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

Wordle 1,084 3/6

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RAISE
NOTED
MELON

Wordle 1,084 4/6*

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LEAST
JELLY
FELON
MELON

It should have been FELON!

Wordle 1,084 4/6

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SLATE
POUND
FELON - I have chosen. . .poorly
MELON

Wordle 1,084 3/6

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STILE
LEARN
MELON

Hundreds of possible words left after STILE, and LEARN narrowed it to two, so I’m pleased with that choice. MELON just seemed more Wordle-y than FELON, and I guessed right!

Scoredle takes five guesses from STILE, which makes me feel even better about my birdie.

Wordle 1,084 4/6*

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PLATE
LINER
FELON
MELON

It should have been FELON! Even the Bot guessed it before the actual solution.

Wordle 1,084 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
DOWNY
MELON

I saw Melon and Felon first, but then found several other words, so up went DOWNY to sort it out.

Saturday, June 8th

Wordle 1,085 5/6

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PLANT
SNORE
DUNCE
FENCE
HENCE

Even with a bunch of help from the previous answers list I still get a 5.

Wordle 1,085 4/6

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RATIO
LUNES
WENCH
HENCE

[spoiler]Wordle 1,085 4/6

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SHARE
LITHE
POUND
HENCE

Wordle 1,085 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \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 W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1085 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
NICHE
HENCE

The solution after 2 was so obviously NICHE, I didn’t even look for anything else until I saw all those yellows on 3. HENCE is a perfectly reasonable word to be a Wordle solution afaiac, I just wasn’t expecting it.

“Hie thee hence, you leafy narc!” - Tim Benzedrine, Bored of the Rings

Wordle 1,085 4/6

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RAISE
OUNCE
FENCE
HENCE

Wordle 1,085 4/6*

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ALONE
SNIPE
NUDGE
HENCE

Wordle 1,085 5/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
HAWKS
HENCE

Wordle 1,085 4/6* 6/8/2024

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MELON → Should I try an A, or knock out the WoFcons? Flip a coin mentally and go for the latter. Not a great guess, but it does the job
TERNS → I elminated the new letters, but that’s all. For some reason, I’m still feeling consonants, so trust the B and try
BENCH → which leaves only one word; ergo
HENCE

Starting from MELON, Scoredle runs into a trap and ends up losing. My third guess, in retrospect, was really lucky.

Wordle 1,085 5/6*

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LEAST
FEMUR
PEONY
NERVE ← oops, i used the R again
HENCE

This one was tough. Old-fashioned word is not fair, Wordle!

Wordle 1,085 5/6

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POISE - a bust
CRANE
UNCLE - okay, no vowel joy
FENCE
HENCE - Really? hence? Common usage for Shakespeare, mayhaps.

Replying to @Chefguy. (Just tossing the entire thing in a blur spoiler seemed much easier.)

I disagree. And if you do a search for the word here on the boards, it looks like it gets used multiple times every day. Now granted, many of those uses are in legal threads, but many are not. For example, this from yesterday:

Please allow me my crankiness in peace.

I don’t like the term “lol” but I did actually chuckle out loud at that. If it makes you feel any better, I’m right there with you in the 5 club today.