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

Wordle 1,092 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
BUDGE
PROUD

BUDGE helped narrow things down…I was facing the _ROWN trap (BDFG), plus Proud and Brood.

Wordle 1,093 3/6

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RATIO
SLIME
GRIND

I wasn’t paying attention. I almost had the two but decided to go for better letters and forgot the R.

Wordle 1,093 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\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 I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned}

Oh ffs. I did it again, saw GRIND before ROUND but changed my mind.

Wordle 1,093 4/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
GRIND

Wordle 1,093 4/6*

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ALONE
SHUNT
BRING
GRIND

Wordle 1093 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
GRIND

Could’ve also been DRUNK, WRING, or RUNNY; BRING, BRINK, BRINY, DRINK, and WRUNG had already been used. Either GRIND or DRUNK would have guaranteed the 4, but I liked GRIND better, and got lucky.

Wordle 1,093 3/6

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RAISE
PRINT
GRIND

Wordle 1,093 4/6

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HEART
BROIL
WRING
GRIND

Wordle 1,093 3/6

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SLATE - Uh-oh
POUND - If you can’t pound 'em, then. . .
GRIND - 'em

Wordle 1,093 3/6* 6/16/2024

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PROUD → So, is this a good start, or a trap? At least I’ve knocked out two vowels; wanting to try two more is an obvious play
TREAD → So there’s an I in there? Well. Pretty much has to be in the middle, ergo an consonant before D, and N is still out there, which would give us
GRIND

Scoredle finishes in four because it sees the [BCFGT]REED trap that I missed. If it had been one of those words, I estimate a 60% chance of a loss for me - so, a very lucky break to get a birdie.

Wordle 1,093 3/6*

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LEAST
GOURD
GRIND

Wordle 1,093 4/6

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IRATE
BROIL
DRINK
GRIND

Unremarkable par. Not great, not terrible.

Wordle 1,093 4/6*

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IRATE
CRISP
WRING
GRIND

WRING was kinda dumb, but it did narrow it down to only GRIND as the answer. So good, I guess?

Wordle 1,093 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
WRING
GRIND

Wordle 1,093 3/6*

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PLATE
MINOR
GRIND

Monday, June 17th

Wordle 1,094 3/6

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PLANT
PROSE
PRIOR

Nice bounce back from yesterday’s disastrous 5. After 2 I immediately saw and discarded primo, thinking oh Lord please don’t make me guess primo. Very shortly after I saw prior and was relieved. Then I checked the previous answers list and prior was still available but the kicker is that primo has already been an answer. I kind of vaguely recall that being an answer but still didn’t expect it would be on the answer list.

Wordle 1,094 3/6

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RATIO
VIGOR
PRIOR

Wordle 1,094 4/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ &\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 I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,094 4/6*

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ALONE
TORUS
MICRO
PRIOR

Wordle 1,094 4/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
PRIOR