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

Wordle 1,041 4/6

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CRANE
MOURN
SNORT
INTRO

Better than the last few days, but not stellar.

Wordle 1,041 3/6*

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LEAST
TRUNK
INTRO

That last word took me a minute!

Wordle 1,041 3/6

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ALONE
NORTH
INTRO

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Wordle 1,041 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
INTRO

Another 2! How lucky am I?

Wordle 1,041 2/6*

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IRATE
INTRO

I was quite surprised to learn there was no other answer after my opening word except INTRO. I didn’t think it was even an acceptable Wordle word – I just couldn’t think of anything else. And it looks like I wasn’t the only one!

Wordle 1,041 4/6*

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PLATE
TRIOS
NITRO
INTRO

Count me in with everyone else wondering about NITRO and INTRO and if they’re really words.

Wordle 1,042 4/6

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RATIO
BASIC
MAXIM
VAPID

This was a tough one. I hate having to go systemically through the alphabet checking letters but I was having a terrible time finding words that fit. I don’t know if I missed any but my guesses seem really random even to me. Also surprised that LAPIZ was not a valid word.

If nothing else, a cool pattern.

[spoiler]Wordle 1,042 3/6

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STAIN
RAPID
VAPID

Wordle 1042 3/6

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SLANT
CHIRP
VAPID

Fortunately didn’t see PIZZA, the only other possibility after 2.

Wordle 1,042 3/6

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PLANT
SPEAR
VAPID

I kept thinking happy, but that’s already been an answer.

Wordle 1,042 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,042 4/6*

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ALONE
TRASH
DAMPY
VAPID

Wordle 1,042 5/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
HAWKS
VAPID

Wordle 1,042 3/6

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RAISE
PANIC
VAPID

Wordle 1,042 4/6

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HEART
APPLY
CAPON
VAPID

I wasn’t so lucky.

Wordle 1,042 4/6

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CRANE
SLOPE
PIZZA
VAPID

Wordle 1,042 5/6*

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LEAST
WAGON
HAIKU
RABBI
VAPID

That was a toughie!

Wordle 1,042 3/6

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ARISE
PATIO
VAPID

For some reason, I had a feeling there would be a third vowel. I was wrong, but that led me to a fortuitous hit on the P.

Wordle 1,042 4/6* 4/26/2024

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INTRO → That’s a slow start. Having hit one vowel, I think I’ll try just one more next, and three consonants
SMILE → Didn’t even place the I. OK, more consonants, and I’ll try to throw in the Y
DICKY → Yeah, don’t judge, I should have gone with PICKY. Not many words end with an I, and I haven’t tried the A yet, so perhaps ?A?I? with a D in there, thought RAPID for a second but the R is gone but it let me to
VAPID

Kinda feels like I saved a par, but I got a bit lucky as APHID was still out there. Scoredle makes a better second guess than I do (AISLE) but still ends up taking a four.

Wordle 1,042 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
VAPID