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

The Game Room
761

Wordle 1,307 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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}

762

Wordle 1,307 4/6

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HEART
SPOUT
LIMIT
FLINT

763
Wordle 1,307 4/6* 1/16/2025

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KNACK → Not unexpected. Time for a good first word second.
STENO → Placed the N, so that’s cool. Should I try T first or last? I think fewer words have it in first, so I"ll try last. U or I? Go with the latter. Tack on one WoFcon ('cause I can’t see a word with two) and try
GLINT → Ah, rimmed out the birdie putt.
FLINT

I count 8 non-bogus words out of 15 total that Scoredle shows after two, so I was pretty lucky to finish with a par. Scoredle ends up with a bogey after trying a placement on the second guess.

764

I won the coin toss today.

Wordle 1,307 3/6 — 2025-01-16
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LEAST
BOUND
FLINT — it was likely either flint or glint

765

Wordle 1,307 2/6

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SLATE
FLINT

A long time since I’ve had a two. The first guess narrowed it down to seven possibles, apparently, so this was a lucky guess.

766

Wordle 1,307 4/6

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YEAST (Vowel hunt!)
TROUT (Welp. Probably an I and no double T. Try the center of the keyboard?)
MIGHT (Well, I was right about there being an I.)
FLINT (WoFcons saved me!)

767

Wordle 1,307 3/6*

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LEAST
BLUNT
FLINT

768

Wordle 1,307 4/6

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COATI
LITER
STILT
FLINT

A fairly mundane par.

769

I can’t prove it, but today I solved it in two guesses. I wasn’t feeling well, and started play with the word “shits”.

770

Wordle 1,308 3/6

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RATIO
SHORE
PROSE

771

Wordle 1,308 4/6

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LEMON
TROVE
PROBE
PROSE

772

Wordle 1308 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
PROSE

773

Haven’t seen @EllisDee in a few days, hope he’s OK!

774

Really. I hope he’s okay.

Wordle 1,308 4/6 — 2025-01-17
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LEAST
BOUND
CRISP
PROSE

775

Wordle 1,308 4/6*

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

It seems he posted 1 day ago.

776

Wordle 1,308 5/6

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HEART
LONER
PROBE
PROVE
PROSE

777

Maybe he’s just taking a break from this thread, then.

He hasn’t posted here since the wee hours of Monday morning.

778
Wordle 1,308 3/6* 1/17/2025

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FLINT → Whiff. R & S are left of the WoFcons; can I get a word that uses both and three vowels? Reades of this probably can think of the best one off the top of their heads; I ended up with a bogus anagram of it
SOARE → The anagram would have made the solution blindingly obvious, but it was the only nonbogus word left anyway
PROSE
 Maybe if I had waited until I, ahem, got up this morning rather than doing it just after midnight? In any case, Scoredle also solves in three. I guess getting that many WoFcons out of the way with the first guess helps ease the rest of the journey to birdie.

779

I’m all good.

I have a Pixel 4A. Google recently pushed out battery updates that pretty much ruin the battery usage. Like you get a half hour from a full charge. I saw this was coming on reddit before it happened so I went into developer settings and disabled automatic updates. That means I’m safe for now, but the next time my phone restarts for any reason I think I’m screwed.

Meaning I need to buy a new phone, and soon. Last time I changed phones my wordle stats reset, and since I accidentally broke my streak like 2 days before I found out about this battery update I figured I’d take a little break from wordle until I get my phone situation squared away.

As I’m typing this post it occurs to me that I did log in to a wordle account at some point, so it’s possible I won’t lose my stats when I get my new phone. Either way.

I didn’t post to the thread because I didn’t want to introduce the idea of taking a break. It felt like killjoy energy.

780

Wordle 1,308 3/6*

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LEAST
NURSE
PROSE