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

Wordle 1218 6/6

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:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square: 33
:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square: 11
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SLANT
CHORE
GREED
RIVER
BIKER
FIBER

Did I ever flounder around this morning! It’s been at least three months since I’d done worse than a 4, but boy howdy, I sure made up for that today!

Wordle 1,218 3/6*

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So relieved to be lucky enough to avoid the trap! After my 2nd guess I thought that it would take me at least 5 guesses.

Summary

PLATE
DINER
FIBER

Wordle 1,218 4/6

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PLANT
SCORE
FRIED
FIBER

I really wanted the answer to be fixer because it was one of those deals where I was typing in “fi_er” using x as a placeholder and I love it when doing that completes the actual answer.

But sadly fixer has already been an answer, so I was forced to trust the B.

Sunday, October 20th

Wordle 1,219 4/6

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PLANT
SCORE
CHECK
DICEY

While going through possibilities after 2 I was reminded of “medic”, which is such a wonderful follow-up word for checking second tier consonants if you haven’t spent the E yet. I really wanted to guess it here but it’s already been an answer.

Wordle 1,219 4/6

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RATIO
SHINE
WIELD
DICEY

Wordle 1,219 4/6

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DREAM
DETOX
DINED
DICEY

Wordle 1,219 4/6*

\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[yellow,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1219 4/6

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:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: 15
:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square: 1
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SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
DICEY

Joining the crowd. :slight_smile:

Wordle 1,219 3/6

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CRANE
EPOCH
DICEY

Top dog, so far! Took me forever, though.

Wordle 1,219 4/6* 10/20/2024

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FIBER → Interesting. Looks like I’m done with vowels (unless it’s VIDEO) so let’s try a lot of consonants, common or otherwise, henceforth.
TILES → Only one WoFcon left
PINED → Didn’t get it, but the D is a nice pickup. So, the aforementioned VIDEO? Or could it be
DICEY

Scoredle finishes in three. It turned out my elimination word on two was darn near wasted; if I had thought about it, something with a D would have been a better choice since so many of those common consonants are used when pairing with other consonants, which wasn’t going to happen here.

Wordle 1,219 4/6

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HEART
SPINE
LIMEY
DICEY

Wordle 1,219 3/6*

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Crowd
Deice
Dicey

Wordle 1,219 3/6*

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LEAST
CHIDE
DICEY

Wordle 1,219 3/6

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STERN
DECOY
DICEY

Huge stroke of luck at two.

Wordle 1,219 3/6

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READY (This looks promising. That E can’t be in position three. Let’s try position one.)
EDIFY (Nope. But it does leave me DICEY or DIVEY.)
DICEY

Wordle 1,219 4/6*

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PLATE
DINER
DICED
DICEY

Wordle 1,220 3/6

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RATIO
SHONE
SPOON

Didn’t really take time to think about this one. I just had a feeling and went with it. Maybe because I’ve now been burned twice on kitchen utensils, my brain automatically goes in that direction.

Wordle 1,220 3/6*

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

!

Wordle 1,220 3/6

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CHAIR
SLOPE
SPOON

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HEART
SPOIL
SPOON