Today’s Wordle…

[FifthEstate]

Sorry…couldn’t help passing along a hint to today’s Wordle.
FifthEstate

 

[SinclairGroupLLP]

LOL, still took me four to get it.

 

[MrPixel]

Spoiler!

Fortunately, I'm up at midnight and usually hit it seconds after. I got it on the sixth try because my usual clue words were... uh... clueless. So I spent the rest of the puzzle trying to find letters. Two 'F's was a killer.

I blew my streak of 40-something on yesterday's. I could simply not process that there were two 'E's, with one the first letter.

Their stats suck as far as I'm concerned. I can't believe for a second the percentage reported of success on the first guess, or even the second. They've got to be cheating by parroting the hints/spoilers, or using solver apps. Harrumph! "You know, folks, the idea here is to work your vocabulary!"

Makes me think of a girlfriend who cheats at Scrabble by changing the rules mid-stream. We have fun, but she always has to "win". The things I'll put up with!

 

[Erozetta]

Unless the word is Rinse, I'll never get it in one try.

 

[StillStunned]

My first two guesses are always PIANO and REBUS. Mostly I'll have enough letters then to guess the word by the third or fourth try. But today it took all six.

 

[crookedletter]

I definitely thought it was FILTH…

 

[MrPixel]

I definitely thought it was FILTH…

If it happens that way, sometimes I'll try dirty-ish words, like HORNY or PENIS. I don't recall if either was accepted, or got a "Normally not a word considered for Wordle," something I've seen on a few occasions.

I'm not going to give away my two "starter" words. They are derived from my knowledge of frequent-letter use from a career in typography, plus some long-ago dabbling in code-breaking. This strategy does tend to fall apart for words with infrequent letters or odd combinations, like EAGER, yesterday's word.

 

[SimonDoom]

Makes me think of a girlfriend who cheats at Scrabble by changing the rules mid-stream. We have fun, but she always has to "win". The things I'll put up with!

Already you've got me coming up with potential story titles: "Scrabble-Cheating Anal Enchantress."

I agree with you about the excess of correct first guesses. It's probably cheating.

I whiffed on my third word choice today but recovered and got it in five, below par but oh well.

 

[FifthEstate]

Spoiler!

Fortunately, I'm up at midnight and usually hit it seconds after. I got it on the sixth try because my usual clue words were... uh... clueless. So I spent the rest of the puzzle trying to find letters. Two 'F's was a killer.

I blew my streak of 40-something on yesterday's. I could simply not process that there were two 'E's, with one the first letter.

Their stats suck as far as I'm concerned. I can't believe for a second the percentage reported of success on the first guess, or even the second. They've got to be cheating by parroting the hints/spoilers, or using solver apps. Harrumph! "You know, folks, the idea here is to work your vocabulary!"

Makes me think of a girlfriend who cheats at Scrabble by changing the rules mid-stream. We have fun, but she always has to "win". The things I'll put up with!

Yes, I got Eager on the sixth try yesterday. Today the word jumped out a bit more for whatever reason…haha.

 

[TheLobster]

Today's word is highly relevant for us writers Took me four tries.

 

[Dearelliot]

me too

 

[Writer61]

Today's word is highly relevant for us writers Took me four tries.

Me too, should have taken three.

 

[MrPixel]

Four here, as well. I had four out of the five letters with my two seed words, but none of the confirmed positions.

 

[Writer61]

Four here, as well. I had four out of the five letters with my two seed words, but none of the confirmed positions.

Only one possible solution after my second, but I couldn't see it.

 

[FifthEstate]

Okay…I’m two tries in and have 3 of 5…we’ll see how this goes knowing Lit authors should have a built-in advantage

 

[FifthEstate]

Stupidity…took me 5 !