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

Wordle 698 3/6*

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CRANE
NORTH
SHORN

Good return on the second word made this a quick one.

Wordle 698 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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} Bastards !! \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 698 5/6*

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CRUDE
RATIO
PORKY
FLOOR
SHORN

Wordle 698 5/6*

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ALONE
STOUN
SWORN
SCORN
SHORN

No, I don’t know what STOUN is.

Wordle 698 4/6

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SAUCY
STORE
SWORD
SHORN

Wordle 698 plus tax 3/6

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SLANT
KENCH
SHORN

I actually thought of doing my 3rd guess as my second guess. Ah well. :slight_smile:

Wordle 698 3/6

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HEART
CHURN
SHORN

Wordle 698 3/6

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AISLE
ROUST
SHORN

Very quick three today, with a dash of good luck. There were five, maybe six, decent words left. I just went with the first one I saw because it had useful letters. Bingo!

It’s a kind of musical sound, a kind of ‘ding’ noise. Which is why people will sometimes say “It’s a STOUN ding.” :d&r:

(Time is fleeting, madness takes its toll. :smiley: )

Getting worse as the week goes by.

Wordle 698 5/6

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CRANE
SPOIL - high hopes after this
SNORT - uh-oh
SWORN
SHORN

Wordle 698 4/6

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PLANT
SNORE
SWORN
SHORN

After 2 I was pretty sure the answer was shorn, but I saw sworn first. Good thing it wasn’t scorn, which I did not see.

This was a pretty disappointing way to end my streak of 3s.

Had it down to the last two, picked wrong for Choice #3. Oh, well.

Wordle 698 4/6*

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IRATE
SCRUB
SWORN
SHORN

Wordle 698 3/6*

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LEAST
SONIC
SHORN
(which always reminds me of Shaun the Sheep in Wallace and Gromit)
And once again WordleBot spoils my pleasure in a 3 by telling me it was a lucky guess and downgrading me on skill

Wordle 698 4/6

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SHOUT
SHOVE
SHOOK
SHORN

Hitting 3 greens out the gate was nice, except too many words to choose from. I could have played a bit smarter and gone with Shore instead of Shove, but that V hasn’t shown up in so long (since 3/31 to be exact), so I went for it. And I almost went with Shorn at 3, but decided to take a chance on the double O instead, and to check the K, as I had Shock on my list too. Just didn’t go my way today, but a 4 isn’t bad.

Wordle 698 3/6* 5/18/2023

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PLANK → Slow start. N is not in one of my usual second words, so I’ve got to be a little creative with common letters…
TONER → Good second guess. Still have S & H left among common letters, I’d better try something with them…
SHORN

Well, that was an unexpected three. Scoredle had 18 words left after my second guess, ten of which were non-bogus, so I guess this goes as pretty lucky…

Wordle 698 3/6*

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PLEAS
STOIC
SHORN

I had a string of 3s going, then broke the streak with a 6. Maybe I can get another streak going.

Wordle 699 3/6

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RATIO
LINER
GRIEF

Wordle 699 5/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMP
BRIEF
GRIEF

Wordle 699 4/6*

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ALONE
SHIER
TRIED
GRIEF

Wordle 699 5/6*

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QUEST
RENAL
PROVE
BRIEF
GRIEF