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

Wordle 1,308 5/6

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CRANE
PRIZE
PROBE
PROVE
PROSE

Me and Elvis again.

Wordle 1,308 3/6

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YEAST (Probably xxxSE. Try some more vowels.)
DOUSE (Picked up an O. If it’s not xxOSE, then OBESE guarantees a par. Try with a WoFcon.)
PROSE (Nice!)

Wordle 1,308 3/6

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CAUSE
WORSE
PROSE

Quick and easy today!

Wordle 1,309 4/6

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RATIO
SLICE
SILKY
SILLY

Wordle 1,309 4/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1309 2/6

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SLANT
SILLY

This one was just plain luck. There were a baker’s dozen of legit, unused possibilities after my starting word, and the one I chose because it would best help me sort through the possibilities I saw (I overlooked as many as I saw, too) and make sure I got a 3, turned out to be the winner.

A good day for me to buy a lottery ticket!

Wordle 1,309 3/6*

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Orbit
Singe
Silly

Wordle 1,309 4/6

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HEART
SPOIL
SWILL
SILLY

Wordle 1,309 4/6 — 2025-01-18
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LEAST
BOUND
CRISPIt could be shill silky silly skill slimy swill; and previous Wordles have been skill swill
SILLY

We’re glad you’re good. Thanks for your update, but having to get a new phone sucks like the 49ers’ 2024 season.

Wordle 1,309 4/6* 1/18/2025

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PROSE → A certain dearth of vowels. Two more WoFcons, plus A & I next
STAIN → L is still out there. Can’t see to get a U in there. Is there something with an L? Yes. Now, one or two?
SILKY → Ah, it was two.
SILLY

I missed a lot of third-guess possibles, so let’s chalk this one up to luck. Scoredle gets a bogey with a more methodical approach. Heck I even missed seeing SUSHI on that third guess, so the U was in play.

Wordle 1,309 3/6

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YEAST (Looks promising. Let me check out some vowels.)
SOUPY (That narrows the field significantly.)
SILLY (Pretty much the only choice left.)

Glad all is well with you, other than the phone! Having to deal with that truly sucks, though. Best of luck to you!

Since our starting words differ by only one letter, I pay more attention to how you play things from there than I do to most of the others. I was particularly looking forward to seeing how you played Thursday’s and Friday’s Wordles - with yesterday, I figured you probably had a standard second word you’d use if you got that green P but nothing else, as you would have yesterday. And I was thinking, PROSE would be about as perfect a second word as there could possibly be for that situation, so I was wondering if you were going to get a 2 yesterday. That’s when I realized you hadn’t played in a few days.

Wordle 1,309 5/6

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CRANE - ouch
HOIST
SQUID
SILKY - I have chosen. . .poorly.
SILLY

Wordle 1,309 3/6*

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LEAST
SLIMY
SILLY

Wordle 1,309 3/6

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TONER
CLAIM
SILLY

The opening whiff actually did a good job of eliminating possibilities. I still didn’t expect a birdie!

Wordle 1,309 3/6*

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PLATE
DOILY
SILLY

Wordle 1,310 3/6

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RATIO
ROGUE
ROWER

Wordle 1,310 6/6 — 2025-01-19
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LEAST
BOUND
CRISPIt could be forge foyer gofer gorge homer hover joker mover mower roger rover rower vower wooer; and previous Wordles have been forge foyer gorge homer joker rover wooer; that leaves words gofer hover mover mower roger rower vower; and letters to eliminate are F V M W
HOVERit could be gofer mower roger rower; and letters to eliminate are G M W
GAMERit has to be rower!
ROWERphew!

Wordle 1,310 X/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 C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \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 R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \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 F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned}

Bastard.