Anyone playing wordle?

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Five today

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[clifffaith]

Three today.

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[slip]

A nice 4 today.

 

[dsmrp]

Back to 4 whew
@T_R_Oglodyte and I had the same last 2 guesses.

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[Patri]

Three. Took me awhile.

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[tombanjo]

A brief synopsis of how this went is 5, not so easy.

Wordle 459 5/6

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

three today. I think I learned something about Wordle.

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With guess 3 I wasn't explicitly trying to solve. I used RECAP because it cast the A, R, and E in new positions.

We've noted that there are certain types words that Wordle doesn't use as answers; this is where the word is a modified form of root word. The most common examples of this is where S is added to the end of a noun or verb. I had a hunch the same thing might apply with adding simple prefix to a noun. So before entering RECAP, I spent a few minutes trying to come up with another word that put R, A and E in new slots, and that had some common consonants. Nothing came to mind so, I proceeded with RECAP, and I was a bit surprised when RECAP was correct.

So now I know that my hunch about words that have an RE prefix was off.

 

[clifffaith]

Four today.

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[Rolltydr]

Three for me, also.

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SPIRE was a productive starter today, yielding P, R & E out of position. PAPER added an A with all four letters still out of position. Since P was not in the first 2 positions and E nor R were the ending letter, I started searching for words starting with RE. RECAP quickly came to mind and I didn’t talk myself out of it.

 

[LannyPC]

I got it on my sixth and final try today. Whew!

 

[dioxide45]

three today. I think I learned something about Wordle.

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With guess 3 I wasn't explicitly trying to solve. I used RECAP because it cast the A, R, and E in new positions.

We've noted that there are certain types words that Wordle doesn't use as answers; this is where the word is a modified form of root word. The most common examples of this is where S is added to the end of a noun or verb. I had a hunch the same thing might apply with adding simple prefix to a noun. So before entering RECAP, I spent a few minutes trying to come up with another word that put R, A and E in new slots, and that had some common consonants. Nothing came to mind so, I proceeded with RECAP, and I was a bit surprised when RECAP was correct.

So now I know that my hunch about words that have an RE prefix was off.

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I did read somewhere that they don’t use plural words.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

I did read somewhere that they don’t use plural words.

Solutions appear to not include plurals that end in S. Wordle does use solutions that are irregular plurals. For example, FUNGI was a recent answer.

 

[slip]

A nice 3 today!!

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three today. Once I decided on my starter word it took about 30 seconds.

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I actually played too fast, because I didn't notice that STAIN didn't move the A to a new position. But then, because I was playing fast I didn't notice that SATIN was also a possible answer. Had I noticed that, I think I would have guessed SATIN instead of SAINT.

 

[slip]

A other nice 3 today.

 

[tombanjo]

Holy Moly ! Another rhyming series. I thought I might pass out, but by grace of god, 5 in the end.

Wordle 460 5/6

 

[Patri]

Four. Could have been two with my weird starter word, but too many rhymes. So I’m good.
(The ad was new).

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[Rolltydr]

Four.

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YEAST was a new starter for me. I was still half asleep and didn’t notice that I left the S out of my second try, ALOFT. However, I did get the T in the correct position. I felt good about SQUAT, but that wasn’t it. It took me a few minutes, but I finally got SAINT.

 

[VacationForever]

Three!

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[clifffaith]

Quickly dispatched in three today.

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[Sandi Bo]

3 today. haven't played for a few days. I think I tried sunday or monday, but was on my cell phone and it didn't log to my account so I can't tell which day - but I failed. got 4 out of the 5 letters in 2 or 3 tries, too many different possible words subbing in that last letter. I need a different strategy when that is the case (or have better luck guessing).

 

[billymach4]

6 today

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Three this morning.

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[slip]

3 three's in a row.

 

[Rolltydr]

Took me 4.

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AUDIO got an O out of position. MONEY checked for the remaining vowels E and Y. I wondered if there might be 2 O’s but instead tried STORY to check S and T. That got the ORY, and GLORY be!