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

A lonely four in a sea of threes.

Wordle 999 4/6

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CRANE
NIECE
MINCE - I chose. . .poorly.
SINCE

Wordle 999 4/6*

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LEAST
SPORE
SNIDE
SINCE

Wordle 999 2/6

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ASIDE
SINCE

Today’s starter provided very good information; still, I was lucky to get the deuce. Scoredle spat out five legit words: SINGE, SIEGE, RINSE, SIEVE, and SINCE. Either of the G words would have guaranteed me a three, so if I’d thought about it harder I probably would have gone with one of those. Fortunately, I just plunked down the first word I saw.

Dare I hope I’m back in my 3-groove? (Nah. But it was nice to get a 3 today!)

Wordle 999 3/6*

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IRATE
SPINE
SINCE

Wordle 999 3/6* 3/14/2024

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LOCAL → Slow start. Was hoping for a single L. With that C, I’ll try an E and three comcons
CREST → And I sat here looking at this for a while. SCHEN? NESCH? Something about using an H really got to me here. Had to leave before finishing to do a hike; when I came back I immediately saw
SINCE

Turns out getting that early letter was important. Though if I had seen SPICE, I probably would have gone with that what with Dune 2 in the theaters.

Wordle 999 3/6*

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PLATE
SCORE
SINCE

All of us with 2s and 3s have bested the Bot, which took 4 guesses to get it.

Wordle 1,000 :tada: 2/6

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COURT
ERUPT

A two for Wordle 1000! You now have to login to NYT to see your stats, but i had a streak of 650 or so, but a couple of months ago i forgot to do it one day and I’m back to 60.

Wordle 1,000 :tada: 3/6

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RATIO
TRUCE
ERUPT

It is making me create an account but my streak is still at 507z

Wordle 999 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
SINCE

I see that NYT isn’t letting us see our stats anymore unless we set up an account. It’s free, but I don’t need yet another account I have to set up and sign onto. :roll_eyes:

Wordle 1,000 :tada: 2/6

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Slant
Erupt

Lucky guess.

Wordle 1,000 :tada: 3/6

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STERN
CLOUD
ERUPT

[spoiler]Wordle 1,000 :tada: 5/6

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STACK
MOUTH
GRUNT
FRUIT
ERUPT

Wordle 1,000 🎉 5/6* The Ides of March 2024

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SINCE → Not much of a start. Three comcons and an A to go with the E, perhaps?
RENAL → But not trying the N again. Sigh. Even REGAL would have done better. OK, something with a T this time
TWERK → Rather slangy, but it did get me that T. I suspect there’s another vowel in there, try an O this time for
OTHER → At least I now know where the E goes. ETR?? or ERT??, neither goes anywhere, ERUT? same. ERU?T, though could be
ERUPT

Happy Worldle 1K, everybody!

Wordle 1,000 :tada: 4/6*

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

Wordle 1000 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
RIVET
ERUPT

I’m impressed with all the 2s and 3s today, I thought this one was fairly challenging, and even after my 3rd guess, I had to wrack my brain for the solution.

After 2, I thought that if they were going to do a word connected with this being Wordle #1000, I thought they’d mention how RIVETed we were to this game.

ETA: I play Wordle on my phone, and it’s still showing my stats.

Wordle 1,000 :tada: 3/6

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RAISE
OUTER
ERUPT

Wordle 1,000 :tada: 3/6*

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Expel
Equip
Erupt

Wordlebot did not care for my first guess but applauded the outcome!

Wordle 1,000 :tada: 4/6

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PLANT
SPORT
CRYPT
ERUPT

Normally I check A with my first word, then O and E with my second. Not being able to check E with my second word (or any two vowels) pretty much killed my chances at a 3. Especially when coupled with the fact that words that start with a vowel are my kryptonite.

Same on both counts.

Back to a five again. Doesn’t help when you make an obvious error.

Wordle 1,000 :tada: 5/6

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SLATE
METRO
TIGER
EXERT - duh
ERUPT

Wordle 1000 5/6

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AISLE
TENOR
CHERT
EGRET
ERUPT

I really struggled with this one. Each word was a step forward, but it was still a slog. I was trying to look for the U as early as three, but just couldn’t see it.