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

Wordle 708 3/6*

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ALONE
SHIRT
SKIMP

Wordle 708 4/6

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:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 39
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SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
SKIMP

Retrospectively, there were maybe only five legitimate possibilities left after my second guess - SKIMP, SKIFF, SQUIB, SQUID, and SUDSY - but when you’ve only found one letter, the fact that you’ve eliminated all the words that include A,C,E,H,L,N,O,R, or T, which eliminates a metric ton of words, still doesn’t really help you see what’s left. So I still had to go fishing with guess #3.

Wordle 708 3/6

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RAISE
SLINK
SKIMP

Wordle 708 5/6*

\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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\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 I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\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 I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \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 708 3/6

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PLANT
SPORE
SKIMP

Not sure how many possibilities were left, but it wasn’t many.

Wordle 708 4/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
SKIPS - stupid guess, as plurals are rare
SKIMP

Wordle 708 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMP
SKIMP

Wordle 708 5/6*

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SLATE
SOUND
SHIRK
SKIFF
SKIMP

That didn’t really want to come together…

Wordle 708 3/6

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HEART
MINUS
SKIMP

Chose a good second word today.

Wordle 708 3/6*

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IRATE
SPOIL
SKIMP

WordleBot said only one choice remained after my second try. So it would seem!

Wordle 708 4/6* 5/28/2023

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RAMEN → Good eliminations, anyway. Let’s go vowel-heavy for the next guess…
MOIST → Looks like SMILE, but the E is gone. I don’t think there’s a U, but there could be a Y…
SLIMY → but there’s not. Only see one word left…
SKIMP

Happy with a par.

Wordle 708 4/6*

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STEAL
SONIC
SPINY
SKIMP

Wordle 708 4/6

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TAPER
POUCH
WISPY
SKIMP

Wordle 709 3/6

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RATIO
SLOPE
MOUSE

Why do all the threes come through dumb luck?

Wordle 709 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
HOUSE
MOUSE

Wordle 709 3/6*

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VALID
SPORE
MOUSE

Wordle 709 4/6*

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RATIO
SOLED
GOOSE
MOUSE

Wordle 709 4/6*

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ALONE
ROGUE
HOUSE
MOUSE

Wordle 709 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[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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 709 4/6

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IDEAL
SNORE
POSSE
MOUSE