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

The Game Room
881

Wordle 686 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square: 441
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square: 21
:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square: 3
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLANT
CHORE => down to RAMEN, RAVEN, and ANGER
RAVEN
ANGER

882

Wordle 686 3/6

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TRACE
RENAL
ANGER

883

Not me, but I saw ARENA before ANGER, which annoyed me. Why couldn’t I see ANGER first, when it’s common, while an ARENA is uncommon ?

Wordle 686 4/6*

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LEAST
ADORE
ARENA
ANGER

884

My fourth three in a row!

Wordle 687 3/6

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ASIDE
COURT
GHOUL

Other choices were GUMBO, JUMBO, or BUXOM. So just a lucky guess.

885

Wordle 687 4/6

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RATIO
SHONE
WHOMP
GHOUL

I am actually proud of myself for getting this. I was so fixated that it would be CH at the beginning but I took my time and thought it out.

886

Wordle 687 4/6*

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PIOUS
TROUT
ALOUD
GHOUL

Took longer than it seemed at first…

887

Wordle 687 4/6*

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ENJOY
PIOUS
GROUT
GHOUL

888

Wordle 687 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[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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned}

889

Wordle 687 3/6*

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ALONE
BROIL
GHOUL

…I was just trying to eliminate letters…

890

Wordle 687 3/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 640
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 2
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SLANT
CHORE
GHOUL

891

Wordle 687 2/6

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IDEAL
GHOUL

892

Wordle 687 3/6

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PLANT
ROLES
GHOUL

I saw ghoul pretty quickly, and while I don’t hate it as a wordle answer I also didn’t love it. So I kept looking. And looking. Never found anything else so I just went with it.

893

Wordle 687 3/6

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SALET
ROUND
GHOUL — was pretty much the only possibility left

894

Wordle 687 4/6

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HEART
SHINY
CHOWS Hmm- PH, WH, TH, SH, and CH all eliminated. Looking at letters remaining, all I find was…
GHOUL

895

Wordle 687 3/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
GHOUL

896

Wordle 687 4/6

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OLIVE
TONAL
GROWL
GHOUL

The only word left at the end.

897

Wordle 687 3/6*

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MAGIC
GOURD
GHOUL

I like it!

898

Wordle 687 4/6

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TRICE
SOUND
GUMBO
GHOUL

899
Wordle 687 3/6* 5/7/2023

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
ANGER → Really not the letter I would have expected to match. Can’t find a good word to test two vowels, so I’ll try a consonant hunt…
GLINT → Placed the G! And now, there is one word with the L and the two remaining vowels, so…
GHOUL
This 3 just kinda fell into my lap. Scoredle gave 21 words remaining after [spoiler]GLINT,/spoiler], about 5 of which I consider valid, so I’ll chalk this one up to good luck.

900

Nice! :slight_smile: From what I can see you only had two choices (Mogul being the other)…good place to be in after a start word.