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

Wordle 1322 2/6

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SLANT
TOAST

BEAST, BOAST, COAST, and FEAST had already been used, leaving ROAST, TOAST, YEAST, and possibly AVAST. Pick one of those first two and go from there; picked the right one.

Wordle 1,322 2/6

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YEAST (Lessee, AVAST, BLAST, ROAST, TOAST. Welp, better get started)
TOAST (BAM!)

Wordle 1,322 4/6

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ANISE
ROAST
COAST
TOAST

Good choice at two! BOAST COAST TOAST… Stay in hard mode or guarantee a four with a sleuth word?
I took my chances and got the four anyway.

Wordle 1,322 4/6

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PAEON
ROACH
BOAST - My first inclination was ‘toast’, but n-o-o-o-o.
TOAST

Wordle 1,322 5/6* 1/31/2025

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FALSE ->That’s a pretty good start, and it sets up a good first guess second. So
ROAST → Oh, great. I’m sure we’ve had one or two fills of this trap already, and yet I refuse to go with a used words list. Well, try 'em one by one
COAST → Nope.
BOAST → Not that either. What am I missing? Oh, right duplicate letter…
TOAST

One of the fastest and most frustrating fives I’ve registered in this game. Scoredle has a word with an H in there as well - seems pretty darn bogus to me. Scoredle also finishes in five, KOing the worst of the trap before it is sprung.

Wordle 1,322 3/6*

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LEAST
ROAST
TOAST

Wordle 1,323 2/6

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RATIO
RIVET

Wow @psychobunny !

Wordle 1,323 4/6 — 2025-02-01
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LEAST
BOUND
CRIMP
RIVET

Wordle 1,323 3/6*

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

:astonished: Thought of RIVER first but decided to try RIVET for letter
elimination purposes in case both were wrong… usually when i don’t go
with my first choice i regret it !

Wordle 1323 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
RIVET

After 2, I came up with a list of a half-dozen possible solutions. The first five I checked had all been used, fortunately the sixth one hadn’t.

Wordle 1,323 4/6

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ATONE
CHEST
QUIET
RIVET

Wordle 1,323 3/6*

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Trial
Inter
Rivet

Wordle 1,323 4/6

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PAEON - not much help
SLIDE - still not much help
RIVER - lucky guess
RIVET

Wordle 1,323 3/6

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YEAST (??E?T maybe.)
INERT (I like the amount of letters available.)
RIVET (That works.)

Wordle 1,323 3/6

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CANOE
RESET
RIVET

Only choice left for a quick birdie!

Wordle 1,323 3/6*

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LEAST
EIGHT
RIVET

Wordle 1,323 3/6* 2/1/2025

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TOAST → Thought for a second I had whiffed. E & I and two WoFcons on the way… can’t think of one with an N, so I’ll go with
RELIT → RIE?T goes nowhere, ditto R?IET, so RI?ET it is, so
RIVET

Scoredle also finishes in three, though with a different middle word. My word was a layup - only one possible on the third guess - but Scoredle had to get a little lucky, with three nonbogus possibles left after the second guess. Which I suppose means I got really lucky with my second guess!

Wordle 1,324 3/6

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RATIO
ROUSE
CHORE

I just now see that I messed up on the second guess. Was trying to hunt for vowels.

Wordle 1,324 2/6

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Slant
Chore

RTFirefly…I thought of you with this one. :slight_smile:

Wordle 1,324 6/6

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