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

[spoiler]Wordle 1,060 5/6

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Wordle 1,059 4/6*

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PLATE
MINOR
NIMBY-dumb move!
CUMIN

Wordle 1,060 4/6

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RATIO
SHALE
QUAYS
AMASS

Could not come up with a third word so threw SAUYx into an anagram generator.QUAYS was the only thing that fit. Even though it was pleural at least I got the vowels.

Wordle 1,060 4/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\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 A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,060 4/6

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RAISE
CLASH
BOAST
AMASS

Wordle 1,060 4/6

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HEART
PLANK
SCAMP
AMASS

Wordle 1,060 5/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
HAWKS
AMASS

Wordle 1,060 3/6

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SLANT
CRASH
AMASS

This took a while.
I saw QUASI very quickly, but refused to believe it could be the solution, and didn’t figure it would help me much if it wasn’t.
So I kept looking… and looking… for something else. Finally I saw it, but still hesitated before doubling up on two letters I’d already placed.
The word I didn’t see was ABASE. The first A would have gotten me there, and I wouldn’t have been mad about a four. Quite happy for a three today!

Wordle 1,060 5/6

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Well, that got ugly.

SLATE
CRASH
QUASI - isn’t this more of a prefix than a stand alone word?
AGASP - hey, I saw it in a crossword puzzle
AMASS

Wordle 1,060 3/6*

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LEAST
CRASH
AMASS

I really didnt think that was it, but thought I’d give it a shot!

Wordle 1,060 4/6* 5/14/2024

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CUMIN → Picking up a less-common consonant early is always nice, right? OK, so now that that turd is polished, let me try a good second word
STEAM → Not bad. Really need to place some letters. R is still out there, so
HARMS → Good placement on the S. And I’ve almost exhausted the M. I see one word that would place both A & M, but I would have to double up on the S as well… Fourth guess, I’ll give it a shot.
AMASS

Scoredle says there were seven words left, but six of 'em were bogus. I was a little surprised when everything started coming up green - I thought I was going on a position hunt for a solution in five.

Wordle 1060 3/6

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SLANT
CHIRP
AMASS

So where’s the S? With it in the second position, I could only find the already-used USAGE. In the fourth slot, ABASE had already been used, and I could only find AMASS and UKASE. I thought the latter was the sort of word a NYT editor would know and maybe even use once in a rare while, but us mere mortals almost never see, so it was an easy choice.

Wordle 1,060 4/6*

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ALONE
ASPIC
ARTSY
AMASS

A par kinda day.

Wordle 1,060 4/6*

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IRATE
SPANK
CLASH
AMASS

Wordle 1,060 3/6

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SLATE
ABASH
AMASS

Out of the words I was seeing, there were a few I was feeling more than Abash, but I felt that one would tell me the most, and it sure did.

Wordle 1,060 5/6

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PLANT
SCARE
QUASI
AWASH
AMASS

All day long I could only see quasi, but really didn’t want to play it. Finally, with midnight approaching I had to just try. Before the letters had even finished turning over I saw awash and was mad at myself for not seeing it 5 seconds earlier. Then even that wasn’t the answer. Just terrible all around. The double double gets me good.

Wordle 1,060 4/6*

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PLATE
SCARY
ABASH
AMASS

WED MAY 15th

Wordle 1,061 4/6*

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ALONE
UNITY
WINCH
PINCH

[spoiler]Wordle 1,061 2/6

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ATONE
PINCH

WOO HOO!

Wordle 1,061 2/6

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PLANT
PINCH

Best way to follow a 5 is with the 2.