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

The Game Room
8461

Wordle 1,128 3/6*

:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::blue_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::orange_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

ALONE
THEIR
SPECK

8462

Wordle 1,128 3/6*

:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

PLATE
CHEEP
SPECK

8463

Wordle 1,129 5/6

:white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RATIO
HASTE
TAKEN
FACET
CADET

8464

Wordle 1,129 4/6*

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

8465

Wordle 1129 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square: 89
:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: 1
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLANT
CHORE
CADET

8466

Wordle 1,129 3/6

:black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

STERN
CLOUD
CADET

8467

Wordle 1,129 4/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

READY
PAVED
LADEN
CADET

8468

Wordle 1,129 3/6

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:orange_square::orange_square::black_large_square::orange_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

SLANT
CARET
CADET

An extremely fortunate second word!

8469

[spoiler]Wordle 1,129 3/6

:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:[/spoiler]

ATONE
CLEAT
CADET

8470

I’d have been in the same situation, but my opener kept me out of the trap.

A good start to the week!

Wordle 1,129 2/6

:orange_square::white_large_square::blue_square::white_large_square::blue_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

CRANE
CADET - a lucky guess, but I’ll take it.

8471
Wordle 1,129 5/6* 7/22/2024

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SPECK → Nice C. Still a lot of WoFcons out there, and probably at least one more vowel. I wanted to get an A in there, but spotted an O-word first
CLONE → Placed the C, at least. Two spots left for the E, and I don’t see a way to check them both. I could have waited for a word that would check both R & T (and A) but spotted a word and went with it
CHIEF → So the E is placed, but still three to fill. The E in 4th made me think it might be an -ER ending, so I went with
CUTER → And I finally got back around to trying an A, CA?ET evokes
CADET

So I played this one horribly. If I had held out for the letter I was trying to guess with my second guess I could spotted CATER or CARET, either of which would have gotten me a three. Scoredle uses CACHE to place the C, then ends up with a par.

8472

Wordle 1,129 3/6*

:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

LEAST
WHEAT
CADET

8473

Wordle 1,129 4/6*

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

PLATE
EATEN
TASER
CADET

8474

Wordle 1,129 3/6

:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::green_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

PLANT
RESAT
CADET

Holy crap, I almost forgot to play today. I placed the first two guesses last night and didn’t see anything immediately so left it for later. And then forgot until just now. And the time right now is 11:59pm. Yikes.

This one was notable in that I had to come up with a brand new second word. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a yellow A and green T before. Riffing on my “only a green T” followup of roset I went with resat.

And now it’s midnight so let’s see if I can get today’s word more quickly.

8475

Tuesday, July 23rd

Wordle 1,130 3/6

:green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

PLANT
PROSE
PRONG

Yeah, a little bit quicker today.

8476

Wordle 1,130 5/6

:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RATIO
SHORE
CRONY
WRONG
PRONG

8477

[spoiler]Wordle 1,130 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:[/spoiler]

ALONE
THONG
PRONG

8478

Wordle 1,130 3/6

:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

STERN
CLOUD
PRONG — pretty much the only possibility left

8479

Wordle 1130 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square: 210
:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square: 7
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLANT
CHORE
PRONG

FROND, WRONG, IRONY had all been used.

Ellis, glad you remembered to play yesterday in the nick of time! Would be a real downer to lose a streak by forgetting to play.

8480

Wordle 1,130 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\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 O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ \end{aligned}