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

Wordle 1,180 4/6

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RATIO
CHINA
BIALY
AISLE

Wordle 1,180 5/6*

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

Wordle 1,180 3/6

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PLANT
LASER
AISLE

Wordle 1180 3/6

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SLANT
BASIL
AISLE

Bragging time:
Minor brag: my win streak is at 505 games. (I know some of you have longer streaks.)
Middlin’ brag: my spreadsheet fills in what I’ve done over the past 100 games. My brag here is that over that stretch, I’ve gotten only two 5s and no 6s.
The thing I’m really proud of is, I’ve only gotten one 6 over the past year. 366 games, and just one that went as far as a 6. (And even that was a screwup on my part, dammit! I should have an entire year of abstaining from 6! :wink: )

Wordle 1,180 5/6

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PAEON
STEAK
LEASE
SALVE
AISLE

The third guess was a stupid mistake, as it couldn’t have been the answer.

Wordle 1,180 4/6

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HEART
MAVEN
SPEAK
AISLE

Wordle 1,180 4/6* 9/11/2024

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REBEL → One and only one E, plus an L. Can I get three WoFcons? Can’t see one. Should I try another vowel? Hmm… guess I’ll try mostly consonants with an E in the middle…
SLEPT → Picked up an S, but nothing placed. E at start or end? I tried words that start with E, and didn’t get anywhere, so I kicked in a couple vowels and got…
LOUSE → Vowels did not help, but at least I placed that E. Thinking about A & I, I found a word that used both…
AISLE
Scoredle’s second guess was SHALE
which was pretty much the gold standard for good guesses here. At least Scoredle approved of my third guess, so I do have that going for me.

Wordle 1,180 3/6

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CAMEO
LEAST
AISLE

Took me a long time to come up with a word with L, E, A, and S in spots they hadn’t been before. Turns out it was one of my start words. I missed an ace by 8 days!

Wordle 1,180 2/6*

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LEAST
AISLE

Wow! That’s two this week I think.

Wordle 1,180 3/6

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READY (Setting myself up for a trap. Gotta find a consonant)
FIGHT (Another VOWEL? Hmm, at least it’s placed…)
AISLE (Well, THAT was satisfying)

Wordle 1,180 4/6*

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PLATE
LANCE
AMBLE
AISLE

Wordle 1,181 6/6

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RATIO
SNARL
CRASH
FLASK
GRASS
BRASS

Very badly played. No excuses.

Wordle 1,181 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \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 S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,181 3/6

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SOUTH
CLASP
BRASS

Wordle 1,181 3/6

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HEART
BRAIN
BRASS

Wordle 1,181 5/6* 9/12/2024

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AISLE → Two hits on three vowels, two WoFcons. Nothing placed, though. Let’s check another vowel, and two WoFcons.
SONAR → R was a good pickup. Nothing placed though. I thought of a word that might help place the A…
RASTA → but I already knew the S wasn’t there, so a misplay. And still nothing placed! Well, I know where the A goes now, and if I maneuver the other letters around it, then try a couple more consonants
BRASH → Oh, so close. At least I trusted the B. Should have doubled up too.
BRASS

Per Scoredle, I had 54 possibles after three guesses, but so many of them were plurals that the non-bogus number was far fewer. Scoredle really works hard at placing the two letters from my start word, and it pays off, finishing with a par.

With a slight substitution of synonyms, this could have been the “We’re Off To See The Wizard” special"!

I hadn’t thought of that! Thanks for the insight.

Oh HELL!

Wordle 1,181 X/6

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Wordle 1,181 5/6

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UNITE
SOLAR
HARSH
GRASS
BRASS

Surpringly, WordleBot praised me all the way through this one.
I thought HARSH was a dumb guess, using two H’s, but the Bot pronounced it Good, lamenting how unlucky I was. So there’s that, I suppose.