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

Wordle 1,071 3/6*

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PLATE
RATIO
TITAN

Lucky 2nd guess, eliminated everything but the solution

Wordle 1,071 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
PAINT
TITAN

Finally, a 3.

Wordle 1,071 3/6*

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IRATE
PAINT
TITAN

Like @RTFirefly, I had also found ANTIC and learned it had already been used. Which left only TITAN.

[spoiler]Wordle 1,072 4/6

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LEAST
DELVE
REVEL
BEVEL

Wordle 1,072 3/6

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RATIO
LUNES
BEVEL

Wordle 1,072 4/6

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TRANS
LOUIE
ELEGY
BEVEL

Not really sure how I got there this time - I just went with “bevel” because I wanted to test whether L was the last letter.

Wordle 1,072 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1072 5/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
LEVEL
BEVEL

Grrr. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen this word in its root form before today. I’ve seen it in phrases like “has beveled edges,” not that I have any idea what that means, but at least I’ve seen it. But the root form? Never. I assume it’s a woodworking term, but that’s not my hobby. Bevel bevel, this solution’s a mess…

Wordle 1,072 4/6

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PLANT
ROLES
LEVEL
BEVEL

Having bevel as an answer before level? Tricksy Wordle.

Wordle 1,072 3/6*

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Askew
Flier
Bevel

Wordle 1,072 3/6*

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LEAST
BELLE
BEVEL

I use it daily. But then, I’m a mechanical designer. It is a noun similar to chamfer. The sharp edges need a bevel.

Wordle 1,072 4/6

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RAISE
OFTEN
LEVEL
BEVEL

Wordle 1,072 4/6*

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ALONE
LIMES
WHEEL
BEVEL

My longest streak of 267 ends. Damn.

Wordle 1,072 X/6

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What’s your longest streak so far?

STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
HAWKSmy standard set of 4 guesses left me high and dry.
From here it could be belle bevel bezel jewel kvell levee level.
JEWELafter choosing jewel I realized that this was not the best choice to try. Only 1 of those words had W while 4 had V. I am fast running out of guesses.
From here it could be bevel bezel level. And of those three, level is the most common word.
LEVELDAMN.

Wordle 1,072 5/6

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RAISE - should have gone with my usual opener
POUND - whoa, so only ‘e’ and maybe a ‘y’
BELLY - nope, no ‘y’
BEZEL
BEVEL

What’s your longest streak so far? Mine reached 267 today, then ended.

Wordle 1,072 3/6

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HEART
PEONY
BEVEL

Wordle 1,072 4/6

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AGILE
LONER
STEEL
BEVEL

I saw BEVEL, JEWEL, and the less likely BEZEL. Then at the last second I spotted EXPEL. Went with the word that I thought would narrow it down to one and got lucky.
But I’d missed EXCEL, and if that had been it I was in for another six.

Mine was 359. I was really looking forward to celebrating a full year and missed it by less than a week. The culprit was MUCKY.

I’m at 397. I’ve had two losses: JOKER (Wordle 675) and the infamous PARER (Wordle 454).

I know we have people in this thread who haven’t lost since PARER.

ETA: The last time I missed a game was Wordle 390, LIVER.