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

Wordle 1,332 X/6

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I don’t want to talk about it.

Wordle 1,332 5/6* 2/10/2025

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BONUS → Is there a word with E or A and the other three WoFcons? Yes, there is (two, I think, actually)
ROTAL → But no progress. Time to try E and a mix of consonants
COWED → Got a D unplaced. I’m getting nervous. U and I are still out there among the vowels, and I have an opportunity to try G & H so
DOUGH → Good call on the G. Maybe its a double O, and that one forgotten vowel
GOODY

Scoredle also takes five from my start (an impressive 3 from its own start, after a whiff!) Scoredle also suggests the same word after my first and second guesses, and it’s kinda humiliating to think that my second guess really didn’t change my best next guess at all.

Wordle 1,332 3/6*

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LEAST
GOURD ← I thought i was going to get a two! Very lucky.
GOODY

You used two vowels in your first word. You didn’t need to recheck the second one.

Wordle 1,332 5/6

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YEAST
DOILY
WOODY
MOODY
GOODY

I’m just so disgusted with myself that I don’t even have the motivation to write a narration to my thought processes on this one.

I’ve got a nebulous “kookiness threshold/filter” that words have to pass before being considered.

But yeah, a doozy of a trap.

Wordle 1,333 4/6

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RATIO
SHORE
CLOWN
SCORE

Another day, another trap. After two I was left with SCORE, SNORE, SPORE and SWORE so I decided to use the sleuth word rather than missing something.

Wordle 1,333 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[lime,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Bastard.

My first 2 in a while!

Wordle 1,333 2/6

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COURT
SCORE

Wordle 1,333 2/6*

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Torus
Score

Wordle 1333 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
SCORE

Wordle 1,333 3/6 — 2025-02-11
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LEAST
CRIMP
SCORE

Wordle 1,333 3/6

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HEART
SNORE lucky second word! Either SPORE or…
SCORE

Wordle 1,333 4/6

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STALE
SNORE
CHIMP
SCORE

Too many options to shoot for the birdie.

Wordle 1,333 6/6* 2/11/2025

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GOODY → At least I know that’s the only O. Try and E and three WoFcons
STORE → Uh oh. C, H, N, P W. I end my streak in today in 20% of alternate universes.
SNORE → Not that.
SHORE → Or that.
SWORE → I’m down to 50-50.
SCORE
SCONE
would have at least made the trap nonfatal, Scoredle falls into the same trap, and gets out in five.

Wordle 1,333 4/6

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My opening word saved me from the trap.

CRANE
FORCE
OCHRE
SCORE

Wordle 1,333 3/6*

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LEAST
SNORE <— :wah!: I thought I had it!
SCORE

Wordle 1,333 4/6

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YEAST
ISSUE
OBESE
SCORE

Getting par was unexpected. Especially with the blunder of OBESE.

Wordle 1,334 2/6

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RATIO
RAPID

Can’t take any credit for pure luck.

Nice going, @psychobunny . Sometimes it’s better to be lucky, than good.

Wordle 1,334 3/6 — 2025-02-12
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LEAST
CRIMP
RAPID

Wordle 1,334 3/6

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SNARE
TRIAL
RAPID