Anyone playing wordle?

[VacationForever]

Five today.

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[rickandcindy23]

Five for me too.

 

[mentalbreak]

Not cool, wordle. 6 for me today.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Four today. I was stumped after three guesses.

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With guess 2 I wanted a word that contained A, L, and Y, with the L in position 2, 4, or 5. I wanted A and Y to check for the remaining vowels,

After guess 2, there weren't a lot of remaining options. I thought I had it with guess 3, figuring it was either FLUNK or FLUNG. If FLUNK wasn't correct, then I would have it with FLUNG in guess 4. So, when N came up empty in guess 3 I was bewildered. Twice I mentally worked through placing each of the remaining available letters in position 4, to no avail. In that process, it didn't occur to me that it might be FF. It took me a few minutes before I stumbled on FF to end the word - it just didn't occur to me to use the same letter three times in a word.

A couple of days ago, someone commented about how nasty it would be if a word used the same letter three times, citing RARER. Well, now it's happened.

 

[tombanjo]

Yeah, I crashed and burned - not easy when you only have 1 letter after three tries

Wordle 382 X/6

 

[Patri]

5 today. All I can say is Geesh.
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[Rolltydr]

5 and that almost wasn’t fair!

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I love the OCEAN but it was not kind to me this morning. With my second guess, I was trying the remaining vowels, U and I. FRUIT got me the F and U in the 1st and 3rd positions. I thought I was on my way. FLUSH looked like a strong possibility and got the L in the 2nd position. All I have to do is get the last 2 letters. How hard can that be, right? Looking at my remaining letters, I’m positive the word has to be FLUKY. It isn’t. I spend a few minutes trying to make words with the letters I have left and there’s nothing. And then, 3 F’s? Did they actually pick a word with 3 F’s? What the FLUFF?

 

["Roger"]

Five today. After my first two words, not a single correct letter.

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It was just yesterday or the day before I commented on how hard "rarer" would be with a letter repeated three times. I hope that did not inspire the editors of the Times to come up with a similar word. A letter repeated three times makes for a really difficult puzzle.

 

[VacationForever]

Same here, first 2 lines, had 0.
Ended with 5.

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[clifffaith]

Took all six today!

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[bjones9942]

I don't know how I got it in four.

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[dsmrp]

I took a break yesterday because I was getting in a rut.
Was lucky to get it in 4 today.

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Like some of you I had no letters at all after 2 guesses, but then I knew the vowel. Was lucky on my 3 rd guess

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[T_R_Oglodyte]

Six for me. Couldn't get traction out of the gate. Had to really think to get to the answer.

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Two vowels on the first guess, with the E out of position. Two vowels is usually all that's needed, so in guesses 2 and 3 I'm trying for consonants, while putting the E in new locations.

After guess 3 I haven't picked up any consonants, but I know the E is in position 5. With an A at the front and an E at the end, I figure there must be a vowel in the middle. I is still open, so I try ABIDE - with no luck.

The missing vowel in the middle is almost surely an A. With my remaining letters, I can think of four possibilities (AGAVE, AGATE, AGAPE, AMAZE), but I only have two guesses remaining. PIVOT, guess 5, is an elimination word. If the word is AGAVE, AGATE, or AGAPE, I'll get a hit on P, V, or T, whichever is correct. And if PIVOT misses entirely, then the word must be AMAZE. PIVOT gives me a P, so AGAPE it is.

Whew!!!

 

[tombanjo]

Another tough one that left me gasping. I honestly thought I was out of possibilities. Guess 4 was to test letters and none worked.


Wordle 383 5/6

 

[Rolltydr]

6 for me, also, and I was very happy to get that!

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I almost went with BRAKE as my 1st guess which would have gotten me the middle A and ending E both in the correct positions. I probably would have played the same from there and gotten it in 5 but we’ll never know. I actually started with BEAST and got the E in the 3rd position and an out of position A. Next, I tried CRANE to see if the E was the ending letter, which it was, and to find some consonants, which I did not. From there, I went with EVADE just because I thought of it. Nada. Then GLAZE. I was trying to see if some little used consonants may be in play and I got the out of position G. I thought the G would be the 4th letter so I tried IMAGE. Nope. So, G is the 2nd letter? By this time, I’m thinking, what the.,,.? Then, resorting to using Xs as fillers in positions 1 and 4, I see AGAPE. And, I was!

 

[Patri]

In four, and I didn’t even know if 3 was a word.

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["Roger"]

Three today. It has been a while since my opening words gave me success.

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[clifffaith]

Four today.

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[dsmrp]

4 for me.

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I was surprised there were so many words with A as the 1st and 3rd letters.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three today.

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Today, for variety, I decided to search for consonants instead of vowels. Guess 2 was more consonants and a new vowe.

With guess 3, I wasn't trying to solve. I was just looking for a word that would put the O and C in new positions, and add more vowels. And I got lucky.

 

[tombanjo]

I was poncing about with fancy words, but managed 3


Wordle 384 3/6

 

[Rolltydr]

It took me 5 and I had to resort to @T_R_Oglodyte tactic of using an elimination word to get there. So, thanks TR!

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As I was looking at the trees out my sunroom windows this morning, MAPLE came to mind ( although I was looking at Oaks and a Magnolia). I got the ending E. With FRUIT, I was trying to find another vowel and more common consonants and ended up with an out of position I. SHINE seemed like a possibility and it did get the I in the correct 3rd position. At this point, with the letters I had remaining, I could not come up with a good word. After several minutes of racking my brain and sipping my coffee, I decided I really needed to know which remaining letter went in the 4th position, hence resorting to TR’s elimination word. I couldn’t use a word that would hit all the possibilities, but CAVED would either identify the letter or rule out the C,V and D and narrow down any remaining options. It worked, although I first had to determine if the V or C was 4th. With my remaining letters, C had to go in the 4th position, which meant the V was in the 1st position and the O was the only letter remaining that would work in the 2nd position. I had finally found my VOICE!

That was a hard one for me but still fun. I really enjoy this brain teaser every morning and also sharing it with my fellow Tuggers!

 

["Roger"]

Five today. I thought I really had a winning word on four, but ...

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[VacationForever]

Three today and it was almost too easy. So much of wordle has to do with starter words.

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[clifffaith]

Five today.

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