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

Wordle 1,391 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
TROOP - stupid choice
TURBO

Wordle 1,392 4/6
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Broke my string of triples
but very acceptable :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,391 4/6

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SLANT
TIMER
TRUCK
TURBO

I stared way too long before seeing the only possible answer.

Wordle 1,391 4/6

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steam
trill
throb
turbo

Wordle 1,392 4/6

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STAIR
BREAD
AROMA
ARROW

Wordle 1,392 4/6

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RATIO
SOLAR
AROMA
ARROW

Wordle 1,392 5/6

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slate
align
adorn
abhor
arrow

Wordle 1,392 4/6 β€” 2025-04-11 Fri
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
ARROW

Wordle 1,392 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,392 5/6

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HEART
RASPY
DREAM
ARMOR knowing no M, just testing for O
ARROW

Wordle 1,392 3/6

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ACUTE
SPOIL
ARROW

Wordle 1,392 3/6*

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Serif
Throw
Arrow

Wordle 1,392 4/6

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YEAST (Look for vowels.)
HAIKU (Two As and an O? Nope. Two Os and an A? Nope.)
VOCAL (Found my O. Is it A??x? or O???A?) (Stupid Discourse won’t let me end a word with four question marks.)
ARROW (The only one that I can find. Good enough.)

Wordle 1,392 3/6*

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Summary

LEAST
BARON
ARROW

Wordle 1,392 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
BROAD
ARROW

Wordle 1,392 4/6* 4/11/2025

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TURBO β†’ Not a bad start. With three WoFcons left, I’ll try two of them and an E, and since Wordle wouldn’t take NORSE, I was left with
SOREL β†’ Which hopefully was productive due to elimination. But here I hit a wall, came back and looked at it five minutes later and decided to try
BARON β†’ Although I should have seen the B was already tried, on my first guess - augh! At least getting the A and placing the O was the coup that allowed me to see
ARROW

That’s two in a row that I wasted a guess on due to missing something obvious. Maybe I need to take a break… no, it’s an obsession! Scoredle also finished in four, and seems to be telling me something with its second guess (MORON).

Wordle 1,393 4/6
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grrr legit shot at two and chose wrong :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

Wordle 1392 5/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
RAZOR
ARROW

That’s now three 5s and two 6s in the past 11 games. :groan:

Wordle 1,392 3/6

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CANOE
ALLOW
ARROW

Wordle 1,393 3/6

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SHALE
TRUCE
NURSE