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

Wordle 1,387 5/6

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YEAST (An unplaced A. Let’s look for vowels.)
QUOTA (Bad choice. I knew there was no T. Look for I and another A.)
MAFIA (Not great, but let’s find more WoFcons.)
LIBRA (Looks like I’m gettin’ a bogey.)
VILLA (I’ll take it.)

Wordle 1,387 3/6*

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Summary

LEAST
ALLOY ← getting the double L is a bonus!
VILLA

Wordle 1387 6/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
AXIAL
LABIA
VILLA

You’d think I’d see VILLA before AXIAL or LABIA. Apparently you’d be wrong. Ouch.

Wordle 1,387 5/6

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OILER
MILKY
FILTH
LILAC
VILLA

Late today, and I just frustrated myself by blindly plowing forward with little thought, essentially wasting a good start.

Wordle 1,388 5/6

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RATIO
LANCE
EASEL
BAGEL
HAZEL

Wordle 1,388 3/6
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Took a while :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

Wordle 1,388 6/6

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slate
abled
lager
navel
camel
hazel

Wordle 1,388 5/6 — 2025-04-08 Mon
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUNDIt might be algae allee alley gavel hazel valve whale; letters to eliminate are G Y V H Z W so can try GRAVY
GRAVY
HAZEL

Wordle 1,388 4/6*

\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 P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \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 T} \\ &\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 N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,388 3/6

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HEART
HAVEN
HAZEL

Wordle 1,388 6/6*

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Acrid
Offal
Label
Easel
Panel
Hazel

Wordle 1,388 5/6

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SHAPE
EARTH
HAVEN
MADLY
HAZEL

Wordle 1,389 3/6
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That was quick - 4 greens and 5 possibles. :face_with_raised_eyebrow:
Settled for a 3 and :sleeping_face:

Wordle 1,388 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
HEAVY
HAWED
HAZEL

Wordle 1,388 3/6*

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Summary

LEAST
ANKLE
HAZEL

Wordle 1,388 5/6

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TONER
IMPEL
BAGEL
EASEL
HAZEL

Another day, another trap.

Wordle 1,388 6/6* 4/7/2025

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VILLA → Two letters, though unplaced, is not a bad start. I can do a good first guess second here, so
LEARN → Maybe it should have been LEAST instead. I’ll check those last two WoFcons…
STEAL → Nope. At least the L is placed. E before the L, which would put the A in… second, looks like
BAGEL → A trap. And with some odd consonants to put it it, it was a while before I saw
CAMEL → Which wasn’t right, and then SunSon looked over my shoulder and said
HAZEL
which, as a Watership Down
fan, I should have seen myself. That one felt excruciating. Scoredle finishes in five, and - to boot - would have had mine on the fourth guess, so I feel like it’s kind of taunting me.

Wordle 1,388 3/6

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YEAST (That’s probably enough vowels. Look for some WoFcons.)
RAVEN (Looks kinda trappy. Of the 83 possibilities, 77 have my last WoFcon. Of those 77 are very few plausible possbilities.So, I have a 1-in-6 shot.)
HAZEL (He shoots, he SCORES!)

Wordle 1388 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
HAZEL

Wordle 1,389 5/6

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RATIO
SHARE
SCARE
SNARE
SPARE

Sometimes the trap wins.