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

Wordle 740 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DINER

Checking Scoredle afterwards, it’s clear that I did too. (And I’m talking about just the legit words, not all those weird words you never heard of.) Fortunately, I thought of DINER right away, and went with it. Didn’t even see most of the others until checking Scoredle. A very lucky 3, but I’ll take it.

Wordle 740 3/6

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RAISE
LINER
DINER

Wordle 740 6/6

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A whew! extends my streak to 100
HEART
COVER
BIKER
PIPER
FILER
DINER

Wordle 740 5/6

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PLANT
SNORE
GREEN
MINER
DINER

Wordle 740 6/6*

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HELLO
TRADE
WIRED
RIDER
DIVER
DINER

whew!

Wordle 740 5/6* 6/29/2023

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TRACT → Slow starter. Need to try some vowels…
SHORE → One hit, not bad. Should I try RE at start or ER at end? Also, more vowels…
RELAY → Feels like a wasted guess. WIPER, now? or maybe R goes in the middle…
WIRED → No, but that D was a lucky pickup. Can’t believe I’ve gone this long without N or M…
DINER

Scoredle had 6 guesses left before my last, 3 of which were nonbogus. Color this one harder than it looked. Plus, that long to place the R? Sheesh.

Wordle 740 3/6*

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SPEAK
DRONE
DINER

I’ve been on a pretty good streak.

Skill

Me
91

NYT Avg
87

Wordlebot
99

LUCK

Me 61

NYT Avgt 57

Wordlebot 51

STEPS

Me 3.4

NYT Avg 3.9

Wordlebot 3.6

How You and WordleBot Stacked Up

Congrats! As humans say, you’ve “beaten” me 3 times in recent Wordles, solving in fewer steps, and tied with me 8 times.

You can also now look at your recent past results, which I really like.

Getting steadily worse as the week goes on.

Wordle 740 6/6

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PLANE
SHOUT
NIECE
RIPEN
MINER
DINER

Nasty trap word. I consider myself fortunate to have gotten away with a par.

Wordle 740 4/6*

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IRATE
SKIER
DIVER
DINER

Wordle 740 3/6

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SALET
ROUND
DINER

Wordle 740 4/6

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MAUVE
LITER
WINDS
DINER

No way I was going to stick to hard mode rules on this one. Picked a good sleuth word for an easy par.

Wordle 740 3/6*

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ALTER
COPER
DINER

There were 48 possibilities left after my 2nd guess, so I was very lucky to get away with a 3

Friday 30 June 2023

Wordle 741 4/6

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SALET
ROUND
STRAY
STRAW

Wordle 741 3/6

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RATIO
TRAMP
STRAW

Makes up for yesterday although giving flashbacks from 2 days ago.

Wordle 741 4/6*

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SLIME
SOUPY
SHANK
STRAW

Wordle 741 5/6*

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ALONE
TRASH
SITAR
STRAY
STRAW

Wordle 741 5/6*

\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[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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 741 3/6

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SLANT
STRAY
STRAW

Talked myself out of a 2 at the last moment: was all set to go with STRAW, but as I was typing it in, I opted for STRAY instead.

After my initial word, I had it narrowed down to SATYR, SITAR, STRAW, STRAY, STEAK, and STEAM. Worst case is, it would have been one of the latter two, and I’d have had to choose between them for my third guess. So I’m still pretty happy with a 3.

Wordle 741 3/6

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RAISE
SNARL
STRAW

Wordle 741 4/6

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HEART
STRAP well, all I can think of is STRAW and STRAY. What do you choose? Do you feel lucky? Do you -punk?
STRAY rats
STRAW