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

Wordle 1009 3/6

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SLANT
LITER → feelin’ hoopy 'cos I know where my
TOWEL is :grin:

Wordle 1,009 3/6

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STERN
CLOUD
TOWEL

Wordle 1,009 3/6

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RATIO
STOLE
TOWEL

Wordle 1,009 4/6*

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ALONE
ROLES
MOTEL
TOWEL

Wordle 1,009 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[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 S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \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 H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,009 4/6

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RAISE
LEMON
YODEL
TOWEL

Wordle 1,009 5/6

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CRANE
POINT
TOTEM
TOWED
TOWEL

I had the long “O” sound stuck in my head or this would have been a 3 or 4.

Wordle 1,009 4/6

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HEART
SMOTE took a chance on a Biblical Palm Sunday word
TOKEN
TOWEL

I had it with a motel once, but I never went and stole a towel from them. :slight_smile:

Wordle 1,009 3/6* 3/24/2024

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RISEN → This a good start word - though not for today’s answer, I guess. Still, that E is placed, so I’ll try a couple more comcons and… A or O? Both? I get a good fit with an O, so
HOTEL → TO?EL, I know where it is!
TOWEL

Today wouldn’t be Douglas Adams’s birthday, would it? Also, I like that it even tells a little story.

Wordle 1,009 3/6*

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LEAST
TULLE
TOWEL

Wordle 1,009 4/6

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OVINE
LOSER
HOTEL
TOWEL

HOTEL wasn’t the most savvy guess, given that the bulk of available words contained M and/or D. But I got a bit lucky; had I made the “smart” play and went with MODEL at three, this probably would have ended up a five.

Your word list made think of a story about it and I found it funny.

My starting word has been TOWER as long as I can remember, so as you can imagine I thought today was THE day for me. On the plus side, if I had finally gotten my one I would feel obligated to switch to a new starter and I don’t want to have to do that.

Wordle 1,009 3/6*

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PLATE
LITER
TOWEL

Wordle 1,009 3/6

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SLATE
FILET
TOWEL

It was either Motel or Towel, and I picked the right one!

Getting a little sick of these 4s.

Wordle 1,009 4/6*

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IRATE
SCENT
DETOX
TOWEL

Monday, March 25th

Wordle 1,010 4/6

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PLANT
LASER
SADLY
SALLY

Booo! Hiss!

Wordle 1,010 4/6

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RATIO
LANCE
SALAD
SALLY

Wordle 1,010 5/6*

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

Oh ffs, when will i learn. I thought of sally before salsa.