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

Just to add to my prior note, I play without the prior word list.

Wordle 1,115 3/6*

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PLATE
SPARE
SHAPE

Wordle 1,115 2/6*

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IRATE
SHAPE

Wordle 1,115 2/6

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READY
SHAPE

Just decided to try an SHxxx word today.

Wordle 1,115 2/6

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SLATE
SHAPE

It was the best word to tell me which one it was out of the five choices I was seeing…and bingo!

Tuesday, July 9th

Wordle 1,116 3/6

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PLANT
GLARE
BLARE

Should’ve trusted the B, but unfortunately my rule is to go with G before B if both are options. And actually F before either of them, but flare has already been an answer.

Wordle 1,116 4/6

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RATIO
SHARE
GLARE
BLARE

[spoiler]Wordle 1,116 4/6

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CHORE
FLARE
GLARE
BLARE

Wordle 1,116 4/6

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STERN
CLOUD
GLARE
BLARE

Wordle 1,116 3/6* 7/9/2024

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SHAPE → Oh no. This is like the mother of all traps. Let’s see, lots of Ls and Rs in the second slot in the set of possibles, but I’m not seeing a word that could cover both. Throw in a T & a C to try
TRACE → R. Must be 4th letter. Then, could try an L in second slot - hey, that would have covered both if I had thought of it. I’ll trust the B and try
BLARE

I’m going to put that one down as an odd mix of incredibly lucky that I got through the trap and finished with a birdie, along with unlucky that I ddin’t see the final answer and try it as it exercised both letters I wanted. But if I had, I might have seen the F or G words first, so still going with lucky today.

Wordle 1,116 2/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \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 R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,116 5/6*

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ALONE
SLATE
FLAME
BLADE
BLARE

Wordle 1,116 3/6

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ANISE
CRATE
BLARE

Quick and easy birdie. Not sure why I jumped right on BLARE instead of FLARE or GLARE, but I’m glad I didn’t think about it harder than I did.

Wordle 1116 3/6

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SLANT
BRIDE
BLARE

After 1, I came up with a list of 22 possibilities, 9 of which turned out to have been used, leaving me 13. BRIDE was the best sleuth word I could come up with, and it did the job here. It wouldn’t have distinguished between CLAMP, CLACK, FLAKY, or ALACK, but CLACK on 3 would have given me a 3 or 4 if one of them had been the solution.

Wordle 1,116 5/6

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READY
STARE
AWFUL
GLARE
BLARE

Silly me. Once I had established xxARE, I looked for a sleuth word to eliminate FLARE, BLARE and AWARE. Totally didn’t think to add GLARE to that list, until I tried AWFUL (BEFOG would have done nicely). I deserved that disappointing five.

Wordle 1,116 4/6

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HEART
FLARE
GLARE
BLARE

Go back! It’s a trap!

Wordle 1,116 5/6

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CRANE
STARE
GLARE
FLARE
BLARE

BLECH!

Wordle 1,116 4/6*

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LEAST
BLADE
BLAZE
BLARE

Trap city…

Wordle 1,116 3/6*

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PLATE
BLADE
BLARE

Lucky not to fall too deep into the trap!

Wordle 1,116 3/6*

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IRATE
SPARE
BLARE

I trusted the B.