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Joeman
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April 15th, 2022 at 5:37:38 AM 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.

Does anyone second the motion?
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Seconded! I already make it a point to not read the thread until after I've played the day's puzzle.



Four again for me today. My grid looks very similar to ksdjdj's, except I got lucky and found a letter on my third word.

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I agree with Ed Collins & WordleBot in that I probably should have used a probing word for my second guess.
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April 15th, 2022 at 7:54:23 AM permalink
Wordle 300 5/6

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April 15th, 2022 at 9:02:08 AM permalink
Quote: gordonm888

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

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

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.

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

(only "boxes" no words)
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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!
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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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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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April 15th, 2022 at 11:18:02 PM permalink
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.

Wordle 301 3/6*

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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.

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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
Quote: Joeman

...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
Quote: EdCollins

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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" Guess 1: crate
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
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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
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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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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
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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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
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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
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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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same thing happened to me on Sunday wordle. Very frustrating
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April 18th, 2022 at 2:08:55 PM permalink
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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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I also did frail as my third word. Started with siren then third.
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