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

Wordle 1,221 3/6* 10/22/2024

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SPOON → Interesting. And a second O is out. I’d like to try an E, and two WoFcons - so could be STORE, or
STOLE → Not SOOTY or SPORT. Could be a U in there. S?OUT could be
SHOUT
SCOUT or SLOTH
were also out there. Scoredle goes the other way on the second guess, and ends up with a birdie also.

Wordle 1,221 4/6*

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LEAST
SHORT
SHOOT
SHOUT

Wordle 1,221 4/6

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READY (Two whiffs in a row with READY. Time for the backup.)
BIJOU (Let’s try a consonant hunt with my OU.)
POUCH (Nope. But the H helps. Has to be either MUCHO or SHOUT)
SHOUT

Wordle 1,221 2/6*

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PLATE
SHOUT

Redemption after yesterday’s ignominious 5. And @Wheelz I thought of that song too!

Wordle 1,222 5/6

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RATIO
SHONE
GLOOM
GOODY
GOOFY

Wordle 1,222 4/6

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CRATE
FOUND
LOOFA
GOOFY

Wordle 1,222 5/6*

\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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \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 F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 1,222 4/6*

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Image
Ghost
Group
Goofy
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Wordle 1222 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
MOODY
GOOFY

My 1000th game. Stats later.
Obviously glad to get it in 4 after getting only one letter from my first two words! If there was any doubt that we were seriously into slang territory, finding that BOOBY and BOOZY had both been used was sufficient to dispel all doubts. If my 4th guess had been a miss, KOOKY and WOOZY would have been my 5th and 6th guesses.

Wordle 1,222 4/6*

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LEAST
BOING
ROUGH
GOOFY

Wordle 1,222 4/6

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PAEON
STORY - that nail it as a double ‘o’ word
WOOLY
GOOFY - I was inclined to “doozy”, but it seemed unlikely

Wordle 1,222 5/6

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READY (Let’s try to eliminate some vowels)
NOISY (Found a placed O. I’m going to roll the dice on a double letter)
LOBBY (No good. Better eliminate some consonants)
CHUMP (Nine letters left. Can’t find a word that will eliminate more than three. There’s got to be a double letter)
GOOFY (Found it!)

Wordle 1,222 4/6

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LONER
HOIST
FOAMY
GOOFY

Same second word as yesterday; not the same result. Gawrsh, can’t be too mad at a par today, though.

Wordle 1,222 4/6* 10/23/2024

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SHOUT → I’d like to try all of R, N and L with an E or A to go with that O, but nothing quite fits. So I came close by trying
GROAN → which was nice to pick up a placed G. So I need to try the L, and E, and I figured I should trust the B with
GLOBE → but that went nowhere, except for eliminations. Couldn’t see many ways to mix in an I, so I went with two Os with
GOOFY
I made the right choice to save par. Scoredle made the wrong choice and bogeyed. Due to prior word choices, I had one more possible in my trap list than Scoredle did. I’m calling this one luck.

Wordle 1,222 4/6*

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PLATE
MINOR
DOUGH
GOOFY

And @psychobunny LOL on sticking with kitchen implements–at least it wasn’t a corer or parer.

Wordle 1,222 4/6

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PLANT
SCORE
WEDGE
GOOFY

I was forced to pull out a sleuth word at 3.

Wordle 1,223 4/6

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RATIO
SHONE
MOSSY
BOSSY

Wordle 1,223 4/6

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LATER
MOUSY
NOISY
BOSSY

Wordle 1,223 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,223 3/6*

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Abhor
Globe
Bossy