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

Wordle 1,410 4/6 β€” 2025-04-29 Tue
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
BLISS

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\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ \end{aligned}

Damn. Could have had a 3 cos i saw BLISS before BLIMP but went for
the more letter eliminating option.

Wordle 1,410 3/6*

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Elfin
Slick
Bliss

Wordle 1410 2/6

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SLANT
BLISS

As always, a 2 involves luck, and no exception today: it could’ve also been BLESS, GLOSS, FLUSH, or PLUSH, with BLUSH, CLOSE, FLESH, and FLOSS having already been used. But damn, did I ever need this 2, after all the 5s and 6s I’ve been getting lately.

Wordle 1,410 2/6

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STONE
BLISS

Well, knock me over with a feather!

Wordle 1,410 3/6

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HEART
SPOIL
BLISS

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NOISE
BRISK
BLISS

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CRANE
HOIST
BLISS

Crazy game. After bupkis on the first word, the second word left only one possibility.

Skunked cuz I’m stoopid.
Wordle 1,411 X/6
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at the Canadian Election is on track. :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,410 4/6*

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Summary

LEAST
FLUSH
GLOSS
BLISS

Wordle 1,410 4/6* 4/29/2025

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DUMMY β†’ Whiff. First guess second.
SLATE β†’ No vowels yet. Would love to try something with both O and I, but don’t see a word that would fit. So I’ll try an O and attempt to place the S with
FLOSS β†’ Gotta be
BLISS

Scoredle shows 38 possibles after the second guess, but most of them are plurals or verbs. Throw them out, and my guess guaranteed a par - which is why Scoredle suggests it, as well. Scoredle’s own solution from my start goes a bit into the weeds and ends up with a bogey.

Wordle 1,410 4/6

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YEAST
PLUSH
GLOSS
BLISS

Wordle 1,410 4/6

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alone
climb
blitz
bliss

Wordle 1,411 4/6

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RATIO
WHILE
LIVER
IDLER

Really bumbled my way through this one. Forgot the R on two then got really lucky.

This elimination process was fun, although I didn’t do well and got a 5. And I made a mistake in my analysis after the second word. It could not begin with an L! Duh.

Wordle 1,411 5/6 β€” 2025-04-30 Wed
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LEAST
CRIMP β€” It might be filer flier idler lifer liker oiler rifle riled; so eliminate F D K O, and try FOODY
FOODY β€” now it might be idler riled; so try riled
RILED β€” oh well I lost the coin toss
IDLER

Wordle 1,411 4/6

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ALONE
SHELF
PILED
IDLER

Wordle 1,411 3/6*

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Ulcer
Liner
Idler

Wordle 1,411 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,411 5/6

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HEART
LONER
FLIER
MILER
IDLER

Wordle 1,411 4/6

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POISE
MITER - ok, I has to go in front
INFER - nope, that wasn’t it
IDLER