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

Wordle 1,293 3/6

:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::blue_square:
:blue_square::black_large_square::orange_square::black_large_square::orange_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

RATIO
SLOPE
CHOSE

I waffled between SLOPE and CLOSE at two. CLOSE would have looked more impressive, but the result would have been the same.

Wordle 1,293 3/6*

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

LEAST
NURSE
CHOSE

Wordle 1,294 2/6

:green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

CLAMP
CHEAP

Wordle 1,294 3/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RATIO
SHARE
CHEAP

Wordle 1,294 3/6

:yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::green_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

PLANT
SPEAR
CHEAP

Two ‘ch…’ words in a row.

Wordle 1,294 4/6 — 2025-01-03
:black_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
LEAST
BOUND
CRISP
CHEAP

Wordle 1,294 4/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1294 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 1,191
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: 3
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLANT
CHORE
CHEAP

Wordle 1,294 2/6

:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

HEART
CHEAP

Wordle 1,294 3/6

:orange_square::white_large_square::blue_square::white_large_square::blue_square:
:orange_square::white_large_square::orange_square::orange_square::white_large_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

CRANE
CLEAT
CHEAP

Wordle 1,294 3/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

YEAST (That seems to have my vowels sorted. Let’s try for some WoFcons.)
RAVEN (No WoFcons, and didn’t manage to place a vowel. Going with xxEAx.)
CHEAP (Nice birdie!)

Wordle 1,294 3/6

:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::blue_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::orange_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

OVINE
STEER
CHEAP

At first I thought my second word was a bit of a waste, but according to Scordle, it narrowed my choices from 2,194 down to 45. Of those 45, 10 were actual legit words, so there was definitely a bit of luck involved in this birdie.

Wordle 1,294 3/6*

:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

LEAST
CREAM
CHEAP

I got lucky with the C.

Wordle 1,294 3/6* 1/3/2025

:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

CHOSE → Well. Guess I should try an A and a… T? Or maybe another E and an… R? More here than meets the eye. I’ll go with my first seen word
CHEAT → Well shucks. So close.
CHEAP

Feels like I should have had a two here, but it turns out that second guess was very lucky. Scoredle, again more methodical, takes a double-letter detour for its second guess but its last two guesses are just like mine.

Wordle 1,294 3/6*

:yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

PLATE
SPEAR
CHEAP

Wordle 1,295 4/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Wordle 1,295 4/6

:green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RATIO
REALM
RELAY
RELAX

Wordle 1,295 2/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \\ \end{aligned}

Lovely Jubbly.

Wordle 1295 3/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 500
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square: 26
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLANT
CHORE
RELAX

Won the mental coin toss with RELAY. Could’ve also been some -er words like LAMER but I thought they were, well, lame.

Wordle 1,295 4/6 — 2025-01-04
:yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
LEAST
BOUND
CRISP
RELAX