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

Wordle 714 5/6

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SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
FANNY
NANNY

Obviously I had plenty of company in having trouble with this one!

I had seriously considered going with FANNY as my third guess, but I went with my usual #3 fishing-for-letters guess instead.

Wordle 714 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
FAUNA
NANNY

I didn’t post yesterday…got it in 4, and with today’s 4 I’m on a 7-day streak of 4’s. First time I think I’ve ever done that (with any number of guesses). Can’t complain mind you…looks like this one was a bit of a troublesome word for many, understandably so with the triple N. I just got lucky with Fauna…Nanny was the only word I could see from there with the letters I had already eliminated.

Wordle 715 5/6

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RATIO
STALE
YEAST
BLUFF
BEAST

Nasty trap.

365 in a row! A lucky guess on this one:

Wordle 715 3/6

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ASIDE
COURT
BEAST

I was afraid of getting caught in a _EAST trap - but i guessed right.

Wordle 715 3/6

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SALET
YEAST
BEAST

Wordle 715 4/6*

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SPATE
LEAST
YEAST
BEAST

Wordle 715 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \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 B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}

Damn. Thought it was my turn for a 1 when those greenies started appearing !

Wordle 715 3/6*

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ALONE
HEART
BEAST

Wordle 715 2/6

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RAISE
BEAST

Wordle 715 5/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
YEAST - d’oh?
FEAST - d’oh!
BEAST

Wordle 715 3/6

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PLANT
SHART
BEAST

Almost guessed smart at 2 but I like H better than M. After shart (giggles) I saw beast and feast, but feast has already been an answer. Yeast has not, so lucky me I never saw it. Then again, thanks to quordle I would have guessed beast first anyway. Trust the B!

Wordle 715 3/6*

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PHASE
YEAST
BEAST

A few choices for the last word… i picked the right one!

Wordle 715 2/6

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HEART 3 greens on the first guess! Sweet!
BEAST

Wordle 715 4/6

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OILER
MEANT
FEAST
BEAST

BEAST, FEAST, and YEAST were left after two.
I could play BEEFY for a guaranteed four, or spin the wheel for either three, four, or five. Ended up with four anyway.

Lucked into a 4 today.

Wordle 715 4/6*

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IRATE
TEACH
MEANT
BEAST

I had found YEAST, LEAST and BEAST after MEANT. BEAST just happened to be the first one I tried of the 3. WordleBot helpfully shared that there were actually 7 words remaining after MEANT. I have no idea what the others were, but they probably ended with a Y.

According to Scordle:

LEAST
YEAST
FEAST
LEAPT
DEALT
BEAUT

Thank you!

Wordle 715 2/6

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SLATE
BEAST

It’s been a while since I’ve gotten a 2. :partying_face: And happy to finally break my 7-day streak of 4’s (in a positive direction :wink:).



That’s the very same reason I went for the B over the Y! :laughing:

Me three! :rofl:

Wordle 715 2/6*

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Woohoo! I don’t remember the last time I had a 2!

LIMBO
BEAST
I was tired of going with LEAST, STEAL, CRATE etc
Something told me LIMBO and I thought nah, not likely, let’s stay with LEAST, but then again why not?
Then when only the B showed up yellow, OK, let’s go with BEAST, as a test word, never expecting that it was the answer!