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

Wordle 1,017 3/6

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CRANE
FRONT
FROND

Wordle 1,017 3/6*

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LEAST
COUGH
FROND

From zero letters to birdie! Total lucky guess.

Wordle 1,017 5/6* April Fools Day 2024

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TABOO → One and only one O, that’s fairly useful. Really need some comcons; I see one word that only checks two but also KOs two vowels, so I’ll try
OSIER → which at least hit on a comcon. I hoped here to check both L & N, but couldn’t see a word that covered both. Was also thinking about U and saw some possibles, but really wanted to get more comcons, so went with
GROWL → and with that O in the middle, figured I didn’t need another vowel but wanted to try the U anyway, so
CROUP → covered it, and here I was starting to get a little antsy, but figured there wasn’t much left besides
FROND

Starting from TABOO, Scoredle never tries either U or I, or L for that matter. Pretty fun puzzle for a bogey.

Wordle 1,017 5/6

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IRATE
CROWD
PROUD
BROOD
FROND

After two, I had three valid words left, and yep, I used ‘em all.
None of the words had any overlapping letters in the missing places, which made things tricky.
I considered a sleuth word to guarantee a par, but figured I had a 2/3 chance of par or better anyway, so I went for it. You can see the results.
I resisted the urge to look at the used words list. Turns out it wouldn’t have helped me anyway.

@psychobunny, I’ve noticed that you and I often think alike in this game. Not sure what that says about either of us! :laughing:

Wordle 1,017 4/6*

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PLATE
MINOR
BROWN
FROND

Wordle 1,017 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
GROWN
FROND

Ok, this one sort of chapped my hide.

Wordle 1,017 4/6*

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IRATE
PROUD
CROWD
FROND

After PROUD, I had FROND first, CROWD second and BROOD third. I figured CROWD was way more of a Wordle word than FROND. Guess not. At least it wasn’t BROOD. That was my mood, though!

Wordle 1,018 3/6

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RATIO
NURSE
SERUM

Feeling a lot better today.

Wordle 1,018 4/6

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PLANT
SCORE
SEWER
SERUM

Wordle 1,018 4/6* 4/2/2024

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FROND → Should I do a Scoredle-style search to place the R? I’ll just do the usual, two comcons and two new vowels.
ALERT → Two letters now, both unplaced. Perhaps now I should take the hint from Scoredle?
RISER → At least I know where that R is now. I can think of one word with a U, so I’ll give that at try.
SERUM

Lucky save for the par. Scoredle has 37 options for my last guess, though most of them end in S and probably aren’t actual answers.

Wordle 1,018 6/6*

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

Must try harder.

Wordle 1,018 3/6

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STERN
CLOUD
SERUM

Wordle 1,018 3/6*

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ALONE
HERDS
SERUM

Wordle 1018 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
SEDER
SERUM

When I was making up a list of possible solutions after 2, I overlooked a couple of words I should have spotted. In particular, my list was sans SERIF. :wink:

Wordle 1,018 3/6

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RAISE
SHRED
SERUM

Wordle 1,018 3/6

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HEART
RESIN
SERUM

Wordle 1,018 3/6

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SLATE
SIREN
SERUM

Wordle 1,018 4/6

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LOUPE
TUNER
REBUS
SERUM

REBUS is probably an unlikely solution; I had a good shot at a three if I’d given it some more thought.

Its likelihood is zero for now, since it’s already been a solution. :smiley:

Wordle 1,018 3/6*

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LEAST
FECES
SERUM