Lucky!!!
I don’t know if any of those have been previously used and I don’t bother to check previous winning words. I guess I play on extra difficult mode. 
I just checked and two of those have already been used. I should’ve had it in 4 if I didn’t try them.
You do! I’m not that game, especially as time goes on and more and more common words are used. I figure if I can’t use sleuth words, I should at least be able to check what’s gone before.
Of my two choices (SHOUT and SCOUT), neither had been used before. So yes, lucky!! Especially since WordleBot said there were 57 available guesses after my first try…
Isn’t Wordlebot “pay to play?” I don’t have a NYTimes account.
It is, but in all candor, you’re not missing much. You can’t view WordleBot’s snarky commentary on your play until after you’ve played the game each day. Then it will reveal its analysis.
I wouldn’t subscribe to the NY Times solely for WordleBot access. But I get a lot more out of the subscription than just WordleBot snark.
Wordle 717 3/6
Scoredle 3/6
39
2
SLANT => thought about SHORT but went with tried-and-true…
CHORE => which narrowed it down to SCOOT and…
SCOUT => while SHORT would have left 4 words to choose from at guess 3.
So I had a 50-50 chance of getting it in 3, and this time the coin flip came down my way. No complaints.
ENNUI → That’s a really odd place for a U. I had a tough time thinking of words here til I tried…
SALUD → Which got me thinking of STOUT but I got so far from the repeated T that I ended up at…
SCOUR** → Which pretty much sealed it.
SCOUT
So that’s a solid 4 but could have been 3.
Wordle 717 4/6
SLATE
CHOIR
SCOOT
SCOUT
Wordle 717 2/6*
LEAST
SCOUT
I was playing in a hurry, having forgotten about it until 11:58. My 2nd guess was the first word I could think of with an S ending with T and without an E or A. I didn’t think it would be the answer!
It feels great to have a 2 after a long stretch of 4s and 5s!
Wordle 718 5/6
RATIO
LATER
WATER
ECHOS
HATER
Stupid trap and I didn’t really like most of the possible answers. Hard to come up with a sleuth word that would eliminate EATER.
Wordle 718 3/6*
TRIBE
EARTH
HATER
Wordle 718 6/6
SLATE
ROUND
TREAT
EATER — after this, it is likely CATER HATER WATER (and not likely DATER MATER RATER TATER)
WATCH — this isolated the 5th letter is H
HATER — I’ll take a 6 today
or PATER ?
Wordle 718 5/6*
\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 G} \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 T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned}
Wordle 718 3/6*
ALONE
HEART
HATER
Wordle 718 4/6
294
2
1
SLANT
CHORE - have all 5 letters, and it’s gotta be…
EARTH - it’s not this? WTF?!
HATER - really?!
Grrr. Argh.
Wordle 718 2/6
HEART wow first time I get all the letters in the first shot
HATER
Cool!
Wordle 718 3/6
RAISE
HAREM
HATER
Wordle 718 X/6*
Fail.
Scoredle X/6*
14,855
SCOUT (674)
TRAIN (37)
ALTAR (8)
WATER (7)
EATER (6)
DATER (6)
Wordle is getting on my bad side lately. Between ENNUI and HATER these are two bogus words.
It’s a cheap shot to use words that are alterations like “ER” adjectives–they already exclude plurals ending in “S” as far as I know.
And I thought HATER was not a very pleasant word for a fun game, so I left it for last and lost.
grumble grumble…
Buy lotto today!
Bummer, dude.
Yeah that too. Luckily that wasn’t it, because I would’ve missed it altogether.
Wordle 718 5/6*
Damn it!
ADIEU
WATER
LATER
EATER
HATER
This is a bad side effect of playing in hard mode. I can’t do “sleuth” words.