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

Wordle 1,366 3/6

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RATIO
STALE
STAMP

Wordle 1,366 3/6 — 2025-03-16 Sun
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LEAST
CRIMP
STAMP

Wordle 1,366 2/6

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Wordle 1366 2/6

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SLANT
STAMP

Most of the possibles after 1 had already been played, leaving SPATE, STACK, STAMP, STAPH, and STAVE. Worst case with STAMP would have been down to STACK and STAVE on 3.

Wordle 1,366 4/6*

\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[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 A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ \end{aligned}

And there goes another dozen memory cells. . .

Wordle 1,366 3/6*

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Summary

LEAST
STACK
STAMP

Wordle 1,366 3/6

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POISE
STRAP
STAMP

Wordle 1,366 3/6

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HEART
STAND
STAMP

Wordle 1,367 4/6
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Nothing inspired - another 4 :sleeping_face:

Wordle 1,366 2/6

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YEAST (Most likely STA??)
STAMP (Eagle!)

Wordle 1,366 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
STAMP

Wordle 1,366 6/6* 3/16/2025

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LADLE → Time for a good first word second, and I have just the one here
ROAST → That certainly looks like a trap in the making. STAU? goes nowhere (except for Rusty STAUB, former MLB player) but I really should try the last WoFcon and an I, and I have just the word for it
STAIN → Yep, trap. And pretty much guarantee no Y. What should I try first?
STACK → Nope. Hmm. Oh, that would have been better before this one, better late than never
STAPH → Aha. I think I’ve saved the win
STAMP
STAFF and STAGY
were also possibles after the fourth guess, and while my fifth guess was a good one, I might still have ended in a fail. As I spotted just after it happened, my fourth guess only eliminated one out of the twelve possibles. Scoredle solves it in four from my start, which is better than it does from its own start, where it hits the trap on the second guess and then fails to solve in six.

Wordle 1,366 4/6

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OVINE
ULTRA
STACK
STAMP

Not bad, I guess, after the opening whiff. Could have been STAMP, STASH, or STAFF, so I’ll take a bit of luck today. :grin:

Wordle 1,367 4/6

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TRADE
SAUCY
BASIL
LASSO

Wordle 1,367 4/6

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RATIO
NACHO
BASSO
LASSO

I just couldn’t find any options after two. I completely missed the correct answer.

Wordle 1,367 2/6 — 2025-03-17 Mon
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LEAST
LASSO

Wordle 1,367 2/6

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Slant
Lasso

Wordle 1,367 4/6

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Wordle 1,367 4/6*

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