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

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Wordle 1,292 5/6* New Year's Day 2025

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LEMUR → Not a bad start. Try an A and two other WoFcons
REAST → Did not think that would be a word. OK, I’m seeing one word I just have to try, even though I think it may end in a whiff
EERIE → Wow, two Es. And placed the R! What do I have among remaining consonants?
VERGE → Got one. Must be an N - why did I miss that earlier?
NERVE

Maybe I could have made par if I hadn’t had that champagne toast earlier. Scoredle moves to place the R with its second guess and finishes in four.

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Wordle 1,292 6/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \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 E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 1,292 4/6 — 2025-01-01
\color{red}{\text {HAPPY NEW YEAR!}}
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LEAST — my new starting word; was STARE
BOUND
CRISP — Could be nerve newer; Previous Wordles = genre never renew
NERVE — I won the coin toss

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Wordle 1,292 4/6

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HEART
REPLY
MERGE
NERVE

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Wordle 1,292 4/6

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PAEON
SUITE
FENCE
NERVE

A solid par, and the Bot loved my choices.

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Wordle 1,292 5/6*

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LEAST
DEIGN
VENOM
NEVER
NERVE

Blech.

567

That’s my start word. Maybe we’ll both get lucky, and you twice!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Wordle 1,292 4/6

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YEAST (Looking like yesterday)
GEOID (A LOT like yesterday. I guess it wants me to go with REVUE, as I should have done yesterday. But I’m smelling a reverse psychology trap. So Fuck You, Mister Expectations, I’m going with VENUE again!)
VENUE (That went well. Only one possibility left.)
NERVE (I’m on the road to rehabilitation!)

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They tried to make me go to rehab,
I said, no, no, no!
Rehab - YouTube

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Wordle 1,292 5/6

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VOICE
STAVE
PEEVE
DELVE
NERVE

I was excited to hit the V right off the bat, and then squandered it with some poor choices. Sat on that N way too long.

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Thursday, January 2nd

Wordle 1,293 3/6

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PLANT
SCORE
CHOSE

Nice and quick.

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Wordle 1,293 4/6

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RATIO
SHONE
WHOSE
CHOSE

There were only two options after the second guess and I clearly CHOSE wrong.

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Wordle 1,293 3/6

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LABOR
SCONE
CHOSE

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Wordle 1293 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
CHOSE

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Wordle 1,293 4/6 — 2025-01-02
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LEAST
BOUND
CRISP
CHOSE

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Wordle 1,293 3/6*

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Wordle 1,293 4/6

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HEART
SHEEP
WHOSE
CHOSE

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Wordle 1,293 3/6

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CRANE
CLOSE - Using two letters from my alternate starter pays off
CHOSE

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Wordle 1,293 3/6* 1/2/2025

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NERVE → Thought for a second I was going to whiff completely. At least I know there is no second E. There are, however, three WoFcons still out there, and they go very well with an A
SLATE → Could be a lot of things. ISSUE came to mind for exercising two vowels. The MOUSE/HOUSE pairing. But I was worried about consonants and eventually, uh, opted for
CHOSE

Extraordinarily lucky and I will take it. Scoredle is more methodical and ends up with a par.

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Wordle 1,293 4/6

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YEAST (An E and a placed S. Probably xxxSE. Try a couple of WoFcons.)
NURSE (Not much help. Try another WoFcon and another vowel.)
LOOSE (Got it to xxOSE. CHOSE or WHOSE.)
CHOSE (Bingo!)