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

The Game Room
6881

Wordle 1,032 3/6

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PLANT
BRAND
SHANK

With two greens right out of the gate I started immediately guessing for the win. B let me down, but at least I still pulled out a 3. We don’t need no stinkin’ vowels!

6882

[spoiler]Wordle 1,032 4/6

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TEPID
MUNCH
SHOWN
SHANK

6883

Wordle 1,032 5/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ \end{aligned}

Damn.

6884

Wordle 1032 3/6

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SLANT
SWANK
SHANK

Had a good shot at the 2, but missed. After my starting word, it could’ve also been SPANK or (doubtful!) SKANK.

6885

Wordle 1,032 3/6

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AISLE
ROAST
SHANK

My first thought was SPANK, but I decided that wasn’t very Wordle-y.
Scordle says there were 110 words left, but the vast majority ended in S, so I wasn’t as lucky as you might think.

(Fun fact: Scordle considers DBAGS a valid word.)

6886

Wordle 1,032 5/6

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HEART
SHALL
SHADY
SHACK
SHANK

6887

Aw crap, a Wordle trap.

Wordle 1,032 5/6

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CRANE
STAND - Why does wordlebot think that ‘ghost’ would have been a better choice?
SPANK
SWANK
SHANK - At least I avoided ‘stank’ and ‘skank’

6888

Wordle 1,032 4/6

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RAISE
SCALP
STAND
SHANK

6889
Wordle 1,032 5/6* 4/16/2024

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EQUIP → Strikeout! Good second word, here we come!
ROAST → Placing a middle A is cool. Only vowel left is Y, so I’ll go with consonants from here on out, barring something really unexpected… Place the S at start, use L & N, and I can tack on a G for
SLANG → Looks traplike, but there are only so many consonant pairs left to go around the A. I do see one word
SWANK → Ahh, should have thought about the H.
SHANK

Scoredle beat me fair and square on this one, though it prefers TORAS to ROAST on the second guess. Seems surprising, given how few solution words end with S (versus regular English, of course).

6890

Happy with a 3 today.

Wordle 1,032 3/6*

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IRATE
SCALP
SHANK

I didn’t really think SHANK would be it, because it seems a little violent for Wordle. (But I didn’t think SNAFU would be an accepted Wordle word, either – and apparently it is, according to WordleBot.) I just figured a lot of potential answers would start with ‘SH’ and I’m always happy to test both ‘N’ and ‘K’ – and there it was. Lucky!

6891

Wordle 1,032 4/6*

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LEAST
SHAKY
SHARK
SHANK

6892

There is more than one definition for SHANK. Such as: Located beneath the brisket, shank meat is cut from the leg above the knee to the shoulder or hip .

6893

That’s a good point. Too much time spent in the company of criminal defendants, I guess!

6894

Also if you hit a golf ball with the heel of your club and the ball shoots out sideways, that’s called a shank.

6895

Wordle 1,032 3/6*

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ALONE
THANS
SHANK

6896

Wordle 1,032 3/6*

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PLATE
CHASM
SHANK
I saw SHANK first, but decided to go with CHASM. Could have had a 2. Oh well

6897

[spoiler]Wordle 1,033 5/6

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CRANE
MOUSE
WHITE
LITHE
TITHE

6898

Wordle 1,033 5/6

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RATIO
DITCH
PITHY
LItHE
TITHE

I got the strangest message on my phone. It said that my stats didn’t match and offered me a choice from two sets of stats, one from a month ago and one from one minute ago. I chose the latter so hopefully they are still accurate, but why would it do that?

6899

Wordle 1,032 3/6

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SLATE
PINCH
SHANK

Lots of words to choose from after my start word. PINCH would check a lot of them…and it turned out to leave just the answer. :grinning:

6900

Wordle 1,033 5/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
HAWKS
TITHE