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

Wordle 1,085 3/6

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STERN
BENCH
HENCE

Am I the first three on here today?
I’m going to claim a brilliant second word. (OK, maybe it was just lucky.)

Wordle 1,085 4/6

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HEART
HELLO
HEDGE
HENCE

Wordle 1,085 4/6*

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PLATE
SCORE
CHIDE
HENCE

With my last 2 guesses it feels like I’m back in the 1600s

Sunday, June 9th

Wordle 1,086 4/6

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PLANT
SCORE
CROOK
CROWD

Probably should’ve kept looking after seeing crook but I feel like it’s a valid answer.

Wordle 1,085 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
HENCE

Wordle 1,086 5/6

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RATIO
SHORE
FLOUR
CROWN
CROWD

Lots and lots of options for xROxx, but there were the most starting with C and also the most with xROWN. I was pretty sure that CROWN would narrow it down and it not only did, but also showed me the solution I had missed on my list.

Wordle 1,086 2/6*

\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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned}

That’s betterer,

Wordle 1,086 3/6

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STERN
CLOUD
CROWD

Wordle 1,086 4/6*

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ALONE
SHORT
PROUD
CROWD

Wordle 1086 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
CROCK
CROWD

After 2, it could have also been CROOK. But the solution wasn’t FELON the other day, so I figured it wasn’t gonna be CROOK today. :smiley:

[spoiler]Wordle 1,086 3/6

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TRADE
DEINK
CROWD

Yes, I misspelled the second word.

Wordle 1,086 3/6

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RAISE
COURT
CROWD

Wordle 1,086 4/6

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HEART
BROIL
PROUD
CROWD

Wordle 1,086 4/6

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SLATE
POUND
OVOID
CROWD

Wordle 1,086 5/6* 6/9/2024

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HENCE → The C. Would not have expected to hit the C. I’ll try an A for vowel, but should I try two WoFcons and an O, or three WoFcons? I’ll go the latter
CLAST → And, that was a bad choice. Two vowels next, and the last WoFcon
CROUP → This seems a little trappish. Double up on the O?
CROOK → Nope. I seems futile. CRONY already out. Two guesses left for pairs of consonants, so
CROWD
COAST
would have been a better second guess in retrospect. Wordle pulls out its equivalent on the second guess after HENCE, and therefore finishes in four.

Wordle 1,086 4/6*

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LEAST
MINOR
PORCH
CROWD

Wordle 1,086 4/6

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SNORT
BROIL
CROAK
CROWD

I saw CROUP first but didn’t like it. Glad I kept looking.
Not mad at a par today.

Wordle 1,087 4/6

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RATIO
LANCE
MANGY
MANGA

Lucky third guess but had a hard time coming up with any solution.

Wordle 1,087 6/6

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PLANT
SANER
HANDY
MANIC
MANGO
MANGA

Boo! Hiss!

Wordle 1,086 5/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
CROCK
CROWN
CROWD