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

[pjd]

Wordle 1,277 3/6*

\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[silver,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned}

Phew, for once, i changed my mind … and was right so to do.

Nearly went with SLOOP

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1277 4/6

121
6

SLANT
CHIME
SCOWL

Back-to-back 3s for the first time in a couple of weeks.

After 1, I was thinking about which remaining consonants could follow S (C,H,K,M,P,W) and I was seeing more I’s than O’s in the resulting words, so I went with CHIME at 2 rather than my usual CHORE. (Thought about CHIMP but inclusion/exclusion of E narrows the field considerably, so CHIME it was.) I came up with three possibilities after 2: SCOLD (already used), the dubious SCULL, and the solution, so that made for an easy choice on 3.

[SuntanLotion]

Wordle 1,277 3/6

ALOUD
BROIL
SCOWL

[Chefguy]

Wordle 1,277 5/6

CRANE
POISE
SCOUT
SCOLT
SCOWL

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,277 4/6* 12/17/2024

BOAST → Pretty good start, let’s add an E and a couple WoFcons
SNORE → That guess was all about placement and elimination. I can see a good word with an I and that last WoFcon, so let’s try
SPOIL → What’s left that can fit in betwen the S & O? C, H, K, another L. I see one word with a C…
SCOWL

Turns out it was the only (non-bogus) word left. Scoredle had less luck than I earlier on in the process, and had a 1 in 3 shot at par (which it made).

[Rebo]

Wordle 1,277 3/6*

LEAST
SPOIL
SCOWL

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,277 3/6

HEART
SPOIL
SCOWL

[kaylasdad99]

Wordle 1,277 4/6

YEAST (Vowel hunt!)
SQUID (Not useless, but could have been more helpful.)
SWOOP (Now that’s what I call “helpful.”)
SCOWL (And done.)

[EllisDee]

Wordle 1,277 3/6

PLANT
ROLES
SCOWL

[gkster]

Wordle 1,277 3/6*

PLATE
BROIL
SCOWL

[SuntanLotion]

Wordle 1,278 X/6

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,278 5/6

RATIO
TUNES
ELECT
DEPTH
HEFTY

[pjd]

Wordle 1,278 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,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 H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,278 3/6 — 2024-12-18



STARE
DOILY
HEFTY — a lucky guess; it could also have been (cutey jetty petty); also empty but that’s been used

[Rebo]

Wordle 1,278 3/6*

LEAST
FETCH
HEFTY

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1278 4/6

524
7
1

SLANT
CHORE
TEETH
HEFTY

After 2, my third guess was the only possibility I could see, but part of that was that there are so many ways to arrange three yellows, so it’s hard to know where to look. After #3 narrowed things down, it was quick from there.

[RTFirefly]

@Bullitt

Wordle 1,278 3/6 — 2024-12-18

Dude, why all the bold?

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,278 2/6

HEART
HEFTY

[Chefguy]

Wordle 1,278 5/6

CRANE
SLOPE
QUIET - All outa vowels, so it must end in ‘Y’
LEFTY - What happens when you haven’t let your coffee set in
HEFTY

[kaylasdad99]

Wordle 1,278 2/6

YEAST (Nice. Three letters, one placed. I think guess Number two should try to place the T and the Y.)
HEFTY (Well. what do you know. I’ll take it!)