Anyone playing wordle?

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5 today.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three once again

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I almost always try to have at least three vowels in my opening word, but today I decided to be more flexible. But I also like to hunt for S, T, and R early in the game, so I was thinking about words that included S, T, R and two vowels. There are a number of words that fit, such as STARE, STORE, STAIR, ROAST, but I felt more whimsical, so I went with TROIS.

The inspiration for TROIS, I think, was as a bottle of wine. But if you want to think otherwise, I certainly can't stop you.

After hitting both S and T in guess 1, I wanted to find a word that began with "ST", as that is a very common start for a word (which means my first guess really should have been one of the prosaic opening words I listed that starts with "ST"). Anyway, that led me to STENO for guess 2.

After STENO, my first inclination for guess 3 was NOTES. But as discussed recently, WORDLE doesn't seem to use words that are just an "S" added to a noun or verb. So I backed off from NOTES, and looked for another place to use the S. Then I saw that ONSET was also an anagram of STENO.

 

[slip]

4 today, not bad.

 

[tombanjo]

In the beginning, God created Wordle, and saw it would take 4 most days

Wordle 437 4/6

 

[Patri]

Four, and happy with that.

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[Rolltydr]

I’m bringing up the rear today. Five.

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I made a dumb mistake right off the bat, using a word with 2 E‘s, ELITE. It did give me one E and a T out of position. Next, I tried STEAM and added an out of position S. At this point, I just want to move the ketters around and get something in the right position. I try TENSE and add an N but everything is still out of position. The word that I see will work now is NOTES but I hesitate to use it because, as TR said above, Wordle doesn’t add an S to make the plural form. After a minute, I use it anyway and finally get the E in the right position and add the O. I finally have all the letters and see that ONSET is the word. I think I’ll have another cup of coffee!

 

["Roger"]

Three today.

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[clifffaith]

I decided to use @VacationForever favorite starting words and it worked out well today for the solution in three.

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[VacationForever]

Three and it was fast!

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[VacationForever]

I decided to use @VacationForever favorite starting words and it worked out well today for the solution in three.

It is identical to mine! We are twins! LOL

 

[dsmrp]

3 for me. Yesterday took me 5! I just couldn't think of words with "ie".

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Notice today's word contains all common consonants.

 

[tombanjo]

What do I win for getting this in 4 ?

Wordle 438 4/6

 

[Patri]

What do I win for getting this in 4 ?

Whatever it is, I get it too.

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[Rolltydr]

Three for me.

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I wanted to start with a Y word today and chose YOUTH. Nothing! For my 2nd try, I wanted to try the remaining vowels, AEI, and used ASIDE. That yielded xxIxE. I immediately thought of PRICE and then PRIZE. I decided PRIZE was the more likely Wordle and it was.

 

[VacationForever]

I blew up today! So ashamed.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

four for me today.

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For a change, I decided to hunt for consonants instead of vowels. After guess 3, PRIZE was the only word possible that I could identify.

 

["Roger"]

Five for me. It shows the part that luck can play. Had three correct letters in the correct place on the second try. It took me three more tries to get the correct answer. In other words, there were at least four words that shared the same skeleton.

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[clifffaith]

We both got it in six today. And I was sweating it because there were two possibilities at the end.

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[Patri]

We both got it in six today. And I was sweating it because their were two possibilities at the end.

Oh Faith, shier?

 

[dsmrp]

Five for me. It shows the part that luck can play. Had three correct letters in the correct place on the second try. It took me three more tries to get the correct answer. In other words, there were at least four words that shared the same skeleton.

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4 for me, but could have been 3 if I had followed my 1st instinct for 2nd guess...
We had same 2 guesses.

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[bjones9942]

Woo! I got mine in two today! I use that word as my second guess when my first, STONE, doesn't return much.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three today. And a possibly significant Wordle observation.

After guess 2 there were enough letters in play for me to try to make a list of possible words to guide my next guesses. But I had to think really hard to try to find even one word that fit with the known and available letters and positions.

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After guess 2, I knew there was a U in position 2 and an I in position 5. (I decided that IUPAC was probably not a solution.) FUNGI was the only word I could think of that fit with having a U in position 2 and an I in position 5.

Interesting in that we have previously noted that Wordle solutions do not seem to include adding an S to a noun to make it plural. Today's FUNGI solve indicates that Wordle solutions do include irregular plural endings.

 

[slip]

5, a lot of possible words left, like everyone else.

 

[tombanjo]

I had to sit in a damp, dark room to get there in 5.

Wordle 439 5/6

 

[slip]

5 for me also.