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

Wordle 1,420 3/6 β€” 2025-05-09 Fri
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LEAST
CRIMP
TRIPE

Apparently the new pope plays the Wordle daily according to his brother. He probably didn’t fail today.

Wordle 1,420 4/6* 5/9/2025

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BALMY β†’ Whiff. Try three WoFcons with O & E
STORE β†’ Placed the E… is it U, I or another E? I’d also like to try an N for the heckuvit, so
TRINE β†’ TRICE? TRIKE? TRITE? or, uh oh, maybe
TRIPE

At the ending trap, three guesses between four possibles, so in 25% of multiverses out there, I took a loss today. Scoredle also finishes in four, but I bet it would have known not to try my third guess in the trap, so I think it was safe with a six at worst.

Wordle 1,421 4/6
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It did not stress my
brain much. :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,420 3/6

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YEAST (Let’s try ???TE, and double up on E.)
EMOTE (That’s what I get for not trying a WoFcon. Well, at least the E is placed.)
TRIPE (Best outcome I could have asked for.)

Wordle 1,420 5/6

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Wordle 1,420 4/6

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OLIVE
TRICE
TRIBE
TRIPE

I could have guaranteed a par with a sleuth word at three, but figured I had a 2/3 shot at at least par (TRIBE, TRIPE, TRIKE), and a 1/3 shot at birdie if I stayed in hard mode, so I went for it, and landed on par anyway.
But I missed TRITE, which would have landed me at six and grumpy. So Phew!

Wonder what his streak is.

Wordle 1,420 5/6*

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LEAST
ENTRY
ROUTE
TRIBE ← lost the coin toss.
TRIPE

Wordle 1,421 3/6

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RATIO
STALE
YEAST

I hope kaylasdad99 doesn’t forget to play today.

β€œβ€Wordle 1,421 2/6 β€” 2025-05-10 Sat**
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LEAST β€” beast and feast have been used before, so…
YEAST

Wordle 1,421 4/6

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least
beast
feast
yeast

Wordle 1,421 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1421 3/6

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SLANT
ROAST
YEAST

Had a decent shot at the 2, but guessed wrong. After 1, BEAST, FEAST, BOAST, COAST, and TOAST had already been used (FEAST infamously on Thanksgiving Day 2022 when the NYT was getting cutesy; one of our posters got it in 1 that day), leaving ROAST, YEAST, and AVAST, matey.

Wordle 1,421 5/6

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PASTE
STEAL
ASTER
BEAST
YEAST

Wordle 1,421 3/6*

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Eerie
Bendy
Yeast

Wordle 1,421 4/6

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HEART
BEAST
LEAST
YEAST

Wordle 1,421 1/6

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YEAST (Dammit, now I need to find a new starter word! :wink:)

Wordle 1,421 2/6*

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Summary

LEAST
YEAST

Congrats, @kaylasdad99 !

Wordle 1,421 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
BEAST
YEAST