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

Thursday, April 4th

Wordle 1,020 3/6

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PLANT
CLOSE
CLIMB

Nothing but net green.

Wordle 1,020 3/6

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RATIO
SHINE
CLIMB

Wordle 1,020 5/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPYmust be either claim or climb
CLAIM — damn!!
CLIMB

Wordle 1,020 3/6*

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

Wordle 1020 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
CLIMB

Could’ve been CLIFF or CLUMP; CLICK and CLUCK had already been used.

Wordle 1,020 3/6*

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ALONE
CLITS
CLIMB

Wordle 1,020 5/6

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HEART
SPOIL
GUILD
CLIFF
CLIMB

Wordle 1,020 3/6

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RAISE
FLICK
CLIMB

Killin’ it with 3s lately.

Wordle 1,020 3/6

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CRANE
CHIMP
CLIMB

Wordle 1,020 3/6* 4/4/2024

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PLAIT → Now, that’s a good start. But what next? Move the I over to the middle, but not many comcons will fit into this pattern… and I should really try an E as well. SLINE, SLIRE are nowhere, but I can try an M…
SLIME → Looks a little trappish, but not that much will fit. Think for a while then try
CLIMB

A lucky pair of answers makes today’s puzzle practically a walk in the park. Scoredle had the exact same sequence as I did from the start word, so I got that going for me.

Wordle 1,020 3/6*

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LEAST
FILLY
CLIMB

Wordle 1,020 3/6

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ROUTE
SNAIL
CLIMB

Can’t believe I pulled a birdie out of that. Scordle showed 43 words left, about 15 of which were legit possibilities. So I’ll cop to being lucky, though I do think I played it pretty well.

Wordle 1,020 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
BLINK
CLIMB

BLINK sorted out Cliff, Climb, and Clink to guarantee a 4.

Wordle 1,020 3/6*

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Nymph
Flame
Climb

WB 4 :mending_heart:

Wordle 1,020 3/6*

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PLATE
CLOUD
CLIMB

FRI APR 5

Wordle 1,021 3/6*

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ALONE
SHIRT
WRIST

Been a busy couple of days, but I managed to Wordle!

Yesterday:

Wordle 1,019 3/6*

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IRATE
STAIN
PLAIT

This one pissed me off. I saw PLAIT before any other word, but I just couldn’t believe that would be a Wordle word. Dummy me!

Today:

Wordle 1,020 3/6*

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IRATE
SPINY
CLIMB

According to WordleBot, I got the answer out of 15 possibles. So I guess that kind of makes up for yesterday!

[spoiler]Wordle 1,021 3/6

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I got a 3!

SLOTH
CRUST
WRIST

Wordle 1,021 5/6

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PLANT
ROSET
SHIRT
GRIST
WRIST

Screwed this one up despite having tons of help from the previous answers list. After 2 I saw first, tryst and crust, in order, but all have been answers. Then shirt, but no joy. If I had taken half a second to keep looking after seeing grist I probably would have seen wrist and definitely would have guessed it over grist for a 4.

Wordle 1,021 3/6

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RATIO
SHIRT
WRIST