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

Wordle 1,016 3/6

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RATIO
TANGO
TABOO

Thought I might have a legitimate two.

Wordle 1016 4/6 - Happy Easter!

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SLANT
RATCH (I have no idea what this word means, but Wordle accepts it)
TABBY
TABOO

After 2, I saw TAFFY, TABBY, TABOO, and TAUPE, but missed TAIGA. Went with TABBY because if wrong, it would tell me which of the other three could be right; would have gotten a 5 only if TAIGA had been the solution. While I liked TABOO best, if wrong it would have given no basis to choose between TAFFY, TAUPE, and TAIGA so a 6 would have been possible.

Wordle 1,016 3/6

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RAISE
TALON
TABOO

Wordle 1,016 4/6

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HEART
TALON
TACOS
TABOO

So much for my run of 3s.

Wordle 1,016 5/6

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SLATE
POUND
AFOAM : a-stupid
TAROT
TABOO

Wordle 1,016 3/6*

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LEAST
TANGO
TABOO

Wordle 1,016 3/6* Easter Sunday 2024

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FORCE → Kinda slow for a start, but I can try an A and three comcons along with it next. Eventually I saw SALON and
TALON → and was was glad I went with it, but this looked a little trappish for a while. But, I couldn’t think of any words to fill in the trap. until I thought about doubling up on letters. I thought TATO and added another O, but that usually has 3 Ts, then realized it was
TABOO

Scoredle’s vowel hunt algorithm works well here; it tries SHOOT with the second guess and then knows there’s another O out there. I generally prefer to hunt for consonants early as I think it can help more on traps in the late game. In the event, we both finished this one in three.

Wordle 1,016 4/6

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OLIVE
ROAST
BATON
TABOO

I wasn’t sure if I was allowed to use that word.

Wordle 1,016 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
TANGO
TABOO

Wordle 1,016 4/6*

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PLATE
TORAH
TANGO
TABOO

It took me forever to figure this one out!

Reclaiming my 3 groove. For today, at least!

Wordle 1,016 3/6*

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IRATE
TANSY
TABOO

A fortuitous second word left no other answer. Not that I didn’t spent a ton of time looking for another one! Yeesh.

MON APR 1st

Wordle 1,017 4/6*

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ALONE
STONY
PRONG
FROND

Wordle 1,017 6/6

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RATIO
SHORE
CROWD
PROUD
BROOD
FROND

Poorly played. I got stuck on trying to figure out the 4th letter. An L seemed likely but I couldn’t find a word that fit. Every other option seemed to yield one choice. Probably should have used a test word at 4.

Wordle 1,017 3/6

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PLANT
SCONE
FROND

I kept looking after I saw frond because it is just barely what I would consider a common enough word to be a Wordle answer. But I never did see anything else and after a couple minutes got bored so just went with it. I was motivated to check R anyway.

Wordle 1,017 3/6

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STERN
CLOUD
FROND

Wordle 1,017 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,017 4/6

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RAISE
COURT
WRONG
FROND

Wordle 1017 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
FROND

Could have also been PRONG; WRONG and IRONY had been used.

[spoiler]Wordle 1,017 4/6

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CLEAN
MOUNT
WRONG
FROND

Wordle 1,017 4/6

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HEART
BROIL
PROUD
FROND