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

Wordle 1,162 5/6

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RATIO
THING
MISTY
PILOT
FILET

Wasn’t thinking. Should have had it on four.

Wordle 1,162 5/6*

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

Wordle 1,162 4/6* 8/24/2024

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LEECH → OK, not bad, let’s try an A with two WoFcons
STEAL → But I knew the E wasn’t there! Doh! Ah, well. Try an I for the second vowel this time.
TILED → Well, that makes it easy.
FILET
ALLEY
was Scoredle’s second guess, which I think is brilliant, but leaves it with too many possibilities for a legit shot at a three, but it does equal my par in the end. Oddly enough, Scoredle’s my recommendation for the third guess is the answer, so the right combination of me + Scoredle could have made a birdie.

Wordle 1,162 5/6

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CRANE
SLOPE
QUELL
THIEF
FILET

Wordle 1,162 2/6*

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LEAST
FILET

Wordle 1,162 5/6

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READY (vowel hunt!)
OURIE (I can work with this)
EVICT (Found a T! And it’s placed)
INLET (disappointing, but it leaves me only one possible answer)
FILET

I’ve still never lost this game.

Start with PENIS, guys. Works every time.

Wordle 1,161 3/6

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OLIVE
LEARN
LEECH

After two, I sat on this for hours because I just didn’t like any of the possible answers (LEECH, LEFTY, LEGGY) and kept hoping I’d see something better. Finally had to play something, and there it was!

Wordle 1,162 3/6

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HOUSE
ALERT
FILET

Finally broke my four streak yesterday, and now I’ve got a little three streak started. Woo-hoo!

Wordle 1,162 4/6*

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Rhino
Cupid
Witty
Filet

Looks like I haven’t posted yet today! Thought for sure I had done that this morning. Anyway, I did today’s Wordle exactly the same as Ellis, aside from the one-letter difference in our starting words:

Wordle 1162 3/6

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SLANT
GUILT
FILET

After my starting word, the only words I could see were GUILT and BUILT, and the latter had been used. Turns out there were more words out there of course, but not that many really. After 2, besides the solution, LIMIT and PILOT had been used, leaving only longshots like LICIT and RELIT, so it was an easy choice.

Sunday, August 25th

Wordle 1,163 3/6

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PLANT
STARE
SKATE

It looked like a trap but turned out not to be one.

Wordle 1,163 3/6

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RATIO
STEAL
SKATE

Wordle 1,163 4/6

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SNAIL
SCARY
SPAKE
SKATE

Wordle 1,163 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[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 G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \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 K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1163 3/6

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SLANT
STAKE
SKATE

Wordle 1,163 4/6

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HEART
PLATE
AGATE
SKATE

Wordle 1,163 3/6

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ALIVE
STARE
SKATE

I won the coin toss, and my three streak continues!

Wordle 1,163 3/6*

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LEAST
STARE
SKATE

Dang. SKATE was my first thought, and I changed my mind.

Wordle 1,163 5/6* 8/25/2024

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FILET → Phone home! A and two more WoFcons, stat!
TEARS → A trap in the making… but which? S?ATE or STA?E?
STALE → Wanted to see if SLATE starters all had an instant two; was slightly disappointed
SPATE → Trusted the P - and it didn’t work out - only one left
SKATE
TASTE
is Scoredle’s second word, which gives it a nice tap-in for birdie. Faced with the same two-word choice for par, I rimmed out for a bogey. Still a fun puzzle, trying to dope out the best shot at the double-trap in the making after two.

Wordle 1,163 3/6

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SLATE - Woohoo! Now, which should I choose?
SPATE - Rats.
SKATE