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

Wordle 1,091 3/6*

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PLATE
TALLY
VAULT

Relieved to get this in 3, thanks to the used word list, that showed that FAULT had been used already

Wordle 1,092 5/6

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RATIO
SHORE
CLOWN
BROOM
PROUD

I feel lucky not to fail this one completely.

Wordle 1,091 3/6

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SLATE
TOTAL
VAULT

Wordle 1,092 4/6

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PLANT
PROSE
PROOF
PROUD

I think I had narrowed it down to only the answer after 3, but at the same time I don’t think I ever had any chance at a 3.

EDIT: Never mind. I was posting two possible answers that I never saw, but one of them had actually been eliminated by my guesses and the other was on the previous answers list. (Promo and proxy, respectively.)

Wordle 1,092 3/6

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STERN
CLOUD
PROUD

Wordle 1,092 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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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 U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned}

(Happy birthday @Bullitt !)

Wordle 1,092 3/6*

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Tired
Round
Proud

Wordle 1,092 3/6*

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ALONE
SHORT
PROUD

Wordle 1092 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 1,713
:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square: 36
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SLANT
CHORE
PROUD

Fewer possibilities left after 2 than I would have thought (ten or eleven, depending on what one thinks of promo), and seven had already been used. Had a decent shot at 3 with a certain 4, and got the break this time.

Wordle 1,092 4/6

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RAISE
COURT
FLOUR
PROUD

Wordle 1,092 4/6* 6/15/2024

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VAULT → One unplaced U. Three WoFcons left. An E. It all cries out for NURSE, but I didn’t see that. Instead, I went with
MUSER → (which wouldn’t have made much of a difference in the long run, but…) so now U R unplaced. Try it with an O and two consonants, and since I overheard someone talking about their baby yesterday, try
CROUP → which points directly to the answer
PROUD
Should I have figured this, given the month?
On the plus side, after my second guess Scoredle gives the same pair of guesses for par that I made.

Wordle 1,092 3/6

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HEART
BROIL
PROUD

Wordle 1,092 4/6*

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LEAST
CHINK
PROOF
PROUD

I’ll take a par after the 0 for 2 to start!

Wordle 1,092 4/6

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LEAST
IRONY
FROCK
PROUD

In a reversal of yesterday’s misplay, I played the word I thought would give me the most information rather that the first one I saw. And the first one I saw turned out to be the answer. :man_facepalming:t3:
But I was still luckier than I thought, as there were a handful of double-O words that I’d overlooked. So I’ll accept the par.

Wordle 1,092 3/6

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CRANE - So, try ‘oi’ or ‘ou’?
GROUT - Lucked out! It can only be. . .
PROUD

Wordle 1,092 3/6*

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PLATE
PRION
PROUD
Luckily I didn’t see the 2 other possibles, PROXY & PROMO. The way my coin tosses have been trending lately, I would have picked one or both of them before the answer.

Wordle 1,092 3/6*

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IRATE
CROWN
PROUD

[spoiler]Wordle 1,093 3/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:[/spoiler]

CHAIN
DOING
GRIND

Wordle 1,093 5/6

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PLANT
SCONE
BUNNY
WRING
GRIND

Ouch.