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

The Game Room
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Wordle 1,357 3/6

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YEAST (Vowel search.)
TULIP (Looks like I need Os.)
TROOP (Birdie!)

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Wordle 1,357 6/6

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Wordle 1,358 3/6

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SCALE
GAVEL
NAVEL

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Wordle 1,358 5/6 — 2025-03-08 Sat
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
ANGLE
NAVEL

1405

Wordle 1,358 4/6

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RATIO
FALSE
LABEL
NAVEL

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Wordle 1,358 6/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \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 L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \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 L} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 1,358 4/6

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RAISE
LATEN
PANEL
NAVEL

Actually kind of disappointed at this par.
PANEL should have been my second word; I tried to force too many WoFcons.

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Wordle 1358 3/6

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SLANT
PENAL
NAVEL

ANGEL had already been used.

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Wordle 1,358 4/6

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HEART
PLACE realizing 3 is not A, fishing for letters
CAMEL realizing no C, trying to place A and E
NAVEL

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Wordle 1,358 2/6

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YEAST (Try some WoFcons.)
NAVEL (Gets me an eagle!)

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CRANE
SNEAK
ARENA - well, that was dumb
EAGER - and that was even dumber
NAVEL

And I was just congratulating myself for having a good Wordle week.

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Wordle 1,358 2/6*

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LEAST
NAVEL

Woo_hoo! Wordle Bot says there were 46 words to choose from. VERY lucky here.

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Wordle 1,358 5/6* 3/8/2025

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TROOP → Whiff. I can, however, KO the three remaining WoFcons with A & E via
LEANS → OK, this is just begging to move over one and try again, so I’ll give that a shot
CLEAN → Well, that did nothing. Except for a few more eliminations, I’m sure… I looked at this for a while before I saw
ANGEL → and with the A second, and ?ANEL going nowhere, it had to be
NAVEL
Scoredle guesses LANES for its second guess, and gets a quick birdie. I guessed its anagram, and ended up with a five. Is it possible for a puzzle to be a fun slog? If so, this was it. After two, seven non-bogus; after three, four.

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Wordle 1,358 5/6

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Wordle 1,359 5/6

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RATIO
SHARE
CRUEL
GREEN
GREED

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Wordle 1,359 5/6 — 2025-03-09 Sun
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
FREED
GREED

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Wordle 1,359 4/6

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Wordle 1,359 4/6*

\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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \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 E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 1359 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DIVEY
GREED

This situation after 2 comes up a lot for me. I think I’ve finally found a decent sleuth word for it.

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Wordle 1,359 4/6*

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LEAST
DRAKE ← Oops! I re-used the A. Still gained info, tho.
CREED ← lost the coin toss.
GREED