Anyone playing wordle?

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Two again, with the help of a good opening word.

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Productive guess 1. Based in history, I've concluded that WORDLE doesn't use verb past participles. so I branch away from xxxED.

With that, I decided that the U isn't in position 3, so U is most likely in position 2. Then D can be in position 1 or 3, so I focused on xUDEx or DUxEX.

I can't come up with any words that align with DUxEx, but NUDER and RUDER fits with xUDEx RUDER seemed more likely than NUDER, so I tried that.

 

[Patri]

Five. I love Wordle to start my day.

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[Rolltydr]

Five, also. And TR, I’m impressed.

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I wanted to try for Y in my first guess and used PHONY. Big mistake! Next, I went with ADIEU to cover the remaining vowels. Got the E in 4th with D and U out of position. I thought maybe the D was on the end for past tense and thought it likely the U was in 2nd position, xUxED. I tried MUSED and was correct about the U but not the D. So, now, it either is DUxEx or xUDEx. I see DUVET and think that’s a great Wordle and I’m sure that’s it. But, it’s not. I keep trying to make words with xUDEx. I keep seeing RUDER but also keep discounting it. Finally, after not being able to come up with anything else, I give in and it works. I still think it should have been DUVET!

 

["Roger"]

Likewise 5. A bit of a toughie for me.

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[clifffaith]

Three for me, although I was surprised I was right because I didn’t expect that a four letter word modified to become five was ever/often used.

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["Roger"]

Three for me, although I was surprised I was right because I didn’t expect that a four letter word modified to become five was ever/often used.

By and large, I think that you are right. I have never seen an answer with an "s" added to make something a five letter word and (less sure), I don't think I have seen a "d" added to make a word end in "ed."

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three for me, although I was surprised I was right because I didn’t expect that a four letter word modified to become five was ever/often used.

It seems to happen with adverbs and adjectives, but not with nouns or verbs.

 

[slip]

Should have been 4 but I'll take a 5.

 

[Patri]

Four. Hyper after a busy wonderful wedding weekend, and am up at midnight. I refreshed the page a couple times and it was Sunday!

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[VacationForever]

Same here. Left for golf early this morning and have been with friends the whole day. I was just wondering if I have played it today and there I checked, I had not. Anyway, here it goes... 4. Didn't expect the word.

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[dsmrp]

5 today. My husband suggested the answer for 4th guess but I didn't think it was real word, so I went down a different track.

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[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three this morning.

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Because ADIEU was good to me yesterday, I came back with it today, and hit on A, E, and U, out of position.

AU is a common diphthong, so I put those two letters together. They slide nicely into positions 2 and 3, which would put E in position 5, creating a xAUxE pattern.

If I'm correct in this pattern, the possible words I can see are HAUTE, TAUPE, PAUSE, GAUGE, GAUZE, and MAUVE. I settle on GRAPH as a good word to winnow things down.

After hitting on the G in GRAPH, the remaining options are GAUGE and GAUZE. It's one or the other, 50:50 chance either way. I decide to go with GAUZE because it strikes me as more WORDLE-like.

 

[slip]

4 today, not bad.

 

[Rolltydr]

Five for me.

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In celebration of the opening weekend of college football, I opened with TOUCH (down wouldn’t fit) and got the U. I tried FLUKE next and got the ending E. I debate if I should search for another vowel but decide not to and try PRUNE. Nothing. I decide to check A in position 2 with either GAUGE or GAUZE. I chose GAUGE but, of course, it was GAUZE.

I did find it interesting that I went through 5 words and never had a letter out of position. It was either in the correct place or not in the word at all. I think that’s unusual, but maybe not.

 

["Roger"]

Five. Not surprised to see that Rolltydr and me had the same word for our fourth try.

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[tombanjo]

6 here, a same next to last word as above. I managed to be on the right side of the thin veil that separates winning from abject failure

Wordle 435 6/6

 

[clifffaith]

Four today.

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[dsmrp]

4 for me. I had the same 2nd to last word like many of you!

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[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three again.

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ADIEU was good to me as an opening word two days in a row, but I thought three might be pushing it. So I want to a semi-favorite opening word. Guess 2 was putting the E in a new location, and hunting more letters.

 

[tombanjo]

I has the same letter as you in the first word, and ended up with three as well. I think is it the main factor in the win

Wordle 436 3/6

 

[Patri]

Five. I was getting a little nervous.

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[Rolltydr]

Three for me.

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Patri, looks like we both had our minds on SPACE this morning as we await the Artimus launch. The launch is currently looking a little DICEY as it looks like there’s a problem with one of the liquid nitrogen tanks. I’m selfishly wishing for a week delay as I will be in Daytona next week and would love to stake out a good place to watch the launch. Back to Wordle. So, after 2 tries, I’m thinking the most likely scenario is CxIEx. CHIEF is the first word I can think of and it works.

 

[VacationForever]

Four today.

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["Roger"]

Five. Yuck, two days in a row. Like @Patri I was getting nervous.

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[clifffaith]

Five. Took me a long time too!

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