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

I remembered to not use READY!

Wordle 1,239 3/6

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YEAST (New starter word.)
SHOVE (Just trying to place the S and E)
SWELL (That went well)

Congrats on your starting word coming up! I didn’t see that until I was scrolling through just a few moments ago.

One of these days, SLANT has to come through for me.

Sadly for me, PLANT had already been an answer before I started using it.

Wordle 1,240 4/6

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RATIO
SHIRE
FILER
INNER

Wordle 1,240 5/6

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Wordle 1,240 5/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1240 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square: 584
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square: 46
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SLANT
CHORE
INNER

A considerable bit of luck on 3 - I had about 10 prospective solutions, and I went with INNER because it was the one that would maximize my chances of identifying the actual solution and get a 4.

I’d already started using SLANT as my starting word by then, and I couldn’t have asked for an easier 2. :slight_smile:

Wordle 1,240 4/6

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HEART
COVER
LINER
INNER

Wordle 1,240 5/6

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CRANE
TUNER
LONER
DINER
INNER

Wordle 1,240 4/6*

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LEAST
DRONE
RIPEN
INNER

And LEAST for me.

Wordle 1,240 3/6

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PLANT
SNORE
INNER

Under and infer had already been answers, helping the cause.

Wordle 1,240 5/6

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OUNCE
SANER
MOLDS
FINER
INNER

Grrr. I thought I’d learned my lesson from yesterday, but the double N tripped me up. Going straight for a solution would actually have saved me a step today. Grrr.

Wordle 1,240 5/6

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YEAST
LOUIE (Yes, my solving still calls for eliminating vowels. Now to find some consonants)
CHUNK (An N. I think I can work with that)
VIXEN (Well, I’ve placed the I and N. Pretty much only one word left.)
INNER

Wordle 1,240 3/6*

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PLATE
DINER
INNER

Wordle 1,241 3/6

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RATIO
TONIC
STOIC

Wordle 1,241 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ \end{aligned}

:astonished: No idea how many words it could’ve been. several, probably.

Wordle 1,241 3/6*

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Enact
Couch
Stoic

Wordle 1,241 3/6

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HEART
STINK
STOIC

Wordle 1241 4/6

:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: 158
:yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 15
:green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 8
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SLANT
OTHER
STOOP
STOIC