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

Wordle 699 3/6*

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RATIO
FILER
GRIEF

Somewhat oddball choice of second word pretty much settled it.

Likewise !
Wordle 699 3/6*

\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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \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 E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 699 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
GRIEF

Wordle 699 6/6

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This week has been difficult

HEART
LOVER
SPREE
RIPEN
FRIED
GRIEF

Wordle 699 5/6

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PLANT
SCORE
RIVER
FRIED
GRIEF

Doh!

Wordle 699 3/6

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IDEAL
TINGE
GRIEF

Wordle 699 3/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
GRIEF - got lucky

Wordle 699 3/6

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AMUSE
OILER
GRIEF

I made a good choice at two, if I do say so myself.
Got me a little three streak going!

I was lucky again today, but not that lucky. Some work went into this one!

Wordle 699 2/6*

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IRATE
GRIEF

Knowing the ‘R’ was in second position and that the ‘E’ couldn’t be at the end of the word meant that the ‘IE’ combination was all but assured in the middle. WordleBot said there were 9 possibles after my opening word and I think I found all but 1. They were mostly variations on '-IES, ’ ‘-IER’ and ‘-IED,’ such as FRIED, PRIES or DRIER. When I found GRIEF, it just seemed more likely and less cruel than the other trap words, so I went with it. Good thing the one I missed was ‘BRIEF,’ because I’d have gone with that one first if I’d found it.

Wordle 699 3/6

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TRUCE
BRIEF
GRIEF

I had about 8 words I could see, and decided to wait on the double letter words, and so it was down to Brief and Grief…wasn’t my lucky day for a 2, but happy to get it in 3. :slight_smile:

Wordle 699 4/6*

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YEARN
COVER
HIRED
GRIEF

I don’t think this one was easy!

Wordle 699 3/6*

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LEAST
CRIED
GRIEF
I didn’'t think CRIED was likely but was in a hurry and wanted a test word with an I and an E. And phew, I almost went with BRIEF

Wordle 700 4/6

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RATIO
SLANG
CLASH
FLASK

Wordle 699 3/6* 5/19/2023

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SHORN → OK, move the R, try two more common consonants and two vowels. Maybe…
TRIAL → Not bad! Don’t see many places for a U, so let’s try something with an E…
GRIEF

Really lucky on this one- Scoredle has 50(!) possibilities for the third guess, most of them non-bogus. Probably should have tried PRICE or [PCG]RIME if I had seen them. I was in a rush this morning and went with the first thing I thought of - and there it was.

Wordle 700 4/6*

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PIOUS
SHEAR
BLAST
FLASK

Wordle 700 6/6

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SALET
PSALM
ROUND
CHIMP
GLASS
FLASK

Wordle 700 3/6*

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ALONE
PLAST
FLASK

Wordle 700 3/6

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SLANT
CLASH
FLASK

After the first word, it was down to CLASP, CLASH, FLASH, and FLASK, so a 1-in-4 chance at the 2. (I also considered BLASÉ, PLASH, and PLASM, but didn’t think they were likely solutions.) Going with one of the middle two on the second guess would also guarantee a 3, so I did.

Wordle 700 3/6

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PLANT
CLASH
FLASK

Fortunately glass has already been an answer, or I would probably have gone with that first over flask.

I discarded blasé because that’s not just an E, it’s got an accent over it. I’m going to be annoyed if/when an accented vowel appears in a wordle answer.

Wordle 700 3/6

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RAISE
CHASM
FLASK