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

Wordle 1,234 4/6*

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PLATE
SCOWL
IDYLL
VINYL

Wordle 1,235 4/6

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RATIO
MOTEL
OFTEN
OCTET

I briefly considered VOTES for my second guess but voted against it as unlikely.

Wordle 1235 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square: 182
:yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: 1
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SLANT
CHORE
OCTET

Might be a challenge, since I access the game solely on my phone, but I post here from my laptop or desktop.

Wordle 1,235 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \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 E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \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 O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 T} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,235 3/6

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LEAST
EVICT
OCTET

Wordle 1,235 4/6

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HEART
ELECT
COVET
OCTET

Wordle 1,235 3/6

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PLANT
ROSET
OCTET

This was tough to see, but thankfully my dopey second guess narrowed it down considerably. Roset continues to not be a type of wine, to my everlasting embarrassment.

Wordle 1,235 5/6

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ADIEU
SUPER
WHEEL
TOKEN
OCTET

That’ll teach me not to go with my usual opener.

Wordle 1,235 3/6*

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LEAST
EVICT
OCTET

If you just post the diagram from your phone, then go directly to your post on your laptop and edit it, then you can type in your answers. I do it that way sometimes.

Wordle 1,235 4/6* U.S. Election Day 2024

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VINYL β†’ Whiff. Not unexpected. Three WoFcons left, plus A & E, shaken not stirred gives us
RATES β†’ And that’s not bad, but where to go from here? Certainly try an O, perhaps ?OTE?, and I guess repeating the T is as likely as anything, so
TOTEM β†’ That makes it a sure thing
OCTET

Scoredle, also finishing in four, has tis two middle guesses as anagrams of mine respectively. I guess great algorithms think alike.

Wordle 1,235 4/6

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HOUSE
MELON
ORDER
OCTET

Felt good about getting two vowels on the opener, only to accomplish nothing with the second word.
I wasn’t sure about doubling up a new letter at three, but Scoredle did exactly the same thing, so I feel validated.
Yet another day I feel fortunate to land a par.

Wordle 1,235 5/6

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READY
LOUIE
ENDOW
CHENO
OCTET

Wordle 1,235 3/6*

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Irate
Fetch
Octet

Wordle 1,235 4/6*

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PLATE
TENOR
OUTED
OCTET

Wordle 1,236 5/6

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Wordle 1,236 3/6

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RATIO
TRUCE
TRULY

I would have quit WORDLE forever if I had to take the next guess. I think you can figure out what is would be. I’m stressed enough without WORDLE rubbing it in.

Wordle 1,236 6/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt *} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt *} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt *} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt *} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt *} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,236 4/6*

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Shock not awed
Angry fucking truly
Dirty rotten bastard
Truly

Wordle 1236 3/6

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:yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: 4
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SLANT
LITER
TRULY

I concur.