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

Wordle 1148 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 1,713
:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: 15
:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 2
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SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
MEDIC

Wordle 1,148 5/6

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PLANT
SCORE
CHECK
DICEY
MEDIC

I couldn’t place a green to save my life.

Wordle 1,148 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,148 4/6

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HEART
MELON
MESSY
MEDIC

Wordle 1,148 4/6

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CRANE
POISE
EVICT - And ten minutes later. . .
MEDIC

Almost had it in 1! Shouldn’t have forgotten the C

Wordle 1,148 3/6*

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LEAST
DEIGN
MEDIC

Wordle 1,148 4/6

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READY
GEOID (uses two more vowels)
DEBIT (tries to place the “D”)
MEDIC (with the “D” placed properly, this is the only plausible solution)

Full disclosure: I accidentally saw the solution in the thread (wasn’t careful about clicking on spoilers). But, out of an adundance of integrity, I played it as I would have

Wordle 1,148 4/6* 8/10/2024

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OUNCE → I think this is our fourth day in a row with a C! Nice streak for me. OK, try an A and a couple of WoFcons
CLEAT → Whiff. And nothing placed, either. I thought about RICES here but settled on
DICER → So that D was nice, but I still haven’t placed anything! I sort of noodled around for a a couple minutes, then got serious and tried E in second, -IC ending, put D in between and it looks like
MEDIC

Much like Ellis_Dee, no greens until the last guess. Scoredle also finishes in 4 from OUNCE. My third guess was quite lucky; it went from about nine non-bogus guesses to one-and-only-one possibility left. One of the rather bogus guesses I could have tried there was XEBEC, a word I’ve only heard in an Aubrey-Maturin context.

Wordle 1,148 4/6

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PIOUS
TRAIN
CIVIL
MEDIC

I played this one quickly and without much thought; otherwise I might have brought the E in earlier. But I had a feeling about CIVIL for some reason. At least it led me to a par.

Wordle 1,148 4/6*

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ALONE
THEIR
DEVIS
MEDIC

Wordle 1,148 3/6*

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PLATE
DINER
MEDIC

Wordle 1,149 3/6

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RATIO
SHONE
SCONE

Well that was no fun. There was only one option after the second guess.

Wordle 1,149 4/6*

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

Wordle 1,149 4/6*

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ALONE
SHONE
STONE
SCONE

Wordle 1149 4/6

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:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square: 6
:green_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: 1
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SLANT
SPINE
SHONE
SCONE

Wordle 1,149 3/6

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PLANT
CRONE
SCONE

Gah! My standard follow-up to just a green N is either scone or crone, depending on my mood. This could so easily have been a 2.

Sad little story there!

It was!

Wordle 1,149 2/6

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CRANE
SCONE - and I beat the Bot, who would have chosed “scene”.

Wordle 1,149 3/6* 8/11/2024

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MEDIC → Streak of C words now up to five. More good news for me as I get a “free” non-WoFcon with the first word. I’ll try two of 'em with an A to boot
LANCE → No -CE ending? At least I placed the E. I’ll try an S here, which makes me have to choose between a second E or an O. I’ll try the latter, given the British origins of the puzzle
SCONE

Scoredle uses its second guess to try to place the C, and figures enough to get it with the third, but still takes one more to finish. So pretty cool? I’ve liked our streak of the past week or so.