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

Wordle 1,070 4/6

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RAISE
WHITE
EXILE
GLIDE

Wordle 1,070 4/6* 5/24/2024

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SWISH → Time for a good first word second. Most of mine still have S in the mix, though, and I really wanted to try an E, but no dice
TRIAL → That wasn’t much. Thought about GUILE here for a second but decided I needed to try the N and some more consonants, and sticking with the lone I was the best way to do it
FLING → Good placement on the L. Trying the G at the front along with a terminal E gives us GLI?E, which makes it easy to see
GLIDE

Scoredle looks a little self-satisfied today, with a “well, I would have tried the answer third!” With some more thought, I might have done the same, but I’m happy with a par.

Wordle 1,070 3/6*

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LEAST
BIBLE
GLIDE

Son of a. . .
Wordle 1,070 6/6

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Wordle 1,070 4/6

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NOISE
TRIBE
WHILE
GLIDE

I fell into the trap immediately, but then eliminated some good consonants to save par.
ALIKE, ALIVE, ELIDE, and CLIME were still on the table, so I got a bit lucky as well. I’m happy with this one.

Wordle 1,070 3/6*

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PLATE
SLIDE
GLIDE

Who needs yellows?
And I see that a number of us went for SLIDE before GLIDE

Yesterday’s:

Wordle 1,069 4/6*

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IRATE
SPINY
SLINK
SWISH

Today’s. Got caught in the trap.

Wordle 1,070 4/6*

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IRATE
SPINE
CHIVE
GLIDE

Getting a little sick of the 4s. :rage:

Wordle 1,070 3/6

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SLATE
MIDGE
GLIDE

I came up with MIDGE to help sleuth some of the words I was seeing, and that it did! :grinning:

Wordle 1,071 3/6

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RATIO
VITAL
TITAN

Wordle 1,071 3/6

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PLANT
ANTES
TITAN

Saw baton immediately but that’s already been used. Finally thought to look at double letters.

Wordle 1,071 3/6*

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ALONE
STAIN
TITAN

Wordle 1,071 4/6*

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

Wordle 1071 3/6

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SLANT
TANGO
TITAN

Thought of ANTIC and BATON for my second word, but they’d both been used.

Wordle 1,071 3/6

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RAISE
PLAIN
TITAN

[spoiler]Wordle 1,071 3/6

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ATONE
PANTY
TITAN

Wordle 1,071 4/6

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SLATE
POINT
INTRA
TITAN

I have this problem of recognizing when I can or can’t use a letter twice. For instance, the “T” in ‘slate’ was a valid letter, but in the wrong place. My brain always interprets that as ‘it can only be used in one location’, which is clearly wrong.

I had a 1 in 5 chance of getting it in 2. But, no. I’ll accept the 3, though.

Wordle 1,071 3/6

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STERNit could be twain cyton futon piton titan.
It could also be baton talon toxin taken, but those were already used.
Similar are cyton futon piton titan, and cyton is not likely, so I’ll guess futon.
FUTON
TITAN

For the birdie.

Wordle 1,071 3/6* 5/25/2024

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GLIDE → At least I got something. Feel like I need to try an A here, along with some comcons. TRAIL would be nice, but the L is gone, so I’ll try
TRAIN → which is great, TI??N, TIA?N goes nowhere, TI?AN means
TITAN

Usually don’t go with repeat letters at 3, but there was nothing left but the answer. Placing the ends of the word was definitely what clinched it this time, it left so few possibliities left for the vowels found inside.

Wordle 1,071 3/6

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RADIO
ALIEN
TITAN

I wasn’t sure if adding a third vowel was a good move at two, but I reasoned that there are quite a few words with A, I, and E. And even though there was no E, the terminal N and knowing where the A and I didn’t go led me straight to TITAN. No regrets.

Wordle 1,071 3/6*

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LEAST
TANGO
TITAN

Lucky guess!