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

Me and Elvis: caught in a trap.

Wordle 1,066 6/6

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RAISE
WEIRD
TIGER
HIKER
RICER
NICER

Wordle 1,066 3/6

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RAISE
LITER
NICER

Wordle 1,066 3/6

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PLANT
SNORE
NICER

Super lucky.

Wordle 1,066 4/6*

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LEAST
HOMEY
PIKER
NICER

Wordle 1,066 3/6

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TONER
DINER
NICER

Lucked and fumbled my way to a birdie. The luck part was coming up with the ER ending right out of the box.
Then, despite the dumb move of putting the N back in the wrong spot, my second word eliminated all other possibilities.
I’ll take it!

Been busy the past couple of days – but not too busy to Wordle!

Yesterday:

Wordle 1,065 5/6*

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IRATE
SPLIT
THICK
WITCH
HITCH

Not much better today. But at least I didn’t lose my streak!

Wordle 1,066 4/6*

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IRATE
BIKER
MINER
NICER

Wordle 1,066 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
NICER

Wordle 1,066 3/6*

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PLATE
DINER
NICER

TUE MAY 21st

Wordle 1,067 5/6*

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ALONE
SONIC
MINOR
BINGO
DINGO

Wordle 1,067 3/6

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RATIO
LINGO
DINGO

Another day, another trap.

Wordle 1,067 3/6

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PLANT
SNORE
DINGO

Another lucky 3, though this time I didn’t see many words I liked better than dingo. I like it better than bingo, for example.

Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid.

Wordle 1,067 5/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
DOING
DINGO

Wordle 1,067 3/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,067 4/6* 5/21/2024

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NICER β†’ Not a bad start. Would like to try two comcons and an A, but fumbled around trying to find a word that doesn’t exist. But I did see one word that tickled my fancy and figured I’d give it a try and trust the B
BISON β†’ No B. No S either, though that O is a nice pickup. I considered where to place the N, decided on the middle which forced the O to the end, then thought of L which brought me to
LINGO β†’ So close. It ate my baby!
DINGO
J
was also a possibility. Scoredle has a tough time with NICER as the start word, running through several possibles to finish with a bogey, so my second guess getting the O was pretty lucky.

Wordle 1067 5/6

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SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
BINGO
DINGO

Gotta admit, I didn’t have β€˜dingo’ on my Bingo card. By jingo, for a moment there I thought I might get another 6; I figured if β€˜dingo’ was fair game, so was β€˜jingo.’

Wordle 1,067 5/6

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RAISE
TONIC
BINGO
LINGO
DINGO

Wordle 1,067 3/6*

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LEAST
DROWN
DINGO

This puzzle ate my baby.

Wordle 1,067 5/6

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SLATE- oof
PINCH
ZINGY
BINGO
DINGO

When will Wordle run out of words?

Wordle 1,067 6/6

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LINER
MINUS
PINCH
TINNY
BINGO
DINGO

The DINGO almost ate my streak.
Okay, I definitely should have played this more thoughtfully, but jeez, you’d think I’d at least accidentally find a letter somewhere along the way.
My second six in three days, and third in the last two weeks. Ugh.