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

Wordle 679 4/6*

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UNITE
COVER
CLEAR
CEDAR

Wordle 679 2/6*

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

Wordle 679 3/6

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ALONE
TREAD
CEDAR

Wordle 679 3/6

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LEAST
ROUND
CEDAR — I’m guessing there will be a lot of 3s today

Wordle 679 3/6*

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ADIEU
DREAD
CEDAR

Wordle 679 3/6

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Good scores by quite a few today!
HEART
RECAP
CEDAR

Wordle 679 3/6

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CRANE
CLEAR
CEDAR

Wordle 679 3/6*

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TOADY
MEDAL
CEDAR

Wordle 679 4/6

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PLANT
RACES
CREAM
CEDAR

I was sure cream was the answer after I confirmed that creak has already been one. Props to anyone who 3ed this without checking D.

Yesterday:

Wordle 678 4/6

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ALIEN
STAIR
RABBI
CIRCA

Started this at 8:30 am and was stuck after two, so I set it aside for a bit. Then I got busy, and then our wifi went out. I almost didn’t get to finish, but I got back to it at about 10:30 pm, and was just as stuck as before.
I finally hit on RABBI and was sure that hat to be it. After that it was down to CAPRI and CIRCA. Definitely the longest time between starting and finishing I’ve ever had.

Today:

Wordle 679 3/6

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IRATE
RENAL
CEDAR

This started feeling a lot like yesterday’s. Got stuck for a while after two, but having the vowels placed really helped. I had to run through the alphabet with R in both places, and CEDAR made the most sense. A hard-earned birdie.

Wordle 679 3/6*

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CRANE
CAPER
CEDAR

Got off to a good start, this time also making good on its promise…

Wordle 678 4/6

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STARE
MORAY
BURKA
CIRCA

Tough slog.

Wordle 679 4/6

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OUTER
SHEAR
DEBAR
CEDAR

Less fraught, today. Getting the ‘ends with AR’ early helped.

Wordle 679 4/6

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STARE
PAGER
DEBAR
CEDAR

Wordle 680 4/6

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RATIO
SHALE
CLAMP
PLAZA

Wordle 679 2/6*

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READY
CEDAR

Pretty happy with this one.

Wordle 680 5/6*

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GRUEL
CLAIM
FLANK
BLAST
PLAZA

Wordle 680 6/6*

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RATIO
PLANE
PLAYS
PLAUD
PLACK
PLAZA

I didn’t know the English language contained that many PLA-words. Also don’t know how I managed not to see PLAZA sooner…

Wordle 680 6/6*

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

Wordle 680 5/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMPat this point the answer is APPLY, PLAYA or PLAZA
PLAYA
PLAZA

Wordle 680 4/6

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RAISE
ALONG
CLAMP
PLAZA