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

Wordle 1,311 3/6*

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Early
Dough
Squid

I got skunked yesterday. Busted a 97-day streak.

Wordle 1,311 4/6

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YEAST
LOUIS
SQUIB
SQUID

Wordle 1,311 4/6*

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LEAST
BONUS
HUSKY
SQUID

Wordle 1,311 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SISSY
SQUID

It took me just short of forever to see the ‘squ’ combination.

Wordle 1,311 3/6

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STERN
SOLID
SQUID

Wracked my brains for something with an A for a few minutes. I came up empty and moved on to U; that’s when the a-ha moment came.

Wordle 1,312 4/6

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RATIO
SHINE
CLING
ICING

Wordle 1,312 3/6

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CAROL
NIGHT
ICING

Wordle 1,312 4/6 — 2025-01-21
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LEAST
BOUND
CRIMP
ICING

Wordle 1,312 4/6

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YEAST
CURIO
WINCH
ICING

Wordle 1312 3/6

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SLANT
GRODY
ICING

Wordle 1,312 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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 G} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,312 4/6

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HEART
SPOIL
DICEY
ICING

Wordle 1,312 4/6*

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LEAST
DROWN
PUNCH
ICING

Wordle 1,312 3/6

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CRANE
POINT
ICING - This should have been a two, as it was the only word possible given my first guess. I just couldn’t see it, even after of mentally manipulating the ‘c’ and the ‘n’ with the remaining vowels. ‘Point’ gave me a vowel, but I still couldn’t see it for like ten minutes.

Wordle 1,312 4/6* 1/21/2025

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SQUID → Add an E and 3 WoFcons, shake up and sort out. I like an IN- prefix here, so
INLET → Good guess. R is still live, and A would be the next vowel to check - IRANI probably doesn’t work, but it does lead to the almost-as-good near-rhyme
IRONY → And here I sat and thought for a while. Couldn’t see anything. Kept trying to put a K on the end, to no avail Put it aside and worked a crossword, and one of the clues led me right to the answer
ICING

I was hoping for GAMES today, but no luck. Scoredle wins in three from its usual start, but takes a loss from my start - falls into the trap ??ING with its third guess and can’t get out of it. Makes me feel a lot more relived that I found the initial letter rather than the one in the middle…

Wordle 1,312 5/6

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SNAIL
POINT
BRING
EYING
ICING

I thought I played this one rather poorly, and maybe I did, but Scordle fails from my start word as well. So I must have done something right.

Wordle 1,313 2/6

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RATIO
REACH

Wordle 1,313 3/6

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SNAIL
TRACE
REACH

Wordle 1,313 4/6 — 2025-01-22
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LEAST
BOUNDIt could be heave heavy peace peach peaky reach rearm weary weave; and previous Wordles have been heave heavy peace peach weary; that leaves words peaky reach rearm weave; and thus the letters to eliminate are P K Y R C H M W V
CRIMPmy usual 3rd guess works nicely here
REACH

Wordle 1313 3/6

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SLANT
CRIMP
REACH

Could’ve also been ROACH.