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

The Game Room
8581

Wordle 1,137 3/6*

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

8582

Wordle 1137 4/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 500
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square: 26
:yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square: 2
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLANT
CHORE
RELAY
FERAL

8583

Wordle 1,137 3/6

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

HEART
REPAY
FERAL

8584

More dumb luck.

Wordle 1,137 4/6

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

SLATE
LABEL
EQUAL
FERAL

8585

Wordle 1,137 3/6*

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

LEAST
DELAY
FERAL

8586

Wordle 1,137 3/6

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

SNARL
CAROL
FERAL

I won the coin toss between FERAL and VIRAL, which was made even luckier because I’d overlooked the U. Had it been MURAL or RURAL (or the less likely AURAL), I’d have been in big trouble.

8587

Wordle 1,137 3/6

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

READY
ARENA
FERAL

Maybe noticing that ARENA wouldn’t work would have led me to a two-pointer, but I’m not speculating.

8588

Wordle 1,137 4/6

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

SLATE
GRIND
RELAY
FERAL

Add me to the Relay > Feral group. There were a lot of words to choose from…GRIND, as a sleuth, helped eliminate a lot of them, but still 7 words left…feel lucky to get it in 4 guesses.

8589

Wordle 1,137 5/6*

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

ALONE
STEAL
MEDAL
REGAL
FERAL

8590

Wordle 1,137 3/6*

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

PLATE
EASEL
FERAL

8591

Wednesday, July 31st

Wordle 1,138 3/6

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

PLANT
PRONE
PENNE

Tricksy double double.

8592

Wordle 1,138 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_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::green_square:

RATIO
LUNES
PENCE
PENNE

8593

[spoiler]Wordle 1,138 4/6

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

COULD
RIVET
SPEAK
PENNE

8594

Wordle 1,138 4/6*

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

ALONE
SHINE
PRUNE
PENNE

8595

Wordle 1138 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square: 210
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square: 15
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLANT
CHORE
PENNE

I’m sure there are hundreds of 5-letter English words ending in NE, but just about all of them use at least one of the eight letters my first two words had eliminated. The hard part was finding any word that still worked, and I tried the word that turned out to be the solution out of sheer desperation.

8596

Wordle 1,138 5/6

:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

HEART
BENDY
GENUS
FENCE
PENNE

8597

Wordle 1,138 4/6*

:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

LEAST
DEBUR
FENCE
PENNE

8598

Wordle 1,138 5/6

:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

READY
GEOID
VENUE
FACTS
PENNE

GEOID wasn’t a really good word for ruling out other vowels, but it did what I needed it to do. VENUE was a good choice to both rule out U and to establish two Es. Decided I could still use a sleuth word, so I chose FACTS. That left me needing to use a P, and the only word that fit was PENNE.

8599

Wordle 1,138 4/6

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

STONE
BRINE
PLANE
PENNE

There obviously had to be two E’s, but it took me forever to see the double N.

8600

Wordle 1,138 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::orange_square::orange_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::orange_square::orange_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::orange_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

CRANE - uh-oh, a trap
STONE
WHINE - so, a double ‘e’, since a ‘u’ won’t work, nor a ‘y’
PENNE - there was literally no other word choice