Wordle Discussion Daily Spoilers

[8893]

Never heard of this word

 

[storrsroars]

Never heard of this word

No swamps where you grew up? Only reason I know it.

 

[uconn1999]

 

[8893]

No swamps where you grew up? Only reason I know it.

Tons of them. And I spent a lot of time in them.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Today’s excellent 3 brought to you by Agub’s trip to Scotland. Summer in Scotland is full of them.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Today’s excellent 3 brought to you by Agub’s trip to Scotland. Summer in Scotland is full of them.
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Ugh. Typo. @8893 I’d never heard the word used here. But in Scotland they are a menace.

 

[8893]

Ugh. Typo. @8893 I’d never heard the word used here. But in Scotland they are a menace.

There’s no question that the NYT has significantly increased the potential obscurity of the words it uses since it purchased it; but what’s maddening is that they are just as inconsistent as they are with the words they accept for the Spelling Bee. What they consider common enough for use is definitely skewed towards their bias.

Perfect example was the Bot scoffing as my use of “fidge,” which I also never heard of before. But looking up the definitions of each they are equally obscure, yet they allow one but not the other as a potential solution.

I don’t get that part at all. If it recognizes the word it should be allowed as a potential solution.

 

[iri10]

 

[8893]

I’ll take it

 

[uconn1999]

 

[storrsroars]

Probably the only thing worse than getting nothing but "er" as the last two letters on your first line is getting nothing but "er" as the last two letters on your second line.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Lots of threes today.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Probably the only thing worse than getting nothing but "er" as the last two letters on your first line is getting nothing but "er" as the last two letters on your second line.

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Gotta say. What was that second guess? And third.

 

[8893]

Gotta say. What was that second guess? And third.

And Bower?

 

[navery12]

Gotta say. What was that second guess? And third.

I assume he was trying to eliminate as many consonants as possible since there's so many options that end in ER. Which is still a strategy that feels like cheating to me so I never use

 

[storrsroars]

I assume he was trying to eliminate as many conrsonants as possible since there's so many options that end in ER. Which is still a strategy that feels like cheating to me so I never use

You're first part is correct. We'll disagree on the second. It's just a puzzle. I don't see eliminating letters as any different than sorting out the edge pieces of a jigsaw. Now, using something like wordfinder would be cheating.

@8893: Given the recent solves, I felt power was too common. Overthinking perhaps. I doubt I would've done better than a 4 anyway as if I'd played the 'er', my 2nd guess would've likely been something like foyer or loner, but not tower or power.

 

[8893]

You're first part is correct. We'll disagree on the second. It's just a puzzle. I don't see eliminating letters as any different than sorting out the edge pieces of a jigsaw. Now, using something like wordfinder would be cheating.

@8893: Given the recent solves, I felt power was too common. Overthinking perhaps. I doubt I would've done better than a 4 anyway as if I'd played the 'er', my 2nd guess would've likely been something like foyer or loner, but not tower or power.

I hear ya; just never heard of bower.

 

[storrsroars]

I hear ya; just never heard of bower.

There are a lot of shade trees here. When I met my wife she lived on Bower Hill. And it's the name of the puppy across the street ;-)

 

[navery12]

You're first part is correct. We'll disagree on the second. It's just a puzzle. I don't see eliminating letters as any different than sorting out the edge pieces of a jigsaw. Now, using something like wordfinder would be cheating.

@8893: Given the recent solves, I felt power was too common. Overthinking perhaps. I doubt I would've done better than a 4 anyway as if I'd played the 'er', my 2nd guess would've likely been something like foyer or loner, but not tower or power.

Maybe cheating isn't the right word, but it's just not satisfying to play that way for me. 2 guesses like that and you've pretty much made it impossible to lose with the amount of letters left

 

[storrsroars]

Maybe cheating isn't the right word, but it's just not satisfying to play that way for me. 2 guesses like that and you've pretty much made it impossible to lose with the amount of letters left

5s and 6s are unsatisfying to me, but I'll take the win.

I know there are people who use specific starting words or words the bot has deemed favorable. I don't do that. That is unsatisfying to me.

 

[iri10]

Solve speed on this one seems quite dependent on how long it takes you to find the "P."

 

[storrsroars]

 

[uconn1999]

 

[HuskyHawk]

Not sure there was much left ending in “ope”. On a good streak lately.

 

[8893]

 

[iri10]

 

[storrsroars]

This one pissed me off. After getting the H in place on first line I was thinking 3, at worst 4.

 

[uconn1999]

 

[storrsroars]

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[M.S.G.]

My streak has hit 120, 99%

Meaning, now that I've typed it, it will end tomorrow.