordle 991 3/6

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PLANT
STARE
TEARY

Gotta love having (effectively) four greens at 2.

Wordle 991 3/6

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RATIO
STARE
TEARY

[spoiler]Wordle 991 5/6

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ATONE
PLEAT
DEATH
TEAMS
TEARY

Wordle 991 5/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
RETRY
TEARY

Wordle 991 3/6*

\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[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 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 R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \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 R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

Haven’t legitimately gotten a 2 in ages!

Wordle 991 2/6

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TRANS
TEARY