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

Wordle 1,080 2/6

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HEART
STARK

Wordle 1,080 3/6*

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LEAST
STACK
STARK

Lots of threes today.

Wordle 1,080 3/6

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SLATE
SMART
STARK

Wordle 1,080 2/6

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OPERA
STARK

Wordle listed a good 35 legitimate non-plural words. Sometimes ‘tis better to be lucky than good.

Wordle 1,080 4/6* 6/3/2024

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BRAVO → OK, not a bad start - ooh, I can try one of my favorite first guesses second now…
ROAST → But it shouldn’t have been that one! I already knew the O was gone. Ah, well, four letters with one placed, I’ll go with the word I should have done here
STARE → And since it can’t be START thanks to the previous guess, it must be
STARK

I have a dilemma here: is it better to have made a horrible second guess that nevertheless assured a par, or to have made a good second guess that left you with a fifty-fifty shot at a birdie? I think technically the latter, but I probably would have tried START as a third guess anyway, so no real change in outcome. It’s a conundrum.

Well, I guess I’ll share this one timely. :wink:

Wordle 1,080 2/6*

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IRATE
STARK

'Bout time!

Wordle 1,080 3/6*

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PLATE
TRACK
STARK

Wordle 1,080 4/6

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SLATE
CHANT
STAMP
STARK

Lost the coin toss. :roll_eyes:

TUE JUN 4

Wordle 1,081 6/6*

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ALONE
SHORT
PROUD
FROCK
BROOM
GROOM

Wordle 1,081 3/6

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PLANT
SCORE
GROOM

I was feeling the double O and got lucky.

Wordle 1,081 3/6

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RATIO
CHORE
GROOM

Wordle 1,081 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[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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,081 4/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
GROOM

Interestingly, my wife’s second cousin was the groom the other day. He and his bride were married Saturday.

Wordle 1081 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
GROOM

Wordle 1,081 5/6

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HEART
BROIL
PROUD
CROSS
GROOM

Wordle 1,081 5/6

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CRANE
BROIL
GROSS
GROUP
GROOM

Wordle 1,081 4/6

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ADIEU
STORY
WRONG
GROOM

Surprised to come up empty on a four-vowel starter. Steady incremental progress for the par!

Wordle 1,081 5/6* 6/4/2024

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STARK → I think we’re not in Westeros anymore, Toto. OK, try O & E and a couple more WoFcons…
LONER → Not much better. (I wonder if Scoredle would have gone with ERROR there, to place the R? Find out soon!) Time to start throwing consonants at it, and maybe a U too
CROUP → Placed both but no other hits. This looks a bit trappish. Might I have a double O? And, it’s time to trust the B
BROOD → OO yes, B no. Two more guesses…
GROOM

Didn’t need both guesses, fortunately. Scoredle didn’t try for ERROR (settled for CORER), but then immediately tried BROOD and then the answer, so it definitely had the inside track on me today.

Wordle 1,081 4/6*

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LEAST
GOURD
GROWN
GROOM

Bleah.

Wordle 1,081 5/6*

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IRATE
PROUD
CRONY
BROOM
GROOM