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

Wordle 706 3/6

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SPINE
SHINE
SWINE

So close to a 1, then 2…and got 'er done in 3. Oh shoot, I’m just realizing that I never looked at the previous answers…could have had this in 2 (Shine was used already!). But at least another 3 gets me one step closer to my 4’s - don’t think I’ll ever get there though…I’m 40 behind.

Wordle 707 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
RAVEN
RAMEN

Wordle 707 4/6*

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FLUTE
DREAM
MAKER
RAMEN

Wordle 707 4/6*

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ALONE
TAKEN
RAVEN
RAMEN

Wordle 707 4/6

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RATIO
RANDY
RAVEN
RAMEN

I see a lot of RAVEN before RAMEN so I don’t feel so bad. I also have to remind myself my numbers will always be slightly worse than those of people who check the prior word list.

Wordle 707 4/6

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IDEAL
HEART
RAVEN
RAMEN

Wordle 707(big ol’ jet airliner :wink: ) 4/6

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SLANT
RANCH
RAVEN
RAMEN

Add me to the ‘RAVEN before RAMEN’ group. And dammit, I played this way better than a 4. My second word was a great choice - the only other possibilities it left were RADON and RAYON, neither of which I thought was at all likely. So pffft.

Wordle 707 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 707 4/6*

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SALET
BARED
CAPER
RAMEN

I did not expect that to be the answer…

Yowza!

Wordle 707 2/6

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CRANE
RAMEN - six words to choose from, apparently, so luck that I thought of this one first

Wordle 707 6/6* 5/27/2023

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SWINE → Alright, good start, need to place those, and I think I’ll go vowel-heavy for the next guess…
NEATO → Got one, probably the last. Let’s move things over an try again… should I check L or R consonants? I’ll try L…
CLEAN → No luck, but placed the N, so that’s good. Maybe I can try two Rs?
RERAN → And I got so excited about finding a word with two Rs that I made a horrible misplay. E and A should have been switched, then I couldn’t have used two Rs, but… faugh…
RAVEN → Nevermore.
RAMEN

I was a bit tired this morning when I sat down to Wordle, and it showed.

Wordle 707 5/6

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HEART
SCARE
RACED
RAVEN
RAMEN

< Scooting over to the 4-camp today. >

Wordle 707 4/6*

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IRATE
SPEAR
RAVEN
RAMEN

Wordle 707 3/6

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OPIUM
MEANT
RAMEN

Catching the M right away eliminated RAVEN for me, then I chose a fortunate second word.
NAMED and ENEMA were my other possibilities. I don’t think they use -ED endings, and ENEMA is somewhat off-putting, so it wasn’t hard to pick the right one.

Wordle 707 3/6

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TAPER
RAVEN
RAMEN

Joining the Raven > Ramen club. I almost went with Ramen, but there have been zero V’s this month. Not pleased with the choice of word, but can’t complain about a 3.

Wordle 707 4/6

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PLANT
RANES
RAVEN
RAMEN

Yet another for the raven club. No idea what ranes is, but those are the letters I wanted and it took it.

Wordle 707 3/6*

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LEAST
RACED
RAMEN
I went with my first guess, hoping that the answer wasn’t RAVEN or RARER. And it was a lucky guess!

Wordle 708 5/6

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RATIO
SLIDE
SWING
SPICY
SKIMP

Another one where I might have done better having a system other than what letters are left?

Wordle 708 4/6

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TRANS
LOUIE
SMILY
SKIMP

“Skimp” was legitimately just a wild guess I came up with because I was trying to figure out where the M was supposed to be. Lucky me.

Wordle 708 3/6*

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PIOUS
SPITE
SKIMP