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April 15th, 2022 at 7:54:23 AM permalink

Wordle 300 5/6

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I used a probing word on my fourth try. There were too many possibilities.

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April 15th, 2022 at 9:02:08 AM permalink

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I used a probing word on my fourth try. There were too many possibilities.
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My entire strategy is to use probing words. Means I get a lot of 4/6s, but I haven�t failed one yet (other than the first time I played it).

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April 15th, 2022 at 9:49:29 AM permalink

Three on 4/15

Wordle 300 3/6*

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April 15th, 2022 at 1:33:24 PM permalink

Quote: Torghatten
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I motion that we not bother putting our solutions in spoiler tags. Let's get in the habit of not checking this thread until after playing each day.

Does anyone second the motion?
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Time zones could be a problem.
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I already accidentally spoiled myself once by reading spoiler tag at 9:15pm.

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April 15th, 2022 at 3:56:10 PM permalink

Quote: miplet

I already accidentally spoiled myself once by reading spoiler tag at 9:15pm.
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Or at 4pm :p

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April 15th, 2022 at 4:23:07 PM permalink

Wordle 300 4/6

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April 15th, 2022 at 4:46:21 PM permalink

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Wordle 300 4/6

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Hi, Babs!

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; but that is the way to bet.

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April 15th, 2022 at 6:06:05 PM permalink

Quote: Wizard
I motion that we not bother putting our solutions in spoiler tags. Let's get in the habit of not checking this thread until after playing each day.

Note that not checking the thread until after you play won't necessarily help. You could check it immediately after you play and accidentally already see solutions for the next game.

For example, let's say someone in a different time zone, on the other side of the pond, plays Wordle #301. They play it and then come here and post their solution. So far so good... however, on the the west coast it might only be 3:00 pm. (In Alaska and Hawaii even earlier.) The west coast players still have 9 hours left to play the prior game, Wordle #300!

Maybe they play #300 within the next few hours (maybe in the evening after dinner), and then come here and post their result and check the thread. If so, it's just too easy for them to accidentally see a solution for Wordle #301 which was posted several hours earlier.

Of course, I don't know how often that might happen or what percentage of the members are on the other side of the planet, etc.

For that reason, I still like the idea of the spoiler tags. Of course, it won't matter to me because I play each day's game as early as possible, even if I have to set my clock ahead, temporarily. I do this specifically just so I won't accidentally see a solution or even get an accidental hint in this and other forums/websites!

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April 15th, 2022 at 7:20:25 PM permalink

April 15 wordle 300 very lucky second guess which made it an easy 3

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April 15th, 2022 at 7:38:10 PM permalink

Guessing game for me too today, which usually do not go my way, including today.

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April 15th, 2022 at 9:06:56 PM permalink

Wordle 301 4/6

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Luck 42/100

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April 15th, 2022 at 9:10:04 PM permalink

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Guessing game for me too today, which usually do not go my way, including today.

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I was this close to using the same starting word today! I started typing a different one though.

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April 15th, 2022 at 9:14:02 PM permalink

Ok... really dumb question, but what exactly do I search for in the IPhone App store? There are a ton of knock offs now. I searched for "Wordle!" and an app comes up, but the blocks that people are posting... that color scheme isn't used in that app. I'm confused.

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April 15th, 2022 at 10:14:44 PM permalink

DAMN!
I was so close to getting this on my second try!

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Quote: rsactuary
Ok... really dumb question, but what exactly do I search for in the IPhone App store? There are a ton of knock offs now. I searched for "Wordle!" and an app comes up, but the blocks that people are posting... that color scheme isn't used in that app. I'm confused.

It's not an app. There's nothing to install or download. The official game is via the NY Times website. You play via your favorite web browser.

https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

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April 16th, 2022 at 1:55:13 AM permalink

Got it pretty fast tonight.

Wordle 301 4/6

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April 16th, 2022 at 2:25:59 AM permalink

Wordle 301 4/6

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Pulled that one out of nowhere.

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April 16th, 2022 at 3:41:32 AM permalink

It's the only one I could come up with at the time.

Three.

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April 16th, 2022 at 5:28:02 AM permalink

Two complete misses, then a single letter, then Boom!

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April 16th, 2022 at 6:03:30 AM permalink

Wordle 301 4/6

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OK, my first one!

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April 16th, 2022 at 6:27:50 AM permalink

Three.

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April 16th, 2022 at 7:38:35 AM permalink

Quote: EdCollins
Quote: Wizard
I motion that we not bother putting our solutions in spoiler tags. Let's get in the habit of not checking this thread until after playing each day.
Note that not checking the thread until after you play won't necessarily help. You could check it immediately after you play and accidentally already see solutions for the next game.

For example, let's say someone in a different time zone, on the other side of the pond, plays Wordle #301. They play it and then come here and post their solution. So far so good... however, on the the west coast it might only be 3:00 pm. (In Alaska and Hawaii even earlier.) The west coast players still have 9 hours left to play the prior game, Wordle #300!

Maybe they play #300 within the next few hours (maybe in the evening after dinner), and then come here and post their result and check the thread. If so, it's just too easy for them to accidentally see a solution for Wordle #301 which was posted several hours earlier.

Of course, I don't know how often that might happen or what percentage of the members are on the other side of the planet, etc.

For that reason, I still like the idea of the spoiler tags. Of course, it won't matter to me because I play each day's game as early as possible, even if I have to set my clock ahead, temporarily. I do this specifically just so I won't accidentally see a solution or even get an accidental hint in this and other forums/websites!
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I don't think we need to worry about a scenario like this. According to Game Revolution, the new Wordle resets at midnight, GMT.

Quote: Game Revolution
The Wordle reset time for each timezone is:

4 PM PST
7 PM EST
12 midnight GMT
1 AM CET
9 AM JST
11 AM AET

It would seem that, right now at this moment, everyone around the globe has the opportunity to play only Wordle #301, regardless of time zone. Wordle #302 won't be available until 17 Arp @ 12:00 AM, GMT, at which time, it will be available to everyone.

#301 was another 4 for me.

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ETA -- OK, now I am confused. Everything I have seen online says that Wordle resets globally at the same time. However, I just checked my Wordle stats, and is says the next Wordle will be available in 13h,10m. That would be midnight, EDT. So what Wordle is showing me would jibe with Ed's concern above. I'm hesitant to just delete my response, which seems to be incorrect, because I have seen multiple websites that support it. So, I'll just put it under a spoiler.

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April 16th, 2022 at 7:49:02 AM permalink

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...It would seem that, right now at this moment, everyone around the globe has the opportunity to play only Wordle #301, regardless of time zone.

No, that's not true. A bunch of people are already posting their results for Wordle #302. It's already Sunday, April 17, 2022 in parts of Australia. (It is currently 7:48 am Saturday morning, here in California.)

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April 16th, 2022 at 7:52:18 AM permalink

I agree with you, Ed. I was writing my edit as you posted this. I am shocked, SHOCKED, I say, that what I read on the internet was not true!

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April 16th, 2022 at 12:52:50 PM permalink

I think this is my 3rd three word solution in a row. This one was not a very good first word, except that it eliminated a lot of primo letters.

Wordle 301 3/6

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April 16th, 2022 at 2:31:03 PM permalink

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I did the same thing awhile back.. but I looked at the frequency of each letter specific to each position.

Here's my updated Wordle Letter Frequency chart, using the 2,308 list of valid Wordle answers. (It was 2,309 words... but I read the NY Times recently removed yet another word, HARRY.)

Using this chart, here are the top 25 Wordle words with the most "Frequency Points.":

As shown above, SLATE comes in at #1 with 1,432 points: (365 + 200 + 306 + 139 + 422 = 1,432.)

The very last word in the list, #2,308, is NYMPH, with just 307 Frequency Points. (37 + 22 + 61 + 50 + 137 = 307)
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I just tried to recreate you list above and came very close to yours. Everything was within a few points. We must have used lists of words from slightly different points in time. I also eliminate words with double letters, so SOOTY didn't make my list.

So, I got to wondering about a strategy that looked at matches in both position and anywhere.

The following list is the top 100 words where I award two points for a match in position and one point for a match out of position. I also require the word have five distinct letters.

Rank	Word	Points
1	stare	5835
2	arose	5781
3	slate	5766
4	raise	5721
5	arise	5720
6	saner	5694
7	snare	5691
8	irate	5682
9	stale	5665
10	crate	5652
11	trace	5616
12	later	5592
13	share	5562
14	store	5547
15	scare	5546
16	alter	5542
17	crane	5541
18	alert	5483
19	teary	5479
20	saute	5475
21	cater	5460
22	spare	5457
23	alone	5452
24	trade	5449
25	snore	5403
26	grate	5403
27	shale	5392
28	least	5390
29	stole	5377
30	scale	5376
31	react	5376
32	blare	5368
33	parse	5351
34	glare	5340
35	atone	5338
36	learn	5324
37	early	5320
38	leant	5307
39	paler	5285
40	flare	5280
41	aisle	5280
42	shore	5274
43	steal	5268
44	trice	5267
45	score	5258
46	clear	5258
47	crone	5253
48	stone	5253
49	heart	5252
50	loser	5251
51	taper	5248
52	hater	5243
53	relay	5241
54	plate	5240
55	adore	5239
56	sauce	5236
57	safer	5235
58	alien	5233
59	caste	5232
60	shear	5231
61	baler	5230
62	siren	5226
63	canoe	5215
64	shire	5213
65	renal	5210
66	layer	5206
67	tamer	5200
68	large	5196
69	pearl	5196
70	route	5194
71	brace	5192
72	slice	5178
73	stage	5171
74	prose	5170
75	spore	5169
76	rouse	5166
77	grace	5164
78	solar	5152
79	suite	5150
80	roast	5145
81	lager	5130
82	plane	5129
83	cleat	5129
84	dealt	5128
85	spear	5126
86	great	5126
87	aider	5123
88	trope	5116
89	spire	5108
90	tread	5107
91	slave	5097
92	close	5090
93	lance	5090
94	rinse	5088
95	cause	5087
96	prone	5087
97	drone	5082
98	noise	5079
99	crest	5073
100	sober	5068

Note that #1, STARE, ranks only #22 in the list that looks at position only. I think I'm going to switch to STARE as my starting word. So, don't be surprised if STEAK (my starting word for at least a month now) will be the solution tomorrow.

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April 16th, 2022 at 3:15:58 PM permalink

Wordle 302 4/6*

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April 16th, 2022 at 4:23:45 PM permalink

Quote: Wizard
...I think I'm going to switch to STARE as my starting word.

Yay!!! Glad to hear this!.

I didn't like you using STEAK. That bothered me, lol. You're basically sacrificing an entire column when you do so, since the letter K is not a frequently seen letter at all, ranking near the bottom of all letters.

If all you did was replace the K and use STEAL or STEAM or STEAN or STEAR, any of those would be better than STEAK.

You'll like STARE. On average, STARE will leave you with just 61.9 possibilities left for your second guess. With STEAK it was 121.5.

And yea, I most likely used the most current word list that removed the seven known words that were advertised as being removed, from the initial list of 2,315 words. And yes, all of your words near the top of your list are EXCELLENT starting words, so I definitely like your point system, including dropping starting words that contain double letters.

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April 16th, 2022 at 4:51:38 PM permalink

Ouch back to reality5 to ight april16

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April 16th, 2022 at 8:53:39 PM permalink

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Just started using Wordlebot (see spoiler for wordlebot analysis)

Wordle 302 4/6

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is one of my favorite opening words. On average, someone who guesses crate
will cut the 2,309 possible Wordle solutions to just 73."

" Guess 2: false
Your guess cut the number of remaining solutions to 10. This is pretty good, but guessing mails
here eliminates more solutions than false 73 percent of the time."

"Guess 3: agile
Solid choice. You�ve narrowed it down to four possible solutions."

"Guess 4: ample
Excellent � this is exactly what I would�ve guessed in this situation, and it ended up solving the puzzle!"

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April 17th, 2022 at 12:09:53 AM permalink

Wordle 302 4/6

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April 17th, 2022 at 1:49:55 AM permalink

Three.

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April 17th, 2022 at 4:57:39 AM permalink

Wordle 302 4/6

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April 17th, 2022 at 7:56:39 AM permalink

Wordle 302 5/6

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The end of my streak of solving in three tries.

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April 17th, 2022 at 8:50:49 AM permalink

Happy Easter.

Three.

Wordle 302 3/6*

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April 17th, 2022 at 4:50:35 PM permalink

April 17 4 should of been 3

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April 17th, 2022 at 10:56:01 PM permalink

9 past games, including Wordle #302.

I've become a big fan of NOT going after a solution on Row 2, and instead, using all five columns to attempt to nail down the other letters. This is especially true if I get green boxes in Row 1. (I now KNOW what letter goes there. No sense in wasting that column on future rows when I can use it to gain additional information.)

As I look back on many of my earlier games, I wasn't doing this at all. Instead, my Row 2 word was a possible solution. It appears WordleBot is fond of a probing word on Row 2, hence my reason for now playing this way.

In all nine of these past games, notice my second row play is a probing word - it's not a "guess," as I know it can't be the solution to the puzzle.

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April 18th, 2022 at 12:03:49 AM permalink

Kinda did good based on my bleak second guess.

Wordle 303 3/6

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April 18th, 2022 at 12:49:40 AM permalink

For fun... a very simple Wordle Puzzle:

Your first play is PIGHT, a valid play. (Pight means to pitch or set up a tent.)

The last four letters are all displayed in green. You then realize the answer could be any of the following nine words: EIGHT, FIGHT, LIGHT, MIGHT, NIGHT, RIGHT, SIGHT, TIGHT, or WIGHT.

What do you play on Row #2 and Row #3, to guarantee you solve the puzzle on Row #4?

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April 18th, 2022 at 2:45:10 AM permalink

Quote: EdCollins
For fun... a very simple Wordle Puzzle:

Your first play is PIGHT, a valid play. (Pight means to pitch or set up a tent.)

The last four letters are all displayed in green. You then realize the answer could be any of the following nine words: EIGHT, FIGHT, LIGHT, MIGHT, NIGHT, RIGHT, SIGHT, TIGHT, or WIGHT.

What do you play on Row #2 and Row #3, to guarantee you solve the puzzle on Row #4?
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Row 1: Pight
Row 2: Wrens
Row 3: Flume

Note: There may be other valid words to use, but I stopped once I found two acceptable Wordle guesses

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April 18th, 2022 at 5:22:56 AM permalink

Wordle 303 4/6

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3rd guess was close but no cigar -got all five letters but two of them were reversed.

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April 18th, 2022 at 5:27:37 AM permalink

Quote: EdCollins
For fun... a very simple Wordle Puzzle:

Your first play is PIGHT, a valid play. (Pight means to pitch or set up a tent.)

The last four letters are all displayed in green. You then realize the answer could be any of the following nine words: EIGHT, FIGHT, LIGHT, MIGHT, NIGHT, RIGHT, SIGHT, TIGHT, or WIGHT.

What do you play on Row #2 and Row #3, to guarantee you solve the puzzle on Row #4?
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STREW
if we whiff on that one then: FLINT
if we whiff again, the answer is MIGHT

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April 18th, 2022 at 6:13:15 AM permalink

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For fun... a very simple Wordle Puzzle:

Your first play is PIGHT, a valid play. (Pight means to pitch or set up a tent.)

The last four letters are all displayed in green. You then realize the answer could be any of the following nine words: EIGHT, FIGHT, LIGHT, MIGHT, NIGHT, RIGHT, SIGHT, TIGHT, or WIGHT.

What do you play on Row #2 and Row #3, to guarantee you solve the puzzle on Row #4?
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The only way I see do this is to use all the possible first letters, except for the 'T,' in my Row #2 and Row #3 words.

Since 'T' is used twice in the possible solution, TIGHT, it would need to be used twice in any probing word to determine if a second 'T' was in the solution. It may be possible to find two words, with one that uses 'T' twice, which would eliminate/confirm 8 of the 9 possible solution first letters, but I can't think of what they could be.

Conversely, I could use a word like WRENS for Row #2, and (assuming none of these are in the solution), use FLAME for Row #3. If any of the letters in these two words is shown to be in the solution, then that letter must be the first letter in the solution. If not, the solution must be TIGHT as all other possibilities have been eliminated.

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April 18th, 2022 at 6:46:55 AM permalink

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April 18th, 2022 at 8:39:06 AM permalink

Quote: gordonm888
Quote: EdCollins
For fun... a very simple Wordle Puzzle:

Your first play is PIGHT, a valid play. (Pight means to pitch or set up a tent.)

The last four letters are all displayed in green. You then realize the answer could be any of the following nine words: EIGHT, FIGHT, LIGHT, MIGHT, NIGHT, RIGHT, SIGHT, TIGHT, or WIGHT.

What do you play on Row #2 and Row #3, to guarantee you solve the puzzle on Row #4?
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STREW
if we whiff on that one then: FLINT
if we whiff again, the answer is MIGHT

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You are close... but STREW and then FLINT won't quite work.

Let's say you get a yellow box for the letter T and that's it. If so, you eliminated four words.. good work... but the following five words will still be possible: FIGHT, LIGHT, MIGHT, NIGHT, TIGHT.

And then assume you play FLINT as mentioned, and you get a yellow box for the letter I (that's a capital letter i) and a green box for the letter T.

If so, two words are still possible for Row #4: MIGHT and TIGHT.

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April 18th, 2022 at 10:03:33 AM permalink

Quote: gordonm888
Wordle 303 4/6

🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟨🟩🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

3rd guess was close but no cigar -got all five letters but two of them were reversed.

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frail
flair

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same thing happened to me on Sunday wordle. Very frustrating

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April 18th, 2022 at 2:08:55 PM permalink

Quote: gordonm888
Wordle 303 4/6

🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟨🟩🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

3rd guess was close but no cigar -got all five letters but two of them were reversed.

roast
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frail
flair

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I also did frail as my third word. Started with siren then third.

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April 18th, 2022 at 4:34:26 PM permalink

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