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

The Game Room
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Wordle 1,114 4/6* 7/7/2024

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SCOFF → Hey, a C is nice. And that O… I think I’ll try and keep them together. I see a word that let’s me check another vowel and two WoFcons, hence
COURT → And that got me… almost nowhere, though it’s nice to place the C. This time, I’ll try two vowels and one WoFcons, so
CANOE → And that leaves (check again, and again) only…
CANON

That third guess was really lucky - after two, I had seven possibles and about 3-4 other words within the perimeter of bogosity. Scoredle narrows it down to five words with its second guess after SCOFF, but then takes three more guesses to get the answer. I’d commiserate with Scoredle, but it’s just an algorithm.

8222

Wordle 1,114 4/6*

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LEAST
FANCY
MANIC
CANON

8223

Wordle 1,114 4/6

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ORATE
SALON
WAGON
CANON

Eh. CANON would have been the smarter play at three, but I didn’t see BACON and thought CAPON was unlikely. So I went for the coin flip and lost.

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[spoiler]Wordle 1,114 3/6

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ATONE
MANOR
CANON

8225

Wordle 1,114 4/6*

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PLATE
RADIO
MANGO (dumb guess)
CANON

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Wordle 1,114 4/6*

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IRATE
SAUCY
CAPON
CANON

8227

Wordle 1,114 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
CANON

Nice to win the coin toss between Conga and Canon. :slight_smile:

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Monday, July 8th

Wordle 1,115 3/6

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PLANT
SPARE
SHAPE

Well this went well.

8229

Wordle 1,115 4/6

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RATIO
SHALE
KRUMP
SHAPE

Another bad trap. After a lucky second guess I was left with SHADE, SHAKE, SHAME, SHAPE or SHAVE. Using the best sleuth word I could think of guaranteed at least a five.

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Wordle 1,115 4/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
SHAPE

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Sure, except that SHADE, SHAKE, SHAME, and SHAVE have already been used before:

Summary

Past Wordle answers: Archive of previous words | Rock Paper Shotgun

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[spoiler]Wordle 1,115 4/6

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LEAST
SHAME
SHAVE
SHAPE

8233

Wordle 1,115 4/6*

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

8234

Wordle 1115 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
SHAPE

Found the would-be trap of SHA(D/K/M/P/V)E after 2, but D,K,M,V had been used, leaving only P.

8235

Wordle 1,115 4/6*

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ALONE
STARE
SHAME
SHAPE

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Wordle 1,115 4/6

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HEART
SHADE
SHAVE
SHAPE

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Wordle 1,115 4/6

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OPIUM
PANEL
CHEAP
SHAPE

The P kept me out of the trap, but didn’t help me break par.

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Wordle 1,115 5/6* 7/8/2024

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CANON → Slow start. Could go with the ever-popular SLATE here, but I think I’ll try the R instead of the L
STARE → Uh oh,. This looks like a trap in the making. But I didn’t think it through and dove in with
SHALE → and the trap was sprung. D,K,M,P,V all could go there. SLAKE or SPADE would have been better choices. Ah, well, 60% chance of survival, so let’s give it a go
SHAVE → Nope
SHAPE

Yup. A very close… well, you know. Scoredle falls into the trap and misses, so we know it doesn’t use previously-used-word lists.

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An honest two (I don’t use word lists). Managed to avoid the 14-word trap after the first guess.

Wordle 1,115 2/6

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SLATE
SHAPE

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Wordle 1,115 2/6*

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LEAST
SHAPE

Easy-peasy, lemon squeezy!