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

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,287 4/6* 12/27/2024

AFFIX → Looks like a consonant hunt. I’m low on WoFcons, so that’s where to go first
STAIN → Oooh. Trap. I’ll need both R & L as second letters. What should I try first?
PLAIN → Perhaps a word with the R? DRAIN, BRAIN (I think we had that one recently) or
GRAIN
CHAIN was also out there, and might have left me with a five. In retrospect, I should have switched my third and fourth guesses, as there just aren’t as many words that fit the trap. Scoredle has bad luck with the trap, ending with a five.

[kaylasdad99]

Wordle 1,287 4/6

YEAST (A Placed A that allows me to check the remaining vowels.)
MIAOU (Probably xxAIx. I’ll try two WoFcons.)
PLAIN (xxAIN. CHAIN or GRAIN. I’ll try the one with a WoFcon first.)
GRAIN (Got my par!)

[Wheelz]

Wordle 1,287 5/6

LONER
TRAIN
BRAIN
DRAIN
GRAIN

Well, damn.

[Rebo]

Wordle 1,287 3/6*

LEAST
CHAIR
GRAIN

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,288 3/6

RATIO
SURLY
DECRY

[EllisDee]

Wordle 1,288 3/6

PLANT
SCORE
DECRY

Barely even needed my first word. Score just about identified it all by itself.

[SuntanLotion]

Wordle 1,288 4/6

ALTER
CHORE
MERCY
DECRY

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,288 4/6 — 2024-12-28




STARE
DOILY
DERRY — I actually had DECRY here but before submitting it I changed it to DERRY; oh well
DECRY

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1288 3/6

1,713
1

SLANT
CHORE
DECRY

@EllisDee

Barely even needed my first word. Score just about identified it all by itself.

Just about. Still needed it to exclude CLERK (already used) and CHERT.

[pjd]

Wordle 1,288 2/6*

\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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,288 4/6

HEART
LEERY
BERRY
DECRY

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,288 5/6* 12/28/2024

GRAIN → Kinda slow on the start. Add O & E and two WoFcons to get
STORE → I gotta place that E, so it’s time for the Scoredle trick. L is still left among the WoFcons, and I’ll throw in a terminal Y for good measure
LEERY → Terminal Y was a good idea. I do need to cover a double-R possibility, and trust the B
BERRY → Hmm. Gotta look through the unused consonants and see what’s left. Aha!
DECRY

Scoredle confirms it was the only world left after 4. Scoredle’s solution makes two incredible guesses to finish with a par. And hey, love that endgame @BobLibDem !

[kaylasdad99]

Wordle 1,288 4/6

YEAST (A placed E and a Y, probably at the end. Add two WoFcons.)
NEWLY (Right about the vowels, wrong about the WoFcons. Try the last WoFcon.)
BERRY (Only one of those. It could be xEERY, but I doubt it.)
DECRY (Pretty much the only xExRY that wasn’t a xEERY word.)

[Wheelz]

Wordle 1,288 3/6

LEAST
NERDY
DECRY

A well-chosen second word!

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,289 4/6

RATIO
MANGO
MACHO
MAMBO

This was much harder than it should have been. I went through all the combinations but couldn’t see it. I had to resort to the anagram finder.

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,289 5/6 — 2024-12-29





STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
KABOB
MAMBO

[Smapti]

Wordle 1,289 5/6

TRANS
LOUIE
AGONY
HAVOC
MAMBO

Heheh. I got mambo on number five.

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1289 4/6

1,191
58
5

SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
MAMBO

Scoredle gives JAMBO as an alternative, which I’m sure isn’t in the solution set, but did remind me of this catchy tune from the late 1990s.

[pjd]

Wordle 1,289 5/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \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 M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ \end{aligned}

Well, i was surprised that SAMBO was an acceptable word, but apparently
it is. By my 3rd guess i was desparate - i knew there wasn’t an R in it.
2/5 must try harder.

[Rebo]

Wordle 1,289 5/6*

LEAST
AMONG
FOAMY ← Oops. The A had already been placed.
MACRO
MAMBO

Damn! This was tough! I lost my streak yesterday, because I spoiled myself by reading this thread and seeing DECRY. I don’t know what I was thinking.