Anyone playing wordle?

[Rolltydr]

Lucky or what? I use a new starter word every day. This one happened to be ideal. In two.

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PS The starter word was not ‘ideal’. LOL

You’re not giving yourself enough credit. I would never have solved it with the results from your starter word. Give yourself a hand!

 

[clifffaith]

Three today.

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[VacationForever]

Three today.

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Your starter word made me chuckle, again.

 

[Patri]

You're too modest! I would never have gotten that in two after that starter word.

With the R in the middle, I guessed the ending could be TH. Move the E to the second spot, and I could think of only one choice. Although later someone told me DERTH is a word (archaic form).

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

With the R in the middle, I guessed the ending could be TH. Move the E to the second spot, and I could think of only one choice. Although later someone told me DERTH is a word (archaic form).

BERET was also possible. In the circumstances I would have used BERTH and not BERET, because I don't to use double letters that early in the puzzle.
I really like youir logic in selecting BERTH; I think it was very sound. Even if you didn't get the word, you were testing some key letters, and checking for the TH combo.

 

[dsmrp]

4 again

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I went hunting for vowels in my first 2 guesses. I thought there might be multiple E's or a 'Y'.

 

[billymach4]

Wordle 386 3/6

 

[slip]

Back down to earth today with a 5.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three this morning.

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Guess 2 put the D and A in new positions, and checked the last remaining vowels.

After guess there had to be another A, most likely in position 2. So I'm trying to solve xADAx. The only words I can come up with remaining letters are MADAM and RADAR. I arbitrarily chose MADAM.

 

[Rolltydr]

3 for me also.

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I started with a new word this morning when OPIUM popped into my head. I hesitated, but thought, it’s got 3 vowels and 2 common consonants so go with it. I got the ending M. Next, I want to check the 2 remaining vowels so I try STEAM. That gets me the A in the 4 the position, so I have xxxAM. MADAM immediately comes to mind but I think, nah. I look for a few more seconds and don’t see another obvious word so MADAM it is!

It’s very interesting to me how we take very different paths to end up at the same location, and quite often, at the same time. Patri and I are very spontaneous and try different starting words almost daily, while TR, Faith, and several others go with common starter words. That usually sets us on a very different path for our 2nd guesses but then we often solve the word on the 3rd or 4th try. Some of us like the interstates and some of us like country roads. That’s what makes life interesting. Have a great week, everyone!

 

[tombanjo]

No sir, that ain’t maybe, 4

a single letter till the third, and then wham, bam, nailed it.


Wordle 387 4/6

 

[Patri]

Back down to earth today with a 5.

Me too. Four.

 

["Roger"]

Four today. Only a single misplaced letter after two tries. Made it tough.

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[clifffaith]

Three for me.

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[slip]

Another 5 for me.

 

[VacationForever]

Tough one for me today too... got in 5.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Four today, but I was sweating Could easily have been 6, with a real possibility of busting. As for my opening word, the clip is apt:

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New opening word gave me nothing.

Guess 2 was looking for vowels, and checking for T and R as consonants. I got a bit of help, but with E still in play there were lots of options. At this point I decided that going for consonants and pinning down the location of the I would be more productive than testing for E.

Guess 3 gave me some traction. Not only did I get the I in position 2, but I ruled out H from position 5. And, I also needed to remember that E could be lurking. Looking at remaining possibilities not including an E, I couldn't get anywhere putting H in position 1 or 3 whilst T was in position 4 or 5. So, I considered xIxHT, which led me to xIGHT. A lot of words fit that pattern: BIGHT, FIGHT, NIGHT, WIGHT, and MIGHT were all in play. Since I don't know for sure that xIGHT is correct, I decided to try one of those words to check the xIGHT root. If that didn't work, I would have needed to start thinking options involving an E, and with only two remaining guesses, there was a good chance I would have failed to solve in six.

Among the xIGHT possibilities, I thought that M and N would be the most useful consonants for future guesses in case xIGHT was wrong. I went with NIGHT.

In retrospect, IRATE would have been a better guess 2, as testing for E was more valuable than testing for D. I probably wouldn't have reached an answer in fewer guesses, but it would have made guess 4 much less of a stab.

 

[Rolltydr]

As Charlie Brown would say when Lucy picked up the football causing him to fall on his butt, “AAUGH”. Wordle beat me this morning. Details in the spoiler.

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Too many options got me. I started with GUARD to check a couple vowels and for some reason, I had a strong feeling about G today. The feeling was confirmed with the G out of position. Next, I wanted to check the GH combination to see if that was in play and also check a couple more vowels. I felt like I hit the jackpot with the GH combination and an I, although all 3 letters were still out of position. It seemed extremely likely to me that the word ended in IGHT so I tried LIGHT. Bingo! I have 3 guesses at that first letter. Uh-oh! There are at least 5 options, BIGHT, LIGHT, FIGHT, MIGHT, SIGHT. I tried 3 of them and struck out.

 

["Roger"]

Three today. Fortunate that the first letter showed up on my second try so I avoided going down the @Rolltydr road.

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[rickandcindy23]

Three today. Fortunate that the first letter showed up on my second try so I avoided going down the @Rolltydr road.

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Yes, that one was key.

 

[tombanjo]

I burned a word to try and cut down on letters. So four for me, not too bright.

 

[rickandcindy23]

Took me five, five for Rick. I burned a turn and put in a word that had 3 of the letters that could be the first letter, none of those worked, and I had two more to choose from.

 

[clifffaith]

I got it in three today.

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My thought process quickly and correctly decided that last three letters had to be consonants, “I” likely was the second letter, and GHT was a good three consonant string. Pure dumb luck made NIGHT my next word. And I do often just go with the first word that comes to me. Never even thought of other words that ended in IGHT until reading everyone’s spoilers.

 

[dsmrp]

I'm on a streak or plateau of 4.

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My 2nd guess grouped my known letters in the common ing ending. Besides fling, cling and bling were other possibilities.
In 3rd guess, I just shifted them 1 position. Hinge and binge were possibilities. Glad I went with more common T in tinge.

 

[slip]

4 for me today.