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

The Game Room
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Wordle 1,416 4/6* 5/5/2025

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TROUT → Not the letter I’d have expected to hit on. I can cover the last three WoFcons and an E with
LUNES → Some help, but this is going rather slowly. Try U in the middle, then maybe it’s the only vowel we need? In which case
SHUCK → I got stumped here for a while looking at the unused letters for a pair to go at the end, then opened it up to the used letters as well and saw
SHUSH
SHUCK-SHUSH is apparently a club of three today. Scoredle has a tough time with it, with only two letters placed and one yellow at four (though it converts for the bogey).

2282

Wordle 1,416 5/6

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ACUTE
SQUID
SPURN
SKULL
SHUSH

Bleh.
I thought the placed U was a lucky break, but it turned out to be the opposite, forcing me to throw consonants at the wall - and nothing was sticking.
Doubling up on two different letters is diabolical!

2283

Wordle 1,416 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
PLUSH
SHUSH

2284

Wordle 1,416 3/6*

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Summary

LEAST
MOUSY
SHUSH

Brush and crush were already used.

2285

I don’t use any helper info …I wonder how many others do?
Just curious, not condemning.

> Brush and crush were already used

2286

Wordle 1,417 6/6

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RATIO
SWIFT
STICK
SMITH
SPITE
SUITE

And this is why it is good to check vowels first.

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Wordle 1,417 3/6 — 2025-05-06 Tue
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LEAST
CRIMP
SUITE

2288

Wordle 1417 3/6

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SLANT
STOKE
SUITE

SMITE and SPITE had already been used.

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Wordle 1,417 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \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 H} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \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 U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 1,417 5/6

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HEART
STEIN
SPITE
SMITE
SUITE

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Wordle 1,417 3/6

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PAINT
ROUSE
SUITE

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Wordle 1,417 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SPITE
SMITE
SUITE

No comment.

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Wordle 1,417 2/6*

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Summary

LEAST
SUITE

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Wordle 1,417 4/6* 5/6/2025

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SHUSH → That’s not a bad start. One and only one S, placed. Can’t think of a great follow-up, though - an E, and as many WoFcons as I can cram into a word (i.e. one)
SERUM → Glad I checked the E. Would like to place it, so go the Elvis route
SUEDE → and there it goes. SUTEE is out (and probably in bad taste anyway) but I could shoehorn a T in there with
SUITE

Scoredle also with a par, fairly pedestrian (though it gets a two with its own start, wow!) This one felt to me like a bit of a slog,

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Wordle 1,417 5/6

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NOISE
SPIRE
SLICE
SMITE
SUITE

Dammit. I was so focused on finding the right consonants that I completely disregarded the possibility of another vowel.

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Wordle 1,417 2/6

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YEAST (Three yellows, but it seems like it could be trappy. I’m tempted to want an ST??? word, but I can’t find an unused one. How about S??TE, eh?)
SUITE (That worked.)

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Why “no comment” ? I’m starting many hours ahead due to geography.

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Wordle 1,418 5/6
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Late night brain strain :face_with_raised_eyebrow: :kangaroo:

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I meant ‘no comment’ on the use of word lists and the like. People use them, I don’t. Seems like hollow victory to me.

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Ah - yes I concur. At least I’m not tempted to peek :smirking_face:
Thanks for claifying