"Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3)

Wordle 1,405 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
INNIE
GENIE

Wordle 1,405 3/6

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YEAST (Look for more vowels. Here’s my go-to in this specific situation.)
GEOID (That worked well. GENIE and GENII are my only choices. Selecting the more common variation of the magical lamp-dweller is the rational choice.)
GENIE (The more common one gets me the birdie!)

I’m nominating you as “Most Considerate Player” of the thread, simply because you consistently repress any urge to outline your path to success. It’s much appreciated.

Wordle 1,405 4/6* 4/24/2025

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OZONE → Not a bad start. Give me an A - and two WoFcons
SNARE → No help except for eliminations. Must be another vowel in there, I can try U or I, and on the WoFcons, T or L (or both). Can’t see both, so I’ll try
LUNGE → So the G must be at the start, which looks like it’s
GENIE
G
is often a more important letter than I give it credit for. I’m not sure how to integrate this insight into my regular pattern of play… Scoredle finishes with a birdie, thanks to trying a second word using this key letter.

Wordle 1,405 4/6*

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Summary

LEAST
DECOR
WEIGH
GENIE

Wordle 1,405 4/6

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steam
rouge
glide
genie

Wordle 1,406 4/6

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RATIO
SHONE
CLOWN
KNOWN

Kaylasdad…I’m half a world away from most participants and my midnight starts many hours earlier…so not revealing too much levels the playing field…but thank :+1:you.

Wordle 1,406 4/6

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YEAST (Find vowels.)
BIJOU (Get some WoFcons.)
WHORL (There’s still one more WoFcon.)
KNOWN (Saved my par!)

Wordle 1,406 4/6*

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

Wordle 1,406 3/6*

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Overt
Salon
Known

Wordle 1,406 4/6 — 2025-04-25 Fri
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
KNOWNwhich is pretty much all it could be; either that or zygon(?)

Wordle 1,406 5/6

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HEART
SPOIL
EVOKE
KNOCK
KNOWN

Wordle 1406 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
KNOWN

This one was actually fun for the first time in awhile.

After 2, the N could be in the 1, 2, or 5 positions. If 1, then the second letter had to be an I, O, or U. Since I personally am OK with using a dead-trees dictionary in those occasional cases where it’s helpful, I looked up words beginning with NIO, NOO, and NUO, and none qualified, given the letters already eliminated.

If N in the second slot, in addition to vowels I,O,U, there were a few consonants that could work in the first slot. So I looked up words beginning with INO, ONO, UNO, and also GNO, KNO, and PNO, at which point the solution was revealed as a possibility.

Finally, I tried N in the fifth slot. Fourth slot could be an I,O,U,W, or Y. So then I was trying my limited consonant options in the 1 or 2 slots to see if they worked with OIN, OON, etc. endings. Didn’t see any. So I went with what was the only known :wink: possibility at that point.

Wordle 1,407 4/6
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No drama for a par
Twas quick at least :kangaroo:
Need a midnight tea :hot_beverage:

Wordle 1,406 3/6*

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Summary

LEAST
DROWN
KNOWN

Wordle 1,406 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
DROWN
CLOWN
KNOWN

Wordle 1,406 5/6

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IDEAL
STORM
CHOCK
KOOKY
KNOWN

Ugh. Stupid to leave the N untried for so long. And there were two of them!

Wordle 1,406 6/6

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stare
blind
forum
phony
knock
known

Wordle 1,407 4/6

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RATIO
DUNES
SHACK
CLASH

I was really not thinking and went to the two word start I use for Quordle, Octordle etc. If I had gone to my most likely second choice of SHALE I might have had it in three.