Anyone playing wordle?

[VacationForever]

I got in it three today, lucky and happy.

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[bjones9942]

Today was four for me as well. I put in three unrelated words just to get as many letter matches as I could - thankfully it narrowed down the choice to just one option!

 

[DaveNV]

Four. Seems to be my average these days.

Wordle 388 4/6






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[T_R_Oglodyte]

Today was four for me as well. I put in three unrelated words just to get as many letter matches as I could - thankfully it narrowed down the choice to just one option!

Using targeted elimination words is a perfectly fine strategy when you have more options than there are remaining guesses.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three. Much smoother today.

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New starter word today.

Guess 2 I was checking for more vowels and some common consonants. Since I already know that A is in position 3 and I'm not trying to solve, I didn't see a need to repeat the A in position 3.

After guess 2 I know the word is xxAND. Possibilities using remaining letters include GLAND, BLAND. Gut feel said try BLAND.

 

[tombanjo]

A boring word, but solved in 4


Wordle 389 4/6

 

[slip]

Back to 5 today.

 

[Rolltydr]

I got back in the win column with 4.

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I opened with WATER this morning and found an out of position A. With my 2nd try, I wanted to check the remaining vowels and went with AUDIO. Found a D but both letters are still out of position. I’m searching for words with A and D with my remaining letters and the first one I think of is GLAND and I go with it. Nope. The only other option is BLAND and I get it. Thank goodness I didn‘t have 5 options remaining like I did yesterday.

 

["Roger"]

Two for me today. Pure skill, of course.

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[clifffaith]

Four today.

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[VacationForever]

5 today and kicked myself.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three today.

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After guess 2, I thought it was most likely the word ended in ER, and, if so, there needed to be either an A or an I in position 2. If position 2 is an I, the word could be LINER, LITER, or LIVER. If position 2 is an A, the word could be LACER, LAYER, LADER, LAKER, or LAMER. I decided to try an I in position 2, figuring that if that's wrong, I can use DUCKY as an elimination word for my next guess and immediately know which of LAxER words is correct, leading to a solution in five guesses as worst case.

Among the LIxER words, I picked LIVER, just because I thought of it first.

Edit - sometimes I brain cramp. I had already eliminated A in guess 2, so I was wasting time writing down LAxER words. At the same time, I completely forgot that E could be in position 2, meaning I overlooked LEVER and LEPER

 

[tombanjo]

I could have had 20 more guesses - but the timer was up.


Wordle 390 X/6

 

[slip]

5 for me again today.

 

[Rolltydr]

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I’m at the beach this morning looking at an AZURE sky. That got me an R and E out of position. I wanted to see if the word ended in ER and tried CIDER. Bingo! I, E and R all in position. Uh-oh! I never realized there were so many words with that letter pattern. TR listed a few of them above. He had a better plan than I did. I went with WISER next thinking that’s the kind of word the Wordle gods would use. Maybe not. How about LITER. Got the starting L. The puzzle left me feeling like chopped LIVER!

 

["Roger"]

Four for me...

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My third entry was the key in that it involved one of the lesser used letters in the correct position. That made the correct answer fairly easy.

 

[Patri]

Happy with four. My first two words were weird on purpose.

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[Rolltydr]

Happy with four. My first two words were weird on purpose.

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What about the middle 2 words? Any significance to those? Just kidding, of course!

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Four today

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Guess 2 was looking for more vowels. I didn't bother with putting an E in position 5 since I had already solved that. IMO, better to use that space to test a new letter instead of repeat what i already know when I'm not ready to solve.

After guess 2, I thought there had to be another E; the question was where. There was also the possibility that the missing vowel might be a Y.

WEEDY was selected as guess 3 to try to find out where the missing E was and to verify that the missing vowel wasn't a Y. WEEDY was a winner guess, with WEDGE as the obvious solution.

 

[slip]

Four today also.

 

[Patri]

Tough one. Five.

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[tombanjo]

I needed a break in point after three, and after lots of trying , got the remaining letters to fit.


Wordle 391 4/6

 

["Roger"]

Five today. It was a toughie for me.

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[clifffaith]

Took all six today. Looking at my screen shot I just now realized that I had two spots filled after four tries, not just one, and I overlooked that. Poor showing in any case.

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[Rolltydr]

Six for me, also. Faith, mine is worse than yours so don’t feel bad. I’m going to blame it on my cat for waking me up at 3:15 this morning wanting food. I obviously was not focused.

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