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

Wordle 1,021 4/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
WRIST

Wordle 1,021 4/6*

\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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1021 3/6

Scoredle 3/6*

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SLANT
GRIST
WRIST

I’d have gone with WRIST instead of GRIST if I’d thought of it FRIST. :upside_down_face:
But there were a lot of possibilities out there after my starting word that I just plain didn’t see. So I was luckier than I realized at first just to be in the right ballpark.

Wordle 1,021 3/6

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RAISE
CRISP
WRIST

Wordle 1,021 3/6

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HEART
PRINT almost went for GRIFT for my next word but chose WRIST instead
WRIST

Wordle 1,021 2/6*

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Write
Wrist

Just once I’d like a 1.

Wordle 1,021 4/6

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SLATE
JOUST - Okay, so it’s an ‘i’ or a ‘y’
TRYST - Could be grist for the mill, but I think it’s. . .
WRIST

Wordle 1,021 5/6

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RATIO
TILER
PRINT
DRIFT
WRIST

Bad five. My second word did me no favors, and PRINT, despite placing the three letters, didn’t eliminate much.
Then I saw WRIIST, but then saw DRIFT and GRIFT, so I figured I should play the F. I did not see GRIST, so a six was still on the table anyway. Not my best game.

Wordle 1,021 3/6* 4/5/2024

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CLIMB → OK, let’s try three comcons and an E to go with that… hmm, try…
TRIES → Good guess! SRI?? goes nowhere, so it must be ?RIST, could be GRIST or more likely
WRIST

Scoredle takes five guesses from my start word, so I’d call that a really lucky second guess - except that, going for the comcons and trying an E, it only makes sense. Perplexed, but happy with a birdie.

A 4 today. Was a coin flip which word to try first, and I lost.

Wordle 1,021 4/6*

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IRATE
TRICK
DRIFT
WRIST

Wordle 1,021 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
WRIST

Wordle 1,021 4/6*

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PLATE
STINT
GRIST
WRIST
I saw GRIST and WRIST but somehow thought that WRIST wasn’t as likely. Oh well.
Could have been a 3, who knows what I was thinking.

[spoiler]Wordle 1,022 4/6

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CRANE
SONIC
PINCH
FINCH

Wordle 1,022 5/6

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RATIO
SHINE
WINCH
CLUMP
FINCH

After two I was pretty sure it was xINCH. I figured it was a WORDLE kind of thing to start with the same letter. That left CINCH, PINCH and FINCH. Went with a sleuth word to guarantee the five.

Wordle 1,022 5/6*

\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[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 Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,022 5/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
HAWKS
FINCH

Wordle 1022 4/6

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:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 9
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SLANT
CHORE
WIMPY
FINCH

After 2, I had it down to FINCH, MUNCH, PINCH, PUNCH, and WINCH because BUNCH and HUNCH had already been used. (And that was the complete list of possibilities, as it turned out.) Any guess at a solution on 3 (1/5 chance of being right) would have left me with at least a 1/5 chance of going to 5, and I dislike getting 5s more than I like getting 3s, so I came up with a sleuth word to guarantee the 4.

Wordle 1,022 6/6*

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ALONE
THINS
HINKY
PINCH
WINCH
FINCH

Wordle 1,022 6/6

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PLANT
SNORE
DINGY
CINCH
WINCH
FINCH

Yikes. I didn’t even check the previous words list for cinch, which of course has already been an answer. Two days in a row with bad mistakes.

Wordle 1,022 4/6

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RAISE
TONIC
PINCH
FINCH