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

So close to a 2!

Wordle 734 3/6

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COURT
COAST
COVET

i had a choice among COAST, COMET, and COVET.

Wordle 734 4/6

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RATIO
STONE
TOWEL
COVET

After three I could only see COVET. I completely missed COMET and probably some others.

Wordle 734 4/6*

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PIOUS
DEMON
OVERT
COVET

Wordle 733 3/6

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STORE
BATCH
TASTE

Saw the 5-word trap and went for a sleuth word, and I was happy to win the coin toss after that. :slight_smile:

Wordle 734 4/6

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SLATE
ROUND
CHIMP
COVET

Wordle 734 3/6*

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JUICE
CHEAT
COVET

Very happy for a three! It’s been a minute…

Wordle 734 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[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 P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 734 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE => COMET, right? Nope, already been used. So:
COVET

Wordle 734 4/6*

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ALONE
TORES
VOTED
COVET

Wordle 734 3/6*

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SALET
RIVET
COVET

Good thing I went with SALET instead of SLATE today, to get the position on the -ET right. Then RIVET was just a lucky guess, going for the vowel and getting the V instead.

Wordle 734 4/6

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IDEAL
OUTER
COMET
COVET

Wordle 734 3/6

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HEART
BLEST
COVET nice case of rectal extraction

Wordle 734 3/6

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PLANT
ROSET
COVET

Roset coming through this time.

What is Roset, a stone? :wink:

Wordle 734 4/6

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PLANE
SHOUT
OVERT
COVET

I’m sure it’s my imagination, but Wordlebot seems to be a bit huffy with me lately, as in “Oh, you were just lucky, that’s all.”

My dictionary says the definition is “a valid wordle guess.”

Wordle 734 4/6* 6/23/2023

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TASTE → So, no duplicate T today. Try another vowel and a couple commont consonants…
INERT → Flat miss, though I placed the T. Be nice to get H & L involved, but I don’t think it’s going to happen…
DEPOT → Swap O & E, and what fits in?
COVET

Completely missed COMET, and Scoredle reminds me about OWLET as well.

The Times bot said there were five words possible after the second guess, so I suppose I was lucky, but if one is aware of the season and current events of a week or two ago, I believe the guessing becomes easier.

Wordle 734 3/6

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As is often the case, I lucked out with letter-testing today.

Wordle 734 3/6*

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IRATE
GUEST
COVET

I had also found COMET and DEPOT but remembered those had already been used. I do like to get Cs and Vs out of the way, though, as well as all the vowels. Worked out today.

@chefguy, WordleBot is a sadist.

Wordle 734 3/6

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CAMEO
COVER
COVET

Thought I had a two, then I noticed COVET and COVEN, so at least I didn’t drop to four.

Not sure I know what you mean by that.