Anyone playing wordle?

[tombanjo]

Well, that sucked. Pointless is a good description

Wordle 396 X/6

 

[Rolltydr]

3 for me.

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I started off with BRAIN and got the R in position 2 and an out of position I. Immediately, I’m thinking xRIxE, or maybe even a Y at the end but I’ll worry about that later. I think of a few of the words TR listed like WRITE and TRITE but I went with PRIZE on my 2nd attempt thinking the Wordle gods may be trying to slip a very rare Z in on us today. The Z was not to be but it did confirm the R, I and E in the correct positions. I seemed to remember that WRITE had been the word previously so I went with TRITE for the win!

 

["Roger"]

Five for me. Short comment in the spoiler.

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Double letters always make things harder. Early on, I was wondering if I should try a word with two "e's" or whether that would be a wasted turn in that I would waste a space that might be better used to explore unused letters. As it turned out, a double "e" would have been a wasted space, but I should have considered a double "t."

 

[clifffaith]

AARGH! Had to choose between repeat letter and less-often-used letter, and chose wrong to get it in four.

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[Patri]

3 today. Kind of a normal Wordle word.

 

[VacationForever]

Well, I am not as smart as you smart cookies. I got 4 right position letters on my third try and took another 2 to get the 5th letter. So I got it in 5.

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[slip]

4 for me today and I am happy with that again.

 

[rickandcindy23]

Three for me, four for Rick.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Two. As has oft been mentioned, nothing takes the place of a fortuitous first guess.

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I'm continuing a general pattern of using starting words with at least three vowels, but for variety's sake, using words I haven't used before as openers. In a three vowel opening pattern, I prefer words that use three of A, E, I, or O. So, today I started with AVOID.

After hitting three greens with AVOID, the only word I could come up with that fit was APHID.

 

[tombanjo]

It bugs me that I had X/6 yesterday as there were too many possibilities, but today, 3/6 as there were too few.

Wordle 397 3/6

 

[slip]

I was lucky with a 5 today.

 

[Rolltydr]

3 for me today.

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DITCH was the first word that popped into my head this morning. While not as fortuitous as TR getting 3 in correct positions, I did get 3 letters. I thought it likely the ID was at the end so I tried HUMID. I was correct about the ID and it now seemed likely the H should be in the 3rd position and maybe a P before it. APHID seemed to fit well and it did.

 

[Patri]

Here I was so happy, and then I see T_R is even happier.

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["Roger"]

Four today.

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[clifffaith]

Four for me.

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[DaveNV]

Three for me today.

Wordle 397 3/6





Dave

 

[VacationForever]

Took me an hour or so. Tough, although got it in 3.

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[dsmrp]

Got it in 3. This was a more common word for me , gardening must have helped.

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[slip]

Got it in 3. This was a more common word for me , gardening must have helped.

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Must be, I guessed it and still don't know what the heck it was.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three today. Two fortuitous guesses to start.

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Went with a four vowel opening word, and, to my surprise I hit on Y in position 3. With no other vowel hits, I started thinking this might be a word with Y as the only vowel.

Guess 2 was selected to suss whether Y was the only vowel, as well as to test for common consonants. Guess 2 confirmed a that Y was the only vowel, and gave me R and S as well. It also eliminated double Y words SLYLY and WRYLY, so I focused on words that had a Y in position 3 as the only vowel.

That left me stumped initially, but when I mentally shifted the R and S next to the Y, TRYST popped out.

 

[tombanjo]

Friday, I'm in love with 5/6 when there are absolutely no letters left but the answer

Wordle 398 5/6

 

[Rolltydr]

I split the difference with TR and Tom and got it in 4.

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I tried thinking of some unusual words or spellings this morning just to change it up a bit. SABRE came to mind and found an R and S out of position l I wanted to try a couple more vowels and see if the S was at the end with RUINS. Nothing but ruled out those vowels, leaving O and Y as the only remaining options. I was going to try a word with both but I entered it, I thought of GROSS and decided to try it. It got the R and S in the correct positions and left Y as the only vowel and it would have to be in the 3rd position, xRYSx. TRYST it would be.

 

[Patri]

Fun one, still five. Had a great start but then needed a lucky guess.

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["Roger"]

Four today. Entered a much more common word on my third entry, but that was one letter off.

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[rickandcindy23]

Took five for me today, three for Rick.