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

Wordle 1,382 4/6

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RATIO
LUNES
WHEEL
JEWEL

Wordle 1,382 5/6 — 2025-04-01 Tue
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
VUGHY
JEWEL

Wordle 1,382 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,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 F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt J} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned}

That’s a new one on me !

Wordle 1382 5/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
LEVEL
JEWEL

First 5 in a while.

Wordle 1,382 4/6

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HEART
BEGIN
LEVEL
JEWEL

Wordle 1,382 6/6

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PAINT
LOUSE
MELEE
LEVEL
BEZEL
JEWEL

6 two days in a row. Those two starting words that got me a 3 on Sunday have not been much help the last couple of days.

Yesterday’s and today’s solutions weren’t easy words IMHO. Nobody’s starting words can cover every situation.

Wordle 1,382 4/6*

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Summary

LEAST
FELON
REPLY
JEWEL

Wordle 1,382 6/6

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CRANE
HOIST - first time this word has let me down
ELUDE
FEELY
BEVEL
JEWEL

Wordle 1,382 5/6

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UNITE
LOSER
BLEED
EXCEL
JEWEL

I see I’m not the only one who struggled today.

Wordle 1,382 4/6* 4/1/2025

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BOOTY → Whiff. Good first word second coming up
LEARN → Placed E is nice. Remaining vowels is down to we. I’ll try the I, along with that last WoFcon, and throw in a W (don’t know why I didn’t see VEILS here before, but)
WEILS → It worked out well. Not sure where I’d put a U in there, so go with a second E. Thought about ?ELEW for a while, then reversed the W and L and saw it
JEWEL

A lucky third guess saves par. If, in the event, I had made the third guess I saw later, I’m not sure I’d have seen the solution with the next guess - Scoredle shows 14 possibles, three which seem nonbogus. Scoredle itself works slower than I did, and ends up with a bogey.

Wordle 1,382 4/6

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YEAST (A placed E. Big whoop. Any vowels care to reveal your presence?)
GEOID (Hmm. Try a U, and a second E, just in case.)
VENUE (No U, but two Es. Being April Fool’s Day, I wouldn’t put it past them to make it a three-E word, just to fuck with me. And I may try one if this next one doesn’t pan out.)
JEWEL (It panned out! [and my three-E word was going to be EELER.])

Wordle 1,383 3/6
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Damn another shot and two and guessed the wrong way…sigh
Still a nice way to start the day

Wordle 1,383 4/6

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RATIO
NURSE
PURSE
CURSE

Wordle 1,383 3/6 — 2025-04-02 Wed
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LEAST
CRIMP
CURSE

Wordle 1,383 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 C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1383 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
CURSE

Wordle 1,383 4/6*

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Drawn
Poser
Serve
Curse

Damn another shot a two ends at 5 :scream:
Wordle 1,384 5/6
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Wordle 1,383 4/6* 4/2/2025

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JEWEL → Was hoping for one E; am not disappointed. Next up, a good first word second… but with A, or O? I’ll try the latter
STORE → If its ??RSE, I might have A or U in second. But I see only one word with A, but at least 3 with U. So try the latter, with the last WoFcon
NURSE → I was right! Now, P or C… try
CURSE
PURSE
would have been a better third guess, as it would have led to possible alternate words faster. Scoredle falls into the trap with its fourth guess, then goes the distance, so I guess I was pretty lucky with my guessing in the trap.