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

I snagged a two on 1051. Whenever that happens, it’s “I am clever, or was it the only really viable option?”

Wordle 1051 4/6

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SLANT
LARCH
VOCAL
DECAL

Wordle 1,051 3/6

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RAISE
LEANT
DECAL

Wordle 1,051 4/6

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RAISE - A new opening word for me on a whim
PLEAT
LEGAL
DECAL

Wordle 1,051 4/6*

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ALONE
STEAL
MEDAL
DECAL

Wordle 1,051 2/6

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HEART
DECAL (very nearly went with PECAN) woot a deuce!

Wordle 1,051 5/6

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PLANT
LASER
AMBLE
DELAY
DECAL

The letter C is giving me side-eye, angrily tapping its foot…“What, am I a joke to you?!”

Wordle 1,051 5/6* 5/5/2024

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VALUE → Don’t know whether this is a good ending or bad. On the plus side, lots of letters. Minus: fewer spots with which to guess. With two vowels gone, I’m thinking consonants for a while.
LEARN → That guess exercised two, found none. Though placing the E is nice. I’ve got a word with two more comcons; it’s a proper name but also an SI unit, so maybe…
TESLA → Good: valid word. Bad: no new letters, nothing placed. Next: traplike, but I’ve already burned a bunch of letters, so maybe…
MEDAL → Somehow I lucked into the best word that wasn’t the answer.
DECAL

Next time if I get that exact choice again, I’ll probably guess the “right” (aka wrong) way. On the plus side, it was a fun and reasonably fast five.

Wordle 1,051 5/6

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TRAIN
MAPLE
BLEAK
DELAY
DECAL

Just chasing letters all over the board. I probably could have chosen better consonants at two and three, but hindsight is 20/20.

Wordle 1,051 3/6*

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LEAST
RELAX
DECAL

Wordle 1,051 3/6

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SLATE
CANDY
DECAL

Lucky 2nd word. :grinning:

This one was annoying.

Wordle 1,051 4/6*

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IRATE
PLEAD
DELAY
DECAL

This game was a teaser. After my second guess getting 4 letters, I felt sure my third try was the answer! But no.

Wordle 1,051 4/6*

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PLATE
LAMER
IDEAL
DECAL

MON MAY 6th

Wordle 1,052 3/6*

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ALONE
STAKE
SHAVE

[spoiler]Wordle 1,052 4/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:[/spoiler]

SHORT
SHINY
SHAME
SHAVE

I had a feel it started with sh and I was right

Wordle 1,052 3/6

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PLANT
SCARE
SHAVE

Shale, shape and share were eliminated by my first two words. Shade, shake and shame have already been answers. Leaving only shave, woohoo! Plus a fun little symmetrical all-green picture.

Wordle 1,052 4/6

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RATIO
SHALE
VAMPY
SHAVE

This is one where I suspect that the prior word list would have helped. The trap left me with D, K, M, P or V so I went with the best sleuth word to guarantee st least a five.

Wordle 1,052 5/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
HAWKS
SHAVE

Wordle 1,052 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\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 V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,052 3/6

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dang so close to back to back deuces
HEART
SHAPE
SHAVE