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

Wordle 1,067 4/6*

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PLATE
MINOR
BINGO
DINGO

I see I’m not the only one who couldn’t resist quoting the dingo got my baby line

Wordle 1,067 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
BINGO
DINGO

WED, MAY 22nd

Wordle 1,068 5/6*

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ALONE
STEAL
VALET
LEAST
EXALT

[spoiler]Wordle 1,068 3/6

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TRACE
FEAST
EXALT

Wordle 1,068 3/6

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PLANT
LEAST
EXALT

Got my hopes up for a 2.

Wordle 1,068 3/6

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RATIO
SLATE
EXALT

Wordle 1,068 5/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
HAWKS
EXALT

Wordle 1,068 5/6*

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

Stupid 3rd guess.

Wordle 1068 3/6

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SLANT
DEALT
EXALT

Had a shot at the 2 - LEAPT had already been used, so that left DEALT and EXALT. Lost the metaphorical coin toss. Such is life.

Crap forgot to play yesterday

Wordle 1,068 3/6

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HEART
EXACT
EXALT

Wordle 1,068 3/6

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RAISE
LEANT
EXALT

Wordle 1,068 2/6*

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LEAST
EXALT

The 2 jumped out at me!

Man, I was sure a two was in my immediate future.

Wordle 1,068 3/6

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SLATE - after a blank yesterday, I figured this was a good bet for today
DEALT - what I get for not using word lists
EXALT

Wordle 1,068 3/6* 5/22/2024

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DINGO → A bit disappointing, but it allows me a good first word second
LEAST → Oh my. E can’t go fourth, so must be first, ELA?T goes nowhere, but E?ALT looks like
EXALT

Another regular here got me to use Xes as blanks when trying to construct and visualize possible words, so this really jumped out at me. Scoredle goes for an R in its second guess, which turns out to be a poor choice, and ends up with a par.

Wordle 1,068 3/6

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LEANT
CLEAT
EXALT

I had a great shot at a two. In fact, EXALT was the only viable word available. Then my brain farted harder than the Blazing Saddles campfire scene.
I play games like this to keep my mind sharp in my dotage. It clearly isn’t working.

Wordle 1,068 3/6*

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PLATE
LEAST
EXALT

Joining the group of those who thought we had a shot at a 2

THU MAY 23rd

Wordle 1,069 3/6*

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ALONE
SHIRT
SWISH

Yesterday:

Wordle 1,067 3/6*

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IRATE
SPINY
DINGO

This could have gone very wrong, but I wanted to try the ‘IN’ in the 2nd and 3rd positions and fortunately was also looking for a word that used another vowel. I could have gone off into the ‘INCH’ rabbit hole. Fortunately, ‘LINGO’ was the first word that sprang to mind and it had already been used, so…

Today:

Wordle 1,068 3/6*

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IRATE
LEANT
EXALT

Wordle 1,069 3/6

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RATIO
SHINE
SWISH

Wordle 1,068 2/6

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SLATE
EXALT

I saw three choices, and I decided to take my chances on the X…bingo! :smiley: