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

Wordle 719 3/6

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CRANE
CRISP - okay, that leaves ‘o’ or ‘u’ as vowels. ‘O’ is unlikely, although ‘crowd’ would work.
CRUMB - lucky guess

Wordle 719 4/6

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SLATE
ROUND
CHIMP
CRUMB

Bah. My 4s are ahead of my 3s again, thanks to this puzzle. :rage:

Wordle 719 4/6*

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IRATE
PROUD
CRUSH
CRUMB

At least it’s a normal word, though!

Wordle 718 5/6

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AGILE
SANER
COMPT
WATER
HATER

I realized at 11 pm that I’d forgotten to play yesterday. Was hoping for a quick and easy one to knock out before going to bed, but alas, it was not to be. At least I discovered the _A_ER trap early, which probably saved me from a fail. I had TATER but didn’t see EATER, so there was still that possibility.

Wordle 719 3/6

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ALONE
MUSIC
CRUMB

A much better time of it today. My first instinct was CHUMP, but fortunately I backed off of that. Nice to go from zero letters to the win in three.

Today’s solution is brought to you by the letter R.

Wordle 719 4/6*

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LEAST
CHOIR
CURRY
CRUMB
It took me forever to work this one out

Well, my 41 day streak has ended. I thought for sure that it was salsa. I thought about balsa briefly, but it just seemed a little too…random? Esoteric?

I’m not sure. But that one pissed me off.

Wordle 720 4/6

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RATIO
LANCE
BALKY
BALSA

I HAVE NO IDEAS WHY I WENT FOR BALKY over BALMY but it didn’t make a difference. I was trying to find a word with an S earlier but couldn’t find a good one.

Wordle 720 5/6*

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WHILE
FLOUT
LANKY
CABAL
BALSA

Wordle 719 4/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
CURRY
CRUMB

Wordle 720 5/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \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 A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 720 4/6

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SLATE
ROUND
CHIMP
BALSA

Wordle 720 3/6

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RAISE
SALSA
BALSA

Wordle 720 3/6*

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CRUEL
BLAST
BALSA

I didn’t really think it would be BALSA, but I tried it anyway. It’s an unusual word.

Wordle 720 4/6

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PLANT
LASER
SADLY
BALSA

Felt good about sadly, sadly.

Wordle 720 4/6

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HEART
AGAIN Know that #3 is not A, just want to see if there’s multiple As and an I
BASAL Well that narrows it down
BALSA

Wordle 720 3/6

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SLANT
LASER => positioning L,A,S; checking for E,R: no E eliminated most choices
BALSA => was the only word left I could think of (didn’t see PALSY)

Wordle 720 3/6

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CRANE
SPOIL
BALSA

Wordle 720 5/6

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ROUSE
WAIST
PALSY
SALSA
BALSA

Frustrating bogey.
I didn’t think PALSY was a likely answer, but the only other thing I was seeing was PANSY, which I figured was even less likely.
I was then fully shocked when it wasn’t SALSA. Even with _ALSA in place it took me a minute to get it. Bah.

Sure a lot of dumb words lately. < grumble >

Wordle 720 4/6*

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IRATE
SALON
PALSY
BALSA

This is doing nothing good for my stats’ 3s-against-4s competition!