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

Wordle 1,052 4/6

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RAISE
SHAPE
MIKED
SHAVE

Wordle 1,052 4/6

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CRANE
SPATE
SHALE
SHAVE

Wordle 1052 3/6

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SLANT
PERCH
SHAVE

I found 29 possible solutions after my starting word. 10 of them had already been used, but that still left 19 possibilities. If the solution had been SHAKY or SHADY, I’d have had to guess which one it was on 3, but my second word identified the solution if it was any of the other 17. So I was pleased with the 3, and with the process of getting there.

And SUAVE.

Hush, you!

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Wordle 1,052 4/6

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SLATE
CHUNK
PROVE
SHAVE

I’m not too proud of this par.
CHUNK was not a great second word; despite placing the H, it still left five options, and no words that could test more than three of them.
Sloppily played.

Wordle 1,052 5/6* 5/6/2024

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DECAL → Got vowels-a-poppin’! So I can switch them and load up on comcons for the second guess.
SANER → Good one on the S! I’m glad I kept looking past RATES. Plus, the placed S gives me fewer places to shuffle A & E into. Next, something with a T and another consonant, and hunt for the vowels’ places
STEAK → That ain’t right. Dumb-de-dumb-dumb! STAKE would have been right. In fact, S?A?E must be it. Wasted guess. And now I see a word that makes me worry I have another vowel…
SUAVE → Nope, I didn’t. That was a close
SHAVE

Clumsily played. Scoredle tries the same second guess, then jumps right to the answer on three and stays on it through my fourth guess. Smug Scoredle.

Wordle 1,052 2/6*

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LEAST
SHAVE

Sweet!

Wordle 1,052 4/6

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SLATE
SHARE
SHAPE
SHAVE

I’ll certainly take the par today.

Wordle 1,052 4/6*

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IRATE
SCALE
SHAPE
SHAVE

I just noticed that they are now offering to play the Archives…is anyone going to play games they haven’t played before? I still haven’t set up an account, but I just might do so now.

I started playing this game at the end of January 2022, but I played sporadically until March 2022, and then played daily from there. I did miss some games now and again, and I think it might be fun to play all the ones I haven’t played. I do have the previous answers in a spreadsheet, but I won’t remember them…at least not what dates they showed up, and certainly can’t recall all of the words.

Wordle 1,052 3/6*

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PLATE
SHARE
SHAVE

And I didn’t start playing regularly until mid 2022, so I’d like to play some of the archives!

WordleBot took 6 guesses to solve this one.

Wordle 1,053 4/6

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RATIO
CHUTE
LUSTY
MUSTY

Should have been a three but I went for the better letter but less likely word.

Wordle 1,053 5/6* 5/7/2024

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SHAVE → Slow start. Time for one of my favorite second guesses
ROIST → Four vowels down and no hits. Feel like I need to try U & Y both there, and fortunately there’s a word that can do it
LUSTY → Uh oh. Didn’t see that one coming. B, D, G, M all in play, 4 letters in three guesses. I’ll leave BUSTY out, GUSTY for last, and try
DUSTY → first, but that wasn’t it, so
MUSTY

I feel very fortunate with today’s solution. Scoredle, starting from SHAVE, finishes in 3, adroitly avoiding the trap.

Wordle 1,053 4/6*

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

Wordle 1053 4/6

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SLANT
THOSE
MISTY
MUSTY

I like my 3rd guess better than their solution.

Wordle 1,053 4/6*

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ALONE
SHIRT
DUSTY
MUSTY

[spoiler]Wordle 1,053 4/6

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LEAST
STICK
GUSTO
MUSTY

Wordle 1,053 4/6

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HEART
STILL
JOUST
MUSTY

Wordle 1,053 4/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
MUSTY