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

Wordle 702 3/6

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PLANT
ROLES
IGLOO

Short and sweet.

Wordle 702 2/6

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IDEAL
IGLOO

It took me forever to accept this answer. I found the word quite early but tried everything else first. There just wasn’t anything else.

Wordle 702 3/6*

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IRATE
IMPLY
IGLOO

WordleBot was churlish. Despite admitting there was no other word except the answer after IMPLY, it made sure to point out I’d have been in trouble if the answer had been IONIC. Yeah, but it wasn’t, was it? Stupid WordleBot.

This took way longer than it should have.

Wordle 702 5/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
LITHO
FOLIO
IGLOO

Oh, IMPLYgood one! I couldn’t think of anything else this morning that would fit besides the answer.

LOL, well, since you got it in 2 and it took me 3 tries, I’d say your approach was the better one!

Wordle 702 4/6* 5/22/2023

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BRASH → Clean miss. Let’s see, check I and E, T & L & (maybe) N? Can’t find something to use N, so let’s try a D…
TILED → Not bad. O would be next vowel to try, but I can only think of one word with ?OLI?, but I’ll try a repeat letter…
COLIC → No C, but a hit on the O. And where should the I go? Front or rear? if on the front, I’ll have to try another double letter…
IGLOO

And Scoredle says that was the only word left, so I guess I’m glad I pulled the trigger on it early.

But only because that just happened to be the answer today. :wink:
Had I thought of your word, I most certainly would have tried that first.
That’s the beauty of wordle, part skill and part luck, it’s what keeps us coming back for more.

Wordle 702 4/6

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TUNER
PLAID
LIMBO
IGLOO

Summary

I had a lot of terminal Y words I was considering for my 3rd word, but only two terminal O words, and I decided to take a chance with the latter. Even though I guessed wrong between the two words, I was happily surprised it was indeed a terminal O word, and really glad it wasn’t one of the Y ending words.



@chiliwillybing good job on your 2! Was Igloo was on your brain from Quordle the other day? It was on mine (the word was Lingo, which I chose over Igloo)…it popped into my head as soon as I saw the L and I hit, and I almost played it 3rd today…you were much luckier than I. :wink:

Wordle 702 3/6*

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LEAST
COLIC
IGLOO
Apparently DILDO isn’t in WordleBot’s list because it told me that IGLOO was the only possible solution after COLIC–even though DILDO looks logically possible

TUE MAY 23

Wordle 703 4/6*

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ALONE
SLEPT
FLECK
CLERK

Wordle 703 4/6

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RATIO
LEVER
CRUEL
CLERK

Wordle 703 4/6*

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ROUTE
CREAM
CHEER
CLERK

Wordle 703 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMP
CLERK

Wordle 703 4/6*

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CRANE
CORED
CHERT
CLERK

No, I don’t know what a ‘CHERT’ is, I was just trying out combinations because I couldn’t for the life of me come up with anything…

Wordle 703 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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \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 Y} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \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 K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \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 K} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 703 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
CLERK

An easy 3.

Probably, but after my starter it was the only word I could come up with that fit. So no real luck or skill involved in that one :laughing:

Wordle 703 4/6

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RAISE
OUTER
JERKY
CLERK

Wordle 703 3/6

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HEART
EVERY
CLERK

Yep. A good rebound after yesterday’s debacle.

Wordle 703 3/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
CLERK