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

Wordle 1,033 4/6

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PLANT
STORE
WHITE
TITHE

So tithe first after 2 but didn’t love it so kept looking until I found white. You win some you lose some.

@psychobunny that’s bizarre. Do your stats appear correct?

Wordle 1,033 4/6*

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

Is it still the shank of the evening - yesterday’s evening, that is - anywhere still? Anyhow, spoiling the comment on yesterday’s Wordle just in case.

Wordle 1033 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
TITHE

Apparently had it down to one real word after 2, but took me forever to find just what it was.

Wordle 1,033 3/6*

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Guild
Bitch
Tithe

WB loved my first guess had no comment whatsoever about my second.

Wordle 1,033 4/6*

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ALONE
SHIRE
WITHE
TITHE

Yes, I figured it was TITHE at #3. But, in a very real sense, I found myself wondering: what the hell is WITHE?

Wordle 1,033 4/6

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OPIUM
RINSE
BILGE
TITHE

Saved par by using up most of the consonants. Still, I deliberated long and hard before doubling a letter that wasn’t already on the board. I avoided TITLE at three for that reason. It still would have led me to a four, but in less time.

Wordle 1,033 3/6

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HEART
THESE
TITHE

Wordle 1,033 4/6

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SLATE
POINT
TITLE - bad choice because the ‘t’ was already dead, but otherwise good
TITHE

Wordle 1,033 4/6* 4/17/2024

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SHANK → Slow start, but KOed N & S. I"ll try O & L with a couple more comcons, and the H of course
HELOT → E & T are nice pickups, but still nothing placed. I’ll try to put T & H together, and maybe it’s time to repeat the E
ETHER → Didn’t do much except elmiinate another possibility. H must be 4th or 5th, so if it’s fifth, T 4th, E must slide into middle… TEETH, but already excluded. So, -THE ending, L is gone, hmm, do I feel lucky with another repeat letter?
TITHE

Nice save for par, though there weren’t any other words left. Getting the H was pretty huge here, but not placing it until the very end was a bit deflating.

Wordle 1,033 4/6

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RAISE
MINCE
LITHE
TITHE

Wordle 1,033 3/6*

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LEAST
QUITE
TITHE

Ugh. Got it in 3, but what a slog!

Wordle 1,033 3/6*

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IRATE
THINE
TITHE

Nothing worked, nothing worked. I finally got to TIGHE (not a word, so far as I know) and the penny dropped at last. It turns out TITHE was the only word left after my second try. I say again, ugh!!

Wordle 1,033 4/6*

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PLATE
TROVE
THINE
TITHE

@Aspenglow I stared at THINE for ages and kept on transposing letters before figuring out the answer!

THU APR 18th

Wordle 1,034 5/6*

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ALONE
STEAK
TEACH
CATER
FACET

Wordle 1,034 5/6

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RATIO
SAUTÉ
TAKEN
CADET
FACET

That was a slog.

In response to the one who asked, I don’t know my exact stats but I think the higher number seemed accurate for the total.

Wordle 1,033 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
TITHE

Wordle 1,034 3/6

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PLANT
RESAT
FACET

I was confident it was of the form _A_ET, but I couldn’t see any words to fit. So I started going through the alphabet, first checking B in first position then B in third position, and then when I got to C I found both cadet and facet. At that point I stopped looking and picked facet over cadet because it’s a more generic word. Luck was with me today.

[spoiler]Wordle 1,034 4/6

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NACHO
TACKY
MATCH
FACET

Wordle 1,034 5/6*

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