Wordle, a Daily Frustration.

[Gavrushka]

A friend suggested using 'that' word before I first started Wordle, but I too just come up with a random word each day, without any repeating letters.

[CBJ]

I don't use the same word each day either. I just choose something with no repeats, and at least two vowels.

[Chips]

I do go for the 2 vowel first word, followed by alternating 2 vowel second, both using different consonants to try and get through as many options as possible. By the 3rd row you know which vowels at least, and usually know their locations too.
Today didn't complete, abandoned after 3rd row. Complete brain logic failure, I knew the vowels (and their locations) but had zero consonants so far. So rather than do the usual -- just make any 5 letter word with the next most likely consonants -- i sat and stared and tried to fit my next most likely as words with the known vowel locations. After 2 mins of this odd focus, I gave up with 3 guesses to go.

Only after did I think "hang on, what do you usually do?". Can tell it's going to be a bad day when your brain uncharacteristically drops its (to date) pretty solid method of solving. Not just first fail to solve, I abandoned it with 3 guesses left!
Check the solution posted, and sure enough, the 2 next consonants I was trying to fit into an unknown word with known vowel locations would have hit. But i couldn't think of words and threw logic out the window :/

Have to admit, even getting those two I imagine it'd have been a case of sitting down and subsequently trying combinations of letters to make a word as it wouldn't have leapt out at me.

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First guess - "Teach" - get 2 vowels, chose this word as 2 vowels + common consonants.
Second guess - "Dream" - I know the vowels, changing order and using other two consonants. But reveals nothing (usually choose another word using other vowels and different consonants from first guess, but already know the vowels so...).
Third guess - "Eager" - I know, repeating "e" and "r"; sub-optimal, but this confirmed A location and E location via deduction - it was only place E hadn't been), so still solid enough.
Fourth guess - I know the A and the E, my list includes S, N, L for next highest consonants. What I should have done was use "snail". Would use my next 3 highest consonants and who cares about the vowels.
After that, I think I'd have struggled to work out the word and been writing it down on paper and slowly going through possible consonants and trying to make a word from it. I doubt I'd have succeeded though, not because I don't know the word, but a lack of patience. It's my working day after all

[Redvers Ganderpoke]

Useful idea for a first word there, Redvers.

Well it mostly gets the vowels.

[X2-Illuminatus]

Wordle 264 3/6





That was easy.

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TAKEN
PASSE
LAPSE

[Gavrushka]

There were two possible words for my final attempt, so I lucked in...

Wordle 265 6/6

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BEFIT
TURNS
TOOTH
CATCH
LATCH
WATCH (Was that or Match, so pure luck)

[pjknibbs]

Wordle 265 4/6






And yes, I did put a letter I already knew the position of in the wrong place on the second guess...

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WOULD, TWINS, WATER, WATCH

[CBJ]

Wordle 265 6/6








Nearly didn't get it. There were at least two more possibilities that it could have been for that last line, and I just got lucky.

Also found another interesting starting word, which uses 5 of the 6 most common letters in English text.

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ATONE
PLAIT
TASTY
BATCH
MATCH
WATCH

[Redvers Ganderpoke]

Wordle 265 6/6








Brain drain today....

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prune,fonts,await,tower,waits, watch

[Ormac]

Wordle 265 6/6








A very worthy wordle.
Glad I didn't rush at the end

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tired,stomp,quant,catch,blown,WATCH

[UnknownObject]

Wordle 265 3/6





Solved with a bit of luck.

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wheat - wrath - watch

[Happyladdy]

I have to say, as much as I enjoy Wordle daily, I am getting frustrated when you have mostly narrowed down the answer but there are 5 or 6 different letters that can go in the same spot. It then becomes a simple guessing game of luck.

[Falcrack]

Wordle 265 6/6








This was really close. The last guess could easily have been 3 different words, it was essentially a 1 in 3 guess for the last attempt

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STEAM, TRAIN, QUOTA, LATCH, CATCH, WATCH. The last word could easily have been PATCH or BATCH, I had not eliminated "P" or "B" earlier.

[Falcrack]

There were two possible words for my final attempt, so I lucked in...

Wordle 265 6/6

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BEFIT
TURNS
TOOTH
CATCH
LATCH
WATCH (Was that or Match, so pure luck)

There were 3 possible words for you, you had the option of

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WATCH, MATCH, or PATCH

So you were luckier than you thought

[CBJ]

Actually there was another:

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HATCH

[Falcrack]

Actually there was another:

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HATCH

Okay, so I actually only had a 1 in 4 chance of getting it right on my last guess!

[Gavrushka]

1 in 4 chance of victory? Well, the Gods of Fortune sure were shining on me and Falcrack. All the better considering I'm on 26 day winning streak.

[Ormac]

Actually there was another:

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HATCH

and I was so pleased using my fifth word to not resort to guessing.

[X2-Illuminatus]

Wordle 265 6/6








Phew, close call.

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TAKEN
RATIO
FATAL
DATUM
WATTS
WATCH

[UnknownObject]

Wordle 266 4/6





Could have done it faster, a blunder in turn 3.

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crane - float - total - today