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

Wordle 1,027 3/6*

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ALONE
LOUPE
LOUSE

Wordle 1,027 4/6

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PLANT
ROLES
LOOSE
LOUSE

No chance I was going to see louse before loose.

Wordle 1027 4/6

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SLANT
LOSER
LOOSE
LOUSE

I saw louse first, and didn’t see loose until a last-minute check to make sure I wasn’t missing anything. At which point it was the more obvious choice. Such is life.

Wordle 1,027 3/6

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RAISE
CLOSE
LOUSE

Wordle 1,027 4/6

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HEART
SPIKE
CLOSE
LOUSE

Wordle 1,027 3/6

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STERN
GLOBE
LOUSE

Pah! Shoulda been a three.

Wordle 1,027 4/6

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SLATE
POISE - So, do I pick loose or louse? It’s probably “loose”.
LOOSE - Feh!
LOUSE

Wordle 1,027 3/6*

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LEAST
LOOSE <— Flipped a coin. Dammit, wrong one!
LOUSE

Wordle 1,027 4/6* 4/11/2024

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BROTH → Yep, slow start. Can I get a word with three comcons and and E? It’s bogus, but what the heck
LOSEN → And… that’s really good. For some reason, there’s one word that’s jumping right out at me now, so I’ll try it
LOESS → Should have known it wasn’t common enough for Wordle. Ah, well, easy to see
LOUSE

I blame that Geology 101 course so many years ago for missing birdie today. Scoredle gets a three by going through LOCUS which seems oddly specific but there you go.

Wordle 1,027 3/6

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ORATE
CLONE
LOUSE

One of my start words! I missed an ace by about a week.
But I liked this birdie a lot. Other words were SOLVE, LODGE, and LOUPE (and maybe JOULE). LOUSE was my best choice to ensure a four, and bingo!

OK. I am totally confused by your post. Why is the

B
orange?

Wordle 1,027 2/6

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SLATE
LOUSE

Sure got lucky with that one…I was seeing 4 words and just picked the right one. :tada:

Wordle 1,027 3/6*

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PLATE
GUILE
LOUSE

It took me forever to come up with this one, after trying loads of combinations. Turns out that after my 2nd guess, there was just 1 answer left.

Only took about 3 minutes, but it was still a 4. :confused:

Wordle 1,027 4/6*

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IRATE
SCONE
DOUSE
LOUSE

Lost the coin toss.

Friday, April 12th

Wordle 1,028 4/6

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PLANT
SCONE
DRUNK
WHINY

Burned through quite a few letters getting to the answer.

Wordle 1,028 4/6

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RATIO
SHINE
CHINK
WHINY

Wordle 1,028 5/6

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STERNone of these days this will be the Wordle!
CLOUD
GIMPYthis pretty much leaves only unify and whiny
UNIFYDAMN! I forgot that unify had already been used
WHINY

[spoiler]Wordle 1,028 4/6

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STARK
CLOWN
WINDY
WHINY

Wordle 1,028 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[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \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 Y} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,028 4/6*

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ALONE
SHUNT
CHINK
WHINY