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

The Game Room
1161

Wordle 1,338 4/6 — 2025-02-16
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
SUAVE

1162

Wordle 1,338 6/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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[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 A} \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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \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 S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

2nd 6 in a row ! I’m on a roll. :roll_eyes:

1163

Wordle 1338 3/6

:green_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: 104
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square: 11
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SLANT
CRIME
SUAVE

1164

Wordle 1,338 4/6

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HEART
PLANE
QUAKE
SUAVE

1165

Wordle 1,338 5/6*

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Drawl
Scamp
Stave
Shave
Suave

1166

Wordle 1,338 4/6

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SLATE
SHAPE
SCARE
SUAVE

A trap right from the get-go. Fun!

1167

Wordle 1,338 3/6*

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LEAST
SPARE
SUAVE

1168
Wordle 1,338 5/6* 2/16/2025

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CROOK → Whiff. Good news - time for yet another first guess second!
STALE → Oof. That’s a trap. One WoFcon left, and no more vowels needed. Time to throw consonants against the wall and see what sticks.
SPADE → Nope. OK, let’s try to be a little more methodical. H, N and M could go between S & A. N could be SNARE but that’s already excluded. Exists there a word with H and M both? Why, yes…
SHAME → Dangit! Let’s look again. Arrgh! Wait, maybe there’s another vowel…
SUAVE

Scordle knows a lot of bogus words that complicate its guessing here, though it finishes in five itself - its second guess is an anagram of mine, so the trap doesn’t spring until the third guess. A rather fun puzzle for a Sunday morning - and I love the trident head design!

1169

Wordle 1,338 6/6

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YEAST
SPARE
SNAKE
SHAVE
SLAVE
SUAVE

Again, I don’t want to talk about it.

(but psychobunny makes a good point.)

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Wordle 1,338 5/6

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TRAIN
SLACK
SPADE
SHAVE
SUAVE

I should have brought the E in one guess earlier.

This is my third day in a row, comprising 15 total words, with no blue (yellow) squares. That’s gotta be some kind of record!

1171

Wordle 1,339 2/6

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RATIO
TRAIL

Well that took all of ten seconds.

1172

Wordle 1,339 2/6

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TRANS
TRAIL

1173

Wordle 1,339 4/6

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CHASE
GRAND
TRAMP
TRAIL

1174

Wordle 1,339 3/6*

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

1175

Wordle 1339 2/6

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SLANT
TRAIL

I was surprised to find that TRAWL had been used already, but TRAIL hadn’t.

There was one other possibility, but I was LOATH to consider it.

(Anyone remember what bestselling book had both ‘loath’ and ‘trail’ in the title? :grin: )

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Wordle 1,339 2/6

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HEART
TRAIL

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Wordle 1,339 1/6

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It happened! Holy crap!!!

1178

Wordle 1,339 3/6

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YEAST (T?A??, perhaps. Try a WoFcon.)
TWAIN (Wrong WoFcon. But the I narrows it down.)
TRAIL (Easy birdie.)

1179

Wordle 1,339 2/6*

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Crawl
Trail

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Wordle 1,339 3/6*

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LEAST
TRAWL ← I chose the more unusual word. Bad decision!
TRAIL