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

Wordle 712 6/6

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When you have eliminated the common reasonable choices then what remains however improbable must be… misquoted Holmes.

Wordle 712 6/6

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PLANT
RACES
BAGGY
DAFFY
HAMMY
JAZZY

Phew indeed.

Wordle 713 4/6

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RATIO
MUSIC
CUMIN
HUMID

Wordle 712 4/6

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TONER
PLAID
SAUCY
JAZZY

With a list of about 5-6 words after my 3rd guess, I took a chance on the low-use letter word…happy to have nailed it. :slight_smile:

Wordle 712 6/6* 6/1/2023

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AGILE → Slow start. I can do one of my favorite second words…
ROAST → No help there. I’m about out of vowels, so maybe a second A…
PANDA → No but placed the one. Can’t fit a U in but Y is a strong possibility…
WACKY → Yes. But will I run out of letters before I get the right ones?
HAMMY → No luck there. Does it start with J?
JAZZY

This one seemed really tough. You win this at any score, you’ve beaten Scoredle.

Wordle 713 3/6

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PLANT
SCORE
HUMID

Well this was a surprise. “Score” is my normal followup when nothing hits with plant. Then if score also hits nothing I would typically go with buggy, but thanks to yesterday’s 6 I decided that I wanted a new word for this situation. In a perfect world, this new word would check UIY, have two decent consonants, and have no repeated letters. I couldn’t find anything to fit the bill; the closest I could think up was humid. Lo and behold!

Wordle 713 3/6*

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SLATE
PROUD
HUMID

Wordle 713 3/6*

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PLAIN
FETID
HUMID

Wordle 713 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMP
HUMID

Wordle 713 4/6*

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ALONE
SHIRT
HIPPY
HUMID

Wordle 713 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 713 3/6*

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GHOST
HEARD
HUMID

I like this one much better than yesterday’s. I haven’t had a three in ages!

Wordle 713 4/6

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RAISE
PINTO
LUCID
HUMID

Wordle 713 4/6

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HEART
HILLY
HOIST
HUMID

Joining the 4s today. :slight_smile:

Wordle 713 4/6*

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IRATE
CLIMB
MINUS
HUMID

This was my 500th consecutive game. Gad zooks!

Wordle 713 4/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
ADMIT - I knew this wasn’t possible, but needed to eliminate letters
HUMID - which it has been for a week

Wordle 713 4/6* 6/2/2023

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JAZZY → Somehow I knew I would get no help on the first guess today
HEIST ->Placing the H is huge. Not many vowels left
HIPPO → That I must go in 4th so there must be a U second so…
HUMID

Rather a relief after the last couple days

And a story in 4 words

Wordle 713 4/6

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CAUSE
GROUT
UNIFY
HUMID

Very happy to pull out a par after the slow start. PUPIL was the only real option left; I went with the one I saw first.

Wordle 713 3/6

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SLATE
CURIO
HUMID

Totally stumped after two tries! Had to walk away for a couple of hours, come back, and try again. Came up with HUMID in less than a minute.
Sometimes walking away is what it takes!