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

Wordle 713 3/6

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I didn’t remember the proper word until I went back and looked at what I did at 7am before I went back to sleep. But I will remember Igloo forever.

cheat,hours,humid

Wordle 713 4/6*

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STEAL
ROUND
CUPID
HUMID

Wordle 714 5/6

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RATIO
SANDY
MANLY
CHUNK
NANNY

I am actually proud of thinking this through. After the trap at two I tried a couple of common letters then was left with a few options including NANNY, CANNY, FANNY (unlikely), FANCY, HANKY, WANKY (unlikely). CANNY would probably also have narrowed it down to one of the four likeliest options but I knew I needed to check the N in the fourth spot and a C somewhere. Meanwhile everybody else will probably easily get this in three.

Wordle 714 X/6*

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CRANE
ALONG
MAUNT
FAWNY
DANNY
PANNY

Well there goes my streak. Somehow never occurred to my to try the triple consonant…

Wordle 714 5/6*

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PIOUS
GREAT
BLANK
CANNY
NANNY

Wordle 714 5/6

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SALET
ROUND
CHIMP
FANNY
NANNY

Bummer, dude, and I’m surprised that DANNY is an acceptable word.

Wordle 714 6/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 714 5/6

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RAISE
TALON
FANCY
HANDY
NANNY

Wordle 714 6/6*

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ALONE
THANK
WARNS
FAUNA
CANNY
NANNY

From the comments upthread, I apparently succeeded through sheer ignorance of the fact that ‘DANNY’ is an acceptable word.

Wordle 714 4/6

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PLANT
EARNS
FANNY
NANNY

Pretty happy with earns for the second word. This is the first time plant has returned a green N and yellow A.

Saw fanny first but immediately discarded it because of the British meaning, and I know wordle’s roots skew British. Quickly saw canny but that’s already been an answer. Then I thought I went through the whole alphabet, but of course the tricky triple hid from me. Eventually I convinced myself that “fanny pack” was mainstream enough to guess fanny. (I essentially guessed pussy because pussy willow is mainstream enough. Rolls eyes.)

Wordle 714 6/6*

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HUMID → Not sure why I expected I’d do better there but I did
ROAST → One out of ten. Moving on… L,N, and E should figure in my next guess
GLEAN → One success. Perhaps a double letter?
CANNY → Yes. Only one word left
FANNY → What? Panny? Janny? No way. Oh. Triple letter
NANNY

Been racking up the sixes lately.

Wordle 714 5/6

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HEART
MANLY
HANKY
CANDY
NANNY The old triple letter trick. Should have known

Tough one today!

Wordle 714 5/6

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CRANE
SPOIL - leaves ‘u’ or ‘y’ as a vowel
VAUNT - so ‘y’ it is
FANNY
NANNY

Ugh. Too many tries! Hated this one.

Wordle 714 6/6*

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IRATE
SHOAL
FANCY
DANDY
MANGY
NANNY

WordleBot advised that JANKY was also an available choice. I’d never have thought of it. Luckily!

Wordle 714 5/6

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PATIO
RANGE
LANKY
CHADS
NANNY

Forced to abandon the chance for a four and go sleuth. CHADS eliminated all but NANNY and FANNY. I almost went with FANNY before deciding it was unlikely. Triple letter, though… :roll_eyes:

Properly spoilering this time, regarding today’s puzzle, I checked to see if FANNY is in the original answers list. (I don’t have the updated NYT answer list.)

Answer: FANNY is indeed a valid answer. Not surprised, I guess, because like I said upthread, “fanny pack” is a pretty mainstream expression.

Wordle 714 6/6*

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TRADE
CABAL
SAVOY
HAPPY
FANNY
NANNY

Triple letter? Seriously?

I didn’t try FANNY because Wordle creator is Welsh and fanny has a different, female specific meaning here in the UK. Maybe he included it with a slight snigger to himself, or maybe he had spent too much time living in Brooklyn.

Thanks for the spoilering! I wasn’t sure if it would be enough to keep me from clicking anyway, but it was. So I’m good with your doing it this way, and I appreciate your remembering to do so.