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

Wordle 1,172 3/6

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RATIO
FAITH
FAINT

Wordle 1,172 2/6

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DRAIN
FAINT

Wordle 1,172 2/6

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PLANT
FAINT

I saw taint first but since this was only my second guess I wanted to check more letters. Been a while since I had a 2.

Wordle 1172 3/6

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SLANT
FLUID
FAINT

After 1, it could have been (F/T)AINT or (D/H/V)AUNT, with AGENT, PAINT, (G/J/T)AUNT having already been used.

Wordle 1,172 3/6*

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

Wordle 1,172 3/6

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HEART
SPLAT
FAINT

Wordle 1,172 4/6

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SLATE
POINT
TAINT
FAINT

What a bummer. I saw both possible answers, but thought of β€˜taint’ first and went with that.

Wordle 1,172 4/6* 9/3/2024

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CAMEL β†’ No consonants, but a placed A is kinda cool. Can I build on this with an O and three WoFcons?
TAROS β†’ Just a bit. If I try an I and an N, what word can I try?
PAINT β†’ Oh, so close. It’s not TAINT, so I’ll try
FAINT

Scoredle finds the I with its second guess, and places it with the third, but takes the long way around to the answer and ends up with a five. My determination to check the WoFcons helped out in this case.

Wordle 1,172 4/6

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READY (I can only hunt for two vowels)
OASIS (besides finding a vowel and placing the A, I still feel like eliminating the U)
HAIKU (Okay, the U is eliminated, and things are looking scary)
FAINT (THAT’S a welcome ass-pull)

Wordle 1,172 3/6*

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LEAST
HAUNT
FAINT

Wordle 1,172 3/6*

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PLATE
TAINT
FAINT

Wordle 1,173 4/6

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RATIO
TRUCE
EXERT
STERN

Wordle 1173 2/6

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SLANT
STERN

STEIN had already been used.

Wordle 1,173 3/6

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SOUND
SNIPE
STERN

Wordle 1,173 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[lime,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \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 N} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,173 4/6

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CRANE
NERVE
LONER
STERN

Wordle 1,173 2/6* 9/4/2024

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FAINT β†’ OK, not bad. Should I try O & E and a WoFcon (TONER/TENOR) or E and three WoFcons? I think the latter, thus
STERN

I rate that as mighty lucky, though it did take more thought (i.e. any amount) than my previous eagle. Scoredle makes a better guess by doubling up and ends with a birdie.

Wordle 1,173 5/6

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READY (I’m suspicious. Let me start with a sleuth word that eliminates a vowel)
PLUMB (Okay, let me do it again)
SIGHT (I can have STREP, STREW, STERN, or STEER And I have just the sleuth word to figure it out!)
SPAWN (I don’t much mind that it’s a bogey)
STERN

On reflection, since STREP had already been eliminated, NEWER would have been a more elegant sleuth word. And the stupid robot wouldn’t have been able to complain about what would have happened if the solution had been STORE. Which I knew had already been used. And so did the stupid robot. I will never be persuaded otherwise.

Wordle 1,173 2/6

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HEART
STERN

Wordle 1,173 3/6

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PLANT
TONES
STERN

With no greens it took me forever to figure out any possible answer. On preview I never saw stein.