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

Wordle 1,012 3/6

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Redemption after yesterday’s debacle. The Bot liked it, too.

SLATE
POINT
STUNG

Wordle 1,012 2/6

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MOUSE
STUNG

Pure dumb luck.

Wordle 1,012 4/6*

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LEAST
STORM
STUCK
STUNG

Wordle 1,012 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
PUNKY
STUNG

I had four words to choose from (Stump, Stung, Stunk, Stuff)…I decided to go with PUNKY to sleuth it out and guarantee a 4.

ETA - I didn’t see Stunt…good thing!

Wordle 1,012 4/6*

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PLATE
TONIC
STUNT
STUNG

THU MAR 28

Wordle 1,013 4/6*

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ALONE
HEART
DAMES
SPEAK

Meh.

Wordle 1,012 4/6*

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IRATE
SPOUT
STUCK
STUNG

Wordle 1,013 3/6

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PLANT
SPEAR
SPEAK

The reveal of four greens for my second word was such a tease.

Wordle 1,013 4/6

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RATIO
SHALE
SNEAK
SPEAK

Could have been a three but I changed my
mind to go for the more common letter.

[spoiler]Wordle 1,013 4/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:[/spoiler]

CHOIR
MEANT
APPLE
SPEAK

Wordle 1,013 5/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
HAWKS
SPEAK

Wordle 1,013 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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[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 P} \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 K} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1013 3/6

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SLANT
PERCH
SPEAK

New second word for when I’ve got a vowel from my starting word but really need more consonants.

Wordle 1,013 2/6

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RAISE
SPEAK

Two 3s in a row!

Wordle 1,013 3/6

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CRANE
PLEAT
SPEAK

Wordle 1,013 4/6

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HEART
AGILE
ENEMA crap that wasn’t it
SPEAK

Wordle 1,013 3/6*

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LEAST
SWEAR
SPEAK

Wordle 1,013 4/6* 3/28/2024

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STUNG → Good start to the word, then nothing. With T & N gone, I can try two more comcons along with E & A
SERAL → Well, good work on E & A, at least. Pretty much has to be S?EA?, which looks a little trappish - but only some consonants can go after the S there. I’ll try one:
SHEAF → Wasn’t H. L, T, N are gone. Can’t see anything that would finish SWEA? (with R & T gone). SPEA? and I see
SPEAK

Interestingly enough, when you start Scoredle off with STUNG, it ends up placing both E & A by process of elimination, taking five turns to get the solution. It does better when you give it my second guess as well - turns out that was a very lucky guess to make!

Now that is a bad day with your irrigation system.

Wordle 1,013 4/6

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HOUSE
STEAL
PRANK
SPEAK

I suppose I could have shot for the birdie, but the wrong combination of guess and answer might have pushed me to a five. Laying up for an easy four was the way to go.

Wordle 1,013 3/6

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SLATE
PINER
SPEAK

I was seeing about 12 possible words, and PINER ruled out all but one word. :grinning: