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

Wordle 1,275 4/6

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CRANE
POISE - Well, then it’s got a ‘u’ in it.
FUNNY - Dumb: it couldn’t be a double ‘n’
FUNKY

Wordle 1,275 2/6

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ROUSE
FUNKY

I was overdue for a little good luck!

Wordle 1,275 6/6*

UGH.

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LEAST
CUBIC
RUMOR
FUZZY
FUNNY
FUNKY

Wordle 1,275 4/6

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PLANT
SNORE
MUNCH
FUNKY

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Wordle 1,275 3/6*

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PLATE
NOISY
FUNKY

Wordle 1,276 4/6

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RATIO
FLOAT
ABBOT
BOAST

Wordle 1,276 3/6

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STARE
BLAST
BOAST

Wordle 1,276 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \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 O} \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 1276 3/6

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SLANT
BRAVE
BOAST

After 1, BEAST, FEAST, and COAST had aready been used, leaving BOAST, ROAST, TOAST, YEAST. and AVAST. BRAVE had the B and R from the first two, the V from AVAST, and the E from YEAST, identifying the solution any which way.

Wordle 1,276 3/6

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HEART
BLAST
BOAST

Wordle 1,276 4/6 — 2024-12-16
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STARE
DOILY
TOAST
BOAST

Wordle 1,276 2/6*

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LEAST
BOAST

WOW! Thats much better than yesterday’s 6/6!

Wordle 1,276 3/6

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PLANT
BREAD
BOAST

This was fun. After countless previous answers had been eliminated I was left with b/r/toast, d/graft and yeast. Bread positively id’d among those six possibilities, so guaranteed 3 assuming I found them all.

Now I’m wondering how much I want to stick with hard mode. I enjoy the idea of hard mode, but coming up with words to positively ID among a half dozen possibilities is fun.

Wordle 1,276 4/6* 12/16/2024

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FUNKY → Whiff once again. First word second next
SLATE → R is still out there, which evokes another one of my “first word second” options - this time as a third word, of course
ROAST → Ha. T, C, B, Y (no, YOAST is not a word, but I do love me some froyo). Trust the B?
BOAST

My first instinct on the second guess was to go with what I ended up guessing third; but I wanted to try E instead of O. Oh, well, said the fox, I probably would have picked the wrong trap letter anyway…

Wordle 1,276 3/6

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SLATE
TRASH
BOAST

Wordle 1,276 3/6

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YEAST (This is a real good start. TOAST, ROAST, COAST, BOAST, BLAST guarantees me at least a par, if I’m willing to sacrifice my chance for an eagle and choose a sleuth word {my first thought was BLAST}).
BRACT (Okay, so my sleuth word still left two choices. Welp, time to roll dice.)
BOAST (BOO.)
(Oh, and also YAH. BOOYAH

And even if I’d gone for the eagle, I would have gotten a birdie.

Tell me, if there had been a show called Don’t Trust the C### in Apartment 23, would you have chosen COAST?

Would have been a CINCH. :slight_smile:

Wordle 1,277 4/6

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RATIO
SHONE
SCOOP
SCOWL

Wordle 1,277 4/6 — 2024-12-17
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
SCOWL