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

Wordle 1,121 4/6*

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Crypt
Vague
Vowel
Video

My second word wild guess saved the day on this one.

SLATE
BROIL
VIDEO

Wordle 1,121 4/6*

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LEAST
DRONE
MODEM
VIDEO

Wordle 1,121 3/6* Bastille Day 2024

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ENACT → Let me try to pair it up with an O and the last three WoFcons… shake up and get
LOSER → Where does the O go? ??OE? goes nowhere, O??E? ditto, ???EO but we just had CAMEO (plus the A is gone), if I try an I… aha
VIDEO

The second guess was a good one, but more from what it eliminated than from what it confirmed. Scoredle chases a position for the E and ends up with a 4, which makes me happy for the birdie.

Wordle 1,121 4/6

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READY
CUBED
DOWEL
VIDEO

Tried out a xxxED first, then a DxxEx to introduce a different vowel. Turns out that finding that O only left one viable solution.

Wordle 1,121 2/6

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POISE
VIDEO

Three deuces in four days!
My starter list is doing a nice job lately.

Wordle 1,121 3/6*

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PLATE
DINER
VIDEO

You’re on a roll! Well done! :slight_smile:

Wordle 1,121 3/6*

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IRATE
SINEW
VIDEO

[spoiler]Wordle 1,122 4/6

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CHAIN
DOZEN
FROWN
SWOON

Wordle 1,122 3/6

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PLANT
SNORE
SWOON

My first thought was shown but that’s been used.

Wordle 1,122 4/6

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RATIO
SHONE
SPOON
SWOON

I got lucky with this one.

Wordle 1,122 3/6

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STERN
SALON
SWOON

Wordle 1,122 5/6*

\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[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 Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1122 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
SPOON
SWOON

Wordle 1,122 4/6

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READY
BIJOU
SPOON
SWOON

Three guesses after an empty guess. I’mma give myself credit for a par. Using all the vowels paid off, as it increased my certainty that there were two Os. And xOxOx struck me as being less likely than xxOOx. Guessing SPOON was a bit of luck.

Wordle 1,122 3/6

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HEART
SPOIL
SWOON

Wordle 1,122 2/6*

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Alien
Swoon

Wordle 1,122 4/6

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SLATE
SCORN
SWOON
SPOON

Wordle 1,122 4/6*

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LEAST
SHOCK
SPOON
SWOON

ETA: Lots of swooning spoons!

Wordle 1,122 4/6* 7/15/2024

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VIDEO → "O"kay. Better try an A… and three WoFcons.
ROAST → Strikeout on the A, plus an unplaced S. Would like to try N & L here, but can’t see a word with both. So, I’ll try N, and throw in a Y on the off chance it’s an adjective
SNOWY → Well… SWON? or SWO?N, latter gives me
SWOON

Scoredle ends up with a five, mostly because it tries to use its fourth guess to cover two bogus guesses. My third guess was a lucky one, but mostly because I eliminated the huge number of possibilities with a terminal S from consideration.