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

Wordle 1,195 2/6

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PLANT
THANK

Woohoo!

Wordle 1,195 4/6*

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

Wordle 1,195 2/6

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CHAIN
THANK

Wordle 1195 2/6

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SLANT
THANKs for the easy 2!

TWANG had already been used; I suppose it could’ve also been THANE or TRANK, but I wasn’t going there if I didn’t have to.

Wordle 1,195 4/6

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POISE
LUNAR
CHANT
THANK

Not bad, I guess, considering the start.

(Also scored an unremarkable four yesterday; I played late and didn’t get a chance to post here.)

Wordle 1,195 2/6

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HEART
THANK

Wordle 1,195 2/6*

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Ethos
Thank

Wordle 1,195 3/6* 9/26/2024

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TORCH → That TH- prefix just jumps right out at me. Add a WoFcon and two vowels for
THINE → I’m almost tempted to play THUNK here since my son is taking grad compilers this semester, but the easy and correct play is
THANK

Lotta twos today, I notice. Scoredle makes it in three, but had a tough choice between the solution and THINK since it hadn’t eliminated the I before.

Wordle 1,195 5/6

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PAEON
SNAIL
BRAND
CHANT
THANK

Meh.

Wordle 1,195 2/6*

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LEAST
THANK

Wordle 1,195 5/6

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READY (Vowel hunt!)
MIAOU (Consonant hunt!)
CLASP (Huh. Better make sure I don’t have multiple As)
ABAFT (Well, I don’t. And it’s about time I found a second letter! That T can only go first. And it needs to be paired with an H)
THANK (I ain’t even mad. They made me work for this bogey)

One thing I didn’t get is that after CLASP, Wordlebot said there were two possibilities left, and after ABAFT it said I didn’t eliminate either of them. I wonder what the other one was.

TWANG (which has already been a solution).
I guess Wordlebot just told us that ABAFT won’t be a solution. Not that I was ever expecting it to be, but it’s nice to know for sure.

Wordle 1,195 3/6*

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PLATE
STAIN
THANK

Wordle 1,196 4/6

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CLEAR
SWANK
VAPID
FAITH

Wordle 1,196 3/6

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RATIO
WAIST
FAITH

Could have been a two. Changed my mind at the last minute.

Wordle 1,196 4/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\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 T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1196 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
FAITH

Wordle 1,196 4/6

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HEART
CATCH
SAITH
FAITH

Wordle 1,196 3/6*

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LEAST
PATIO
FAITH

Wordle 1,196 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
FAITH

Nice recovery after a poor opener.