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

Wordle 1,108 3/6*

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ALONE
ABUSE
ADAGE

Wordle 1,108 5/6

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HEART
PLACE
SNAKE
AMAZE
ADAGE

Wordle 1,108 4/6*

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Pivot
Under
Heady
Adage

Wordle 1,108 2/6

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READY
ADAGE

I knew the D could only be first if R or E could be second, and last if E was first. and ELAND struck me as less plausible than ADAGE (apparently thee bot agrees, since it said I had eliminated all the words in its dictionary).

Wordle 1,108 4/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPYthe only words left are adage and cadge
ADAGE

Wordle 1,108 4/6* 7/1/2024

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BUDDY → Actually a slightly better start than I expected. Nice to pick up a less-common letter with yesterday’s answer, let’s see if it helps… Try E & A and two WoFcons to go with that D
DEARS → Good choice on the vowels, even if I struct out with R & S. Only two places left for the D, but unfortunately I brainfarted and retried one of them
GLADE → But, picking up the G was nice too. Makes the final guess easy
ADAGE

If I had only realized that third guess was invalid, I might have gotten the birdie. Scoredle tried (heh) for I & E with its second guess, and ended up with a par of its own. A missed chance to beat the bot!

Wordle 1,108 4/6

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Nice recovery after a blank opener.

POINT
BREAD
HEADY
ADAGE

Wordle 1,108 4/6

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AISLE
ATONE
AWAKE
ADAGE

I missed seeing AGAVE and AMAZE. If it had been AMAZE, I would have gotten a six (APACE, stare blankly for a while, AMAZE). If it had been AGAVE, it’d have gone AGAPE, AGAZE, FAIL.
So I’ll take a bit of luck.

Wordle 1,108 4/6*

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LEAST
QUAKE
DRAPE
ADAGE

I decided to start with another A instead of heading straight into the trap since I uncovered the D. I’ll take the par!

Wordle 1,108 4/6*

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PLATE
SHARE
KNAVE
ADAGE
I saw AMAZE
as well, won the coin toss.

Ugh.

Wordle 1,108 5/6*

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IRATE
SCALE
QUAKE
AGAVE
ADAGE

Goes with the day.

[spoiler]Wordle 1,109 3/6

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SLIDE
ANVIL
INLAY

Not bad!

Wordle 1,109 4/6

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RATIO
AGILE
LILAC
INLAY

Wordle 1,109 4/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
INLAY

Wordle 1,109 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,109 3/6*

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ALONE
SNAIL
INLAY

Wordle 1109 3/6

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SLANT
VENAL
INLAY

After 2, I came up with 17 good possibilities, and the used words list knocked it down to 11. 6 of them had Es, there were 5 ending in NAL, including 3 ending in ENAL. I liked VENAL better than PENAL or RENAL, and it narrowed things down nicely.

Wordle 1,109 5/6

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HEART
CLOAK
PAPAL
LILAC
INLAY

Wordle 1,109 4/6

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NOISE
DRAIN
FINAL
INLAY

Wordle 1,109 4/6* 7/2/2024

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ADAGE → One and only one A. No WoFcons gone, so that’s the main priority…except that the A isn’t in the middle, so I should put at least some effort into vowels. Hence,
RAINS → Good, but I really need to get those placed. I’ll move the A over to the next spot open and try a word with another WoFcon, in this case
FINAL → which was not the final word, alas. I almost wanted to go PLAIN here, but moving the A is verboten, so I though a little more about moving the IN to the front, L in the middle gives up
INLAY

All in all, took less than a minute from start to finish. Scordle prefers a different second guess, but is right with me on the third and fourth.