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

The Game Room
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Wordle 1,264 2/6

:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

YEAST (Hmm. A Y and a placed T. Before I look for more vowels, I wanna try something.)
CRYPT (Yessss!)

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Wordle 1,264 4/6*

:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

PLATE
STOOP
INPUT
CRYPT
Chasing those 1st 2 letters all over the board!

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Thursday, December 5th

Wordle 1,265 3/6

:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

PLANT
SNORE
ENDOW

Nice and quick.

204

Wordle 1,265 5/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RATIO
SHONE
NOVEL
DEMON
ENDOW

205

Wordle 1,265 4/6
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
ENDOW

206

Wordle 1,265 4/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

HEART
SPINE
ENJOY
ENDOW

207

Wordle 1,265 3/6

:white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SNORE
ENJOY
ENDOW

208

Wordle 1,265 4/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

YEAST (Vowel hunt!)
OURIE (Try for xOxEx.)
COVEN (Try ENxxx)
ENDOW (Got my par!)

209

Wordle 1,265 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::blue_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::blue_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::blue_square::white_large_square::blue_square::white_large_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

SLATE
RIPEN
NEEDY
ENDOW

210

Wordle 1,265 5/6*

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

LEAST
CRUDE
EMBED
EDIFY
ENDOW

211

Wordle 1,265 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \\ \end{aligned}

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I feel lucky. 3!

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One of my guesses when I was missing one letter was the interesting ODEON . I never realized that it was a valid word - I just took a wild guess. My next guess unscrambled the letters for the correct solution.

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Wordle 1,265 4/6* 12/5/2024

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

CRYPT → Whiff. Seems like I’ve had a lot of these lately. Well, we can mix the last three WoFcons with A & E and see what pops out
LANES → Not bad, but I really biffed it with the next guess. I mean, move the N, right?
WINGE → Hmm. A W. I played around with NEW?? for a while, but got nowhere. Then I thought about EN- prefixes and came up with
ENDOW

Oddly enough, that misfire on my third guess meant that (per Scoredle) I had only one possible guess left for par. I guess it’s not the first time I’ve had a bad play go right, but it may be the most memorable. Scoredle itself finishes with a bogey. Go figure.

215

Wordle 1265 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square: 584
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: 40
:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square: 1
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLANT
CHORE
DEMON
ENDOW

216

Wordle 1,265 3/6*

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

PLATE
DINER
ENDOW

217

Wordle 1,266 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RATIO
SHONE
SHOVE

218

Wordle 1,266 4/6, 2024-12-06
:green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
SHOVE

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Wordle 1,266 5/6*

\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 L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\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 O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,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} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 1,266 5/6

:green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: