Anyone playing wordle?

[Patri]

Two!

I’m impressed.
Four for me.

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[T_R_Oglodyte]

A four for me.

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I felt a little tricked by the wordle gods today. Thinking of course you would pick UNTIL before UNLIT. Who would think of UNLIT first - and then I came here and saw @T_R_Oglodyte's solution.
Although it was then a no brainer to get to UNTIL, I was a little 'hmmmmf'.
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There is an episode from the original Star Trek, where there are beings who derive their energy from conflict and ill will among their minions. That is my model for the existence of the Wordle gods. When players get exasperated and frustrated, the Wordle gods siphon those feelings to support themselves.

So they thrive on trickery. When someone progressively stumbles toward a solution, that is their life force. And when someone enters a solution that they are sure is correct, only to have the solution bomb - that disappointment, dismay, frustration, even anger, is precisely what they feed on. We starve them when we deny them that satisfaction.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

I’m impressed.
Four for me.

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I appreciate the words, but I caution to not mistake luck for skill!!!

 

[tombanjo]

The idea lightbulb above my head remained dark, as I did not think the word today was fit to be a Wordle. Until I ran out of choices.

Wordle 595 5/6

 

["Roger"]

Five today. Thought I had good third and fourth words, but no cigar.

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[Rolltydr]

Five. And, I hope the Wordle gods get fat and happy because I’m ticked!

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I started with SHINE because the sun is definitely doing it this morning. I and N out of position. I banked those and went looking for other vowels and common consonants with POUTY. Excellent! U and I also out of position. I immediately saw TUNIC but quickly ran through the keyboard, apparently with my mind closed, and didn’t see anything else. Argghhh! Okay, so it’s UNTIx. Who in their right mind wouldn’t go with UNTIL? Arrrgggghhhhhhh!
UNLIT? Five? I know exactly how Charlie Brown felt every time Lucy moved that football! Arrrrggggghhhhhhh!

 

[VacationForever]

Easy peasy four as my 2nd and 3rd starter words did it for me.

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[dsmrp]

Sigh, it took me all 6. I semi wasted a guess when I reused a vowel, but it also showed correct placement of 2 other letters.

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Ugh, too many "un" words!

 

[clifffaith]

Five. Meh.

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[LannyPC]

Sigh, it took me all 6.

Me too.

 

[DaveNV]

Youse guys... Look at you, making me feel all clever and stuff...

Four for me today. Had the five letters at three, just needed to rearrange till they formed a word I could pronounce.

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Dave

 

[slip]

Could have been 4 but turned into 5.

 

[geist1223]

Patti does Wordle. She got it in 2 today.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three

Spoiler: Still denying the Wordle gods their due ....

I spent time thinking about guess 2. I wanted something that put my first guess letters in new positions, but I also thought it was important to examine some common consonants, with S, T, R, and C ones I like to find. I finally settled on CASTE. CASTE didn't help me with N, but I was hoping that if I got a couple of hits, that would also limit where the N could be.

CASTE was good, as it located the A and E, and gave me a C that had to be in position 3 or 4. If I put the N in position 1, I would be looking at either NACxE or NAxCE. The only word I could come up with using those patterns was NACRE, and I though that might be too obscure to be a the solution, but I parked that as possible option.

If the N isn't in position 1, then the solution needs to be xANCE (xACNE doesn't lead anywhere). So then my choices are DANCE and VANCE. Vance is a name, and while Wordle often accepts those as guesses, I never seen a word that only a name appear as a Wordle answer. I figured that DANCE was the best choice at guess 3.

 

[tombanjo]

and a one and a two and a three, no waltzing around here.

Wordle 596 3/6

 

[Patri]

Two. I am blown away.

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[Rolltydr]

Five. And I cursed the gods! Actually, still cursing.

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I SLEPT well last night so thought that was a good place to start. It yielded an E out of position. I wanted to check the E in fifth position as well as looking for a Y thinking it might end in EY. I tried RHYME which found the E in last position but nothing else. From there, I looked for some common consonants and a couple of vowels with DOING. Got the starting D and an N. Alright! I’m left with DxNxE. It has to be DANCE or DUNCE. Okay, this is wordle. With those two vhoices, who wouldn’t choose DUNCE?!!! The WORDLE GODS! THAT’S WHO! What a dunce!

 

[Sandi Bo]

Four for me.

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My father was a dance instructor, I'm sure he'd be disappointed I didn't pick DANCE sooner. You'd be his BFF today, Patri!

 

["Roger"]

An easy three. Took me less than a minute.

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[VacationForever]

Quick four with 3 starter words.

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[DaveNV]

Easy four for me, too.

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Dave

 

[dsmrp]

Wowee a 2 today!

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One of my starter words is 'OCEAN',
which would have given 4 letters!
but I didn't use it, instead swapped the
C for the more common L in ALONE.

My possible next guesses were RANGE,
MANGE, and DANCE. The WORDLE Gods
IMO, have lately been trying to trick us
with more common words, after a period of
obscurer ones. So MANGE was out, and I had a 50/50 chance with the other 2. I "chose wisely"...

 

[clifffaith]

Four today. I’d combine my third word (and I thought better answer) with my fourth for a happy Sunday!

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[slip]

A fast 4 today.

 

[LannyPC]

Four for me.

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My father was a dance instructor, I'm sure he'd be disappointed I didn't pick DANCE sooner. You'd be his BFF today, Patri!
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Me too.