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

Wordle 1,412 2/6

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YEAST (Nice. And very few possibilities as it stands. EXPAT, CLEAT, BLEAT, ADEPT.)
ADEPT (There’s my eagle…)

Wordle 1,412 2/6* 5/1/2025

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IDLER β†’ Start with a placed D, nice. Have to have a vowel ahead of it, also nice. Probably not that E, also nice. Had to think for a while to get
ADEPT
Other possibles included ADOBE, ADAGE and ODEON.
I was pretty lucky to get a two-word sequence that matched so well, so a rare eagle for me. Scoredle does the same, so good for us.

Wordle 1,412 2/6*

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Summary

LEAST
ADEPT

Woo-hoo!

Wordle 1412 3/6

Got distracted by responding to mattgg and forgot to post my result.

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SLANT
HABIT
ADEPT

Wordle 1,413 4/6

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RATIO
SHONE
CHOSE
WHOSE

Wordle 1,413 4/6

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manor
doubt
spoke
whose

Wordle 1413 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
WHOSE

Wordle 1,413 6/6*

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

Bastard!

Wordle 1,413 5/6

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PATIO
LOSER
SHONE
CHOSE
WHOSE

Tough bogey. Scoredle made all the same choices I did after two, so I’ll take some comfort in that.

Wordle 1,413 3/6*

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Swath
Whisk
Whose

Wordle 1,413 4/6 β€” 2025-05-02 Fri
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
WHOSE

Wordle 1,413 3/6

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HEART
WHEEL
WHOSE

Wordle 1,413 3/6

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POISE - Ok, could be CLOSE CHOSE AROSE, see if I can hit or eliminate some of those letters
LARCH - got me the H and eliminated others, which narrows it down
WHOSE - also could have been THOSE, but I managed to pick the correct one out of two.

2 minutes on this one :face_savoring_food:
Wordle 1,414 3/6
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Wordle 1,413 3/6

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YEAST (Find more vowels.)
GUISE (There’s one vowel left, then I try doubling up on the E.)
WHOSE (Bingo.)

Wordle 1,413 3/6* 5/2/2025

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ADEPT β†’ Kinda slow start, but puts me in position for a slightly different first word second
SNORE β†’ ?SO?E or ??OSE, the second looks more productive, could be CLOSE or
WHOSE
CHOSE
would have been a better guess, as it would have covered the answer or the alternative I had seen. What I hadn’t seen was all the double O options [L, N, G, or M] out there that could have led me to a fatal trap, so a very lucky birdie for me. Scoredle finishes in five, in part by defusing the trap early.

Wordle 1,413 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
WHOSE

Wordle 1,413 4/6*

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Summary

LEAST
MOUSE
OBESE
WHOSE

Wordle 1,414 3/6

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RATIO
LATHE
PATSY

Wordle 1,414 3/6 β€” 2025-05-03 Sat
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LEAST
CRIMP
PATSY