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

Wordle 1,243 5/6

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CRANE
TRYST
BROIL
PRIVY - Stupid, the β€˜y’ was already eliminated
PRIMP

Wordle 1,243 4/6*

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LEAST
CHURN
RIGOR
PRIMP

Wordle 1,243 4/6*

\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[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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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 M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,243 5/6

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YEAST (Zilch. Time for my backup word)
CURIO (Unplaced R and I. I like an ING word.)
WRING (Nope. Time to hunt for more letters.)
PLUMB (That was productive.)
PRIMP

Wordle 1,243 4/6

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PLANT
PROSE
PRIVY
PRIMP

I’d almost rather have gotten a 5 if I could have had a perfect 5-step green staircase.

Really? Really?:face_with_monocle:

Wordle 1,244 5/6

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RATIO
SHALE
AMPLY
BULLA
UVULA

Wordle 1,244 4/6*

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LEAST
CORAL
BYLAW Oops, the A has been used there already.
UVULA It was either this or ALIGN. I chose the more unusual word for par.

Wordle 1,244 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 V} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \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 V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \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 A} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,244 4/6

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HEART
CLOAK
LAUGH
UVULA

Wordle 1,244 4/6

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AEGIS
BROWN
LLAMA
UVULA

With that horrible start, I feel lucky to have gotten a four.

I almost blew it.

Wordle 1,244 6/6

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Summary

STERN
CLOUD
GIMPY
HAWKS
VULVA
UVULA

Wordle 1244 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
UVULA

AWFUL had already been used. I bet VULVA was on Wardle’s original list, but I was equally sure the NYT wasn’t gonna use it. UVULA was the only word left that I could find.

ETA: An impressive amount of fail before the ultimate success.

Wordle 1,244 4/6

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YEAST (Vowel elimination time!)
AUDIO (I’m thinking an UNXXX word.)
UNBAN (I guess not. But now I’ve placed the A, Since no five-letter words start with UA.)
UVULA. (That works.)

Wordle 1,244 2/6

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UNITE
UVULA

So it starts with U, and doesn’t contain N, I, T, or E. I’ve definitely got a shot at the deuce here!
After much pondering, I had USUAL, USURY, and UVULA. No matter which one I pick, it’s no worse than a three. And I picked well!
The only legit word I missed was UMBRA, and I still would have birdied had that been it.
Good day for my only start word that begins with U!

Also USURP.

Wordle 1,244 4/6*

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PLATE
CORAL
LAUGH
UVULA

Wordle 1,244 4/6

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PLANT
LASER
VOCAL
UVULA

Almost ran out of time.

Friday, November 15th

Wordle 1,245 3/6

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PLANT
RATES
TACKY

While I’m here might as well do this one too.

Wordle 1,245 5/6

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