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

[pjd]

Wordle 1,065 5/6*

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

Stupid stupid stupid… i thought of HITCH before PITCH …

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,065 4/6

STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY — could be hitch or witch
HITCH

[chiliwillybing]

Wordle 1,065 4/6

RAISE
TONIC
HYPED
HITCH

[The_Other_Waldo_Pepper]

Wordle 1,065 6/6*

ALONE
SHIRT
PITCH
WITCH
DITCH
HITCH

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1065 6/6

524
16
8
7
6

SLANT
CHORE
PITCH
DITCH
WITCH
HITCH

First 6 since Wordle 810.

After 2, I saw my guesses 3-5 as possibilities, but overlooked the solution. If I’d seen that there were four rather than three possibilities, I’d have gone with a sleuth word on 3 to avoid the trap. Oops.

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,065 2/6

HEART
HITCH

[Chefguy]

Blargh.

Wordle 1,065 6/6

RAISE
CLOUD - so one vowel, which could mean doubling
ICING - nope
PICKY
WITCH
HITCH

[EllisDee]

Wordle 1,065 4/6

PLANT
STORE
HOWDY
HITCH

Previous answer list was no help since this was the very first _ITCH to be a wordle answer. I assume bitch is not in the answer list, and my opener eliminated pitch, but that still left ditch, hitch and witch. I was happy to find a sleuth word that checked all three, including checking H in first position.

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,065 5/6* 5/19/2024

BRINY → Slow start. Would like to try E and three comcons to go with that I here, but couldn’t find a good word that moved the I. I dialed back to an A for the vowel and took a P as well
PLAIT → and didn’t get much for it. I can try a plural word that gets me the letters I’m wanting, even if I’m giving up a shot at the birdie
MITES → So I stalled out here thinking how to try O or U, and sat looking at it a while until I saw C & H, which led to spotting a possible trap that I think I will at least finish correctly with
DITCH → Not the D. Repeat the H?
HITCH
WITCH was my final guess, of course. Scoredle gets into the trap earlier but ends at the same point. Seems like today will be a tough one.

[Wheelz]

Wordle 1,065 6/6

TRAIN
STILE
WITTY
PITCH
DITCH
HITCH

I will defend going for the terminal Y, as there were four, maybe five, legit possibilities.
After that, I could have sleuthed my way to a five (which would have been less than satisfying) or roll the dice for a four, five or six. As seems to be the case lately, the dice did not roll in my favor.

[SeaSun]

Wordle 1,065 4/6

SLATE
CHOIR
HOWDY
HITCH

Looking at a four-word trap…up went HOWDY to sort it out.

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@EllisDee

I was happy to find a sleuth word that checked all three, including checking H in first position.

Same!

[gkster]

Wordle 1,065 4/6*

PLATE
STOIC
THICK
HITCH
Thanking my lucky stars that I didn’t see DITCH or WITCH after my 3rd guess!
The bot says that only 78% of hard mode players solved this one, which means a load of broken streaks.

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,066 4/6

RATIO
SHIRE
LINER
NICER

[SuntanLotion]

[spoiler]Wordle 1,066 3/6

[/spoiler]

ATONE
MINER
NICER

[The_Other_Waldo_Pepper]

Wordle 1,066 4/6*

ALONE
PENIS
NITER
NICER

[pjd]

Wordle 1,066 4/6*

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

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,066 2/6* 5/20/2024

HITCH → Interesting. CIDER, but CITER doesn’t work, and I’d really like two comcons here with that E. With C in middle, that’s
NICER

I totally didn’t see CIVIL, CIVIC or CIGAR, but then I was focusing on different letters at the time. Scoredle takes 4 to finish from HITCH, but it does so much more methodically than I did. But hey, even a lucky two is cool.

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1066 3/6

584
1

SLANT
CHORE
NICER than yesterday!

[Bullitt]

Well played, if I do say so myself!

Wordle 1,066 3/6

STERN — *3 correct on the 1st guess; could I possibly get it in 2? *
But there are too many possibilities: arena boner drone ender inner loner miner namer nerdy nerve nervy newer nicer niner owner prone renal urine.
I need to find other letters so I need a test word.
CLAIM — trying to find other letters, this turns out to be an excellent attempt.
NICER

After my first guess, STERN, there were too many possibilities. Many of those possible words had already been used. Here they are: anger brine crane diner finer goner infer liner never prune range renew under.

I’m very happy with my birdie!

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,066 4/6

HEART
BONER
UNDER
NICER