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

[gkster]

Wordle 1,267 5/6*

PLATE
LOUSY
MILKY
FILLY
HILLY

[SuntanLotion]

Wordle 1,268 3/6

SHAME
HENNA
HYENA

[pjd]

Wordle 1,268 5/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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 A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \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 N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \\ \end{aligned}

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,268 4/6, 2024-12-08




STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
HYENA

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1268 3/6

99
12

SLANT
AMEND
HYENA

After my starting word, the only words I could see besides AMEND were CANNY and RAINY, both of which had been used. After AMEND, I couldn’t see any possible solution for the longest time. Had the devil of a time finally spotting it, and it turned out to be the only possible solution after 2.

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,268 4/6

RATIO
SHALE
HENNA
HYENA

After two I was having trouble coming up with anything. All I could think of was ACHED which I didn’t think was good as a past tense. Then I thought of HENNA and even though it had the double letter it turned out to be a good choice.

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,268 3/6

HEART
HAVEN
HYENA

[Chefguy]

Wordle 1,268 3/6

CRANE
AMEND
HYENA - Well, THAT took awhile to see.

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,268 3/6* 12/8/2024

HILLY → I guess the I should go after the H, so then try
HYPER → Which pretty much leads directly to
HYENA

Scoredle pulls the exact same sequence of guesses. Only 23 possibles after the start word, with only about three having any possibility of being used at all. That was really quick.

[kaylasdad99]

Wordle 1,268 3/6

YEAST (Good start. Probably ends in Y. ABBEY or ALLEY)
ALLEY (No? Try xYxxx)
HYENA (I’ll take the birdie.)

[EllisDee]

Wordle 1,268 3/6

PLANT
ARENA
HYENA

Green N in fourth position plus another yellow got me excited to try for a 2, and I saw arena pretty much immediately. So I just shot from the hip and guessed it without looking for more possibilities.

[Rebo]

Wordle 1,268 4/6*

LEAST
FREAK
OMEGA
HYENA

[Wheelz]

Wordle 1,268 4/6

SLANT
OPINE
AMEND
HYENA

Talked myself out of a three. I actually had AMEND typed in at two, which would have led to an easy birdie, but decided I wanted to try more vowels. Then I stupidly forgot to use the A.

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,269 4/6

RATIO
LUNES
CLUNG
FLUNG

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1269 4/6

29
8
2

SLANT
BLINK
CLUNG
FLUNG

Lost the metaphorical coin toss on 3.

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,269 4/6, 2024-12-09




STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
FLUNG — pretty much the only possible word left

[pjd]

Wordle 1,269 5/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ \end{aligned}

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,269 4/6

HEART
SPOIL
FULLY
FLUNG

[kaylasdad99]

Wordle 1,269 3/6

YEAST (Whiff. Time for CURIO.)
CURIO (One U. Time for WoFcons. There’s almost certainly an L. FLUNG or PLUMB?)
FLUNG (Birdied again!)

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,269 4/6* 12/9/2024

HYENA → That’s something, though not a lot to go on. At least I’ve KOed half the vowels so far. I’ll try two more with a couple of WoFcons mixed in
LOINS → Gotta be a U in there. So, the L must move over to second… ?LUN? gives several possibles, first one I see is
CLUNK → Running low on vowels. Next!
FLUNG
BLUNT was still out there. Scoredle gets unlucky with the first-letter-missing trap and finishes in five.