Anyone playing wordle?

[Sandi Bo]

I bombed. Explanation in spoiler.

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I can’t dance!

My response in the spoiler....

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My Dad was a dance instructor. Once I got it I had to hang my head in shame. Don't tell!
This was a good one. I had convinced myself it would be a word I didn't know. But they really don't do that to us. Interesting to see how others do.

 

[Patri]

Five. That one rare letter!

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[tombanjo]

1,2,3 1,2,3 1,2,3 and spin to a 4

Wordle 498 4/6

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Fiver for me today.

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[LannyPC]

Five. That one rare letter!

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Me too.

 

[VacationForever]

Five. Sweating bullets over this one.

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[slip]

A lucky 5.

 

[DaveNV]

I knew it, but Worlde said I was wrong. Then I realized my guess was a six letter word. D'oh!

Five today, and glad to have that.

Wordle 498 5/6







Dave

 

[Sandi Bo]

Four, which I think I'll gladly take.

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My first mistake was going for the Halloween theme (when will I learn)?
My second mistake, pure and simple brain fart that may have led to overall success. I wasn't thinking on my 3rd guess. However, it certainly made guess number a slam dunk.

 

[tombanjo]

An appropriate 5 today - not feeling particularly bright I kept using the same letter in the last place, which was wrong.

Wordle 499 5/6

 

[Rolltydr]

Three. A nice way to start a Monday.

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I started on the same path as Sandi with STARE. Found the T&A (no pun intended) out of position. I stayed in the Halloween theme with ANTIC and got those letters in the correct position, leaving me with AxTxx. I spent a minute looking for words that used L in that 2nd position but couldn’t think of any. Then, I saw the P would work with APTLY. I APTLY entered it.

 

[Patri]

THE HARDEST for me yet. Three, but only because it wouldn’t accept any of my tries. The second and third as consonants just stumped me.

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[VacationForever]

Four. Switched out for another starter word on the third line.

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[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three today. My most common starter word, followed by my typical guess 2 when I"m still seeking vowels after the starter word. With guess 2 it all came together nicely.

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With only an A in position 1, there needed to be at least one more vowel, O, U, Y, or a second A. POUTY hits the three added vowels, and P and T are common consonnants.

After guess 2 APTLY came to mind, and I figured that if APTLY was incorrect, there couldn't be more than one or two other possibilities I might have overlooked.

 

[VacationForever]

Three. A nice way to start a Monday.

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I started on the same path as Sandi with STARE. Found the T&A (no pun intended) out of position. I stayed in the Halloween theme with ANTIC and got those letters in the correct position, leaving me with AxTxx. I spent a minute looking for words that used L in that 2nd position but couldn’t think of any. Then, I saw the P would work with APTLY. I APTLY entered it.
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Precisely!

 

[Sandi Bo]

I do love that multiple guesses (for not valid words) don't count against us!

Last night I pointed my Mom's Alexa to my computer screen and probably spent an hour doing wordplay.com She has dementia and anxiety but I thought I'd give it a whirl. She's a choco-holic - one of her starter words was FUDGE. She kept saying one more. I call it successful.

Happy Monday and Happy Halloween All!!!

 

[clifffaith]

Took me longer than I care to admit, but finally got it in five. I also used a brand new word half way through to successfully come up wit two new letters.

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[LannyPC]

Four, which I think I'll gladly take.

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My first mistake was going for the Halloween theme (when will I learn)?
My second mistake, pure and simple brain fart that may have led to overall success. I wasn't thinking on my 3rd guess. However, it certainly made guess number a slam dunk.
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Me too.

 

[slip]

For no reason, a 5 today.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three

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After guess 1 I was faced with a question. Is it more valuable to try to pin down the locations of the E and I, or, given that I already have two vowels, should I focus on finding consonants?

I decided to split the difference. PINCH gave me four new consonants, while also testing position 2 as a location for the E.

After PINCH, my solutions were PINES, PINED, and PINEY. I eliminated PINES, because Wordle solution don't seem to include a four-letter root with an appended S. I wasn't sure whether WORDLE treated past participles similarly, so I decided to go with PINEY instead of PINED.

 

[slip]

A lucky 4 today.

 

[slip]

Three

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After guess 1 I was faced with a question. Is it more valuable to try to pin down the locations of the E and I, or, given that I already have two vowels, should I focus on finding consonants?

I decided to split the difference. PINCH gave me four new consonants, while also testing position 2 as a location for the E.

After PINCH, my solutions were PINES, PINED, and PINEY. I eliminated PINES, because Wordle solution don't seem to include a four-letter root with an appended S. I wasn't sure whether WORDLE treated past participles similarly, so I decided to go with PINEY instead of PINED.

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The 4th letter of your first guess already eliminated the first of your possibilities anyway.

 

[tombanjo]

Wooden it be a shame if they had to recall this strange word ? I'll take the three gladly tho.

Wordle 500 3/6

 

[Rolltydr]

I decided to use all 6 rows today. Use ‘em if you got ‘em!

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Obviously, I did not strike the right CHORD with my starter word. From there, I went searching for vowels with IMBUE. Next, I tried searching for consonants with PLANT. Now, I’m actually feeling pretty good about this. I have identified 4 letters with the P in the starting position. I’m thinking PINxE. The only letter that works is G so I enter PINGE. Oops! The E had already been ruled out of the 5th position with my 2nd try. So, it is PINEx, and I thinks S is the only solution. As T_R_ noted, Wordle doesn’t normally use plural form. However, pines can also mean missing someone or feeling sadness for someone. The only other possible option is PINEY and I’m not even sure that is a real word. So, I enter PINES and learn that PINEY is, indeed, a real word.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

The 4th letter of your first guess already eliminated the first of your possibilities anyway.

Doh ....