For more than two years, I've used the same two seed-words, ABIDE and LOUSY. Abide is my favorite Bible verb, and Lousy is essentially the opposite, but when played together they tell me all the possible vowels.
On March 19, 2024, the winning word was ABIDE. So my WORDLE became flesh. John 15:4, y'all.
Since then, I've led off with LOUSY, knowing that it would eventually be a first-guess winner.
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Bingo!
WORDLE says this is the sixth time I've gotten the first guess right. Other than ABIDE, I don't remember any of those. Sixteen times I've needed only two guesses. Mary points out that solving WORDLE in one guess is pure luck, and that two guesses is the height of skill.
The ones I remember are the ones I missed, or WORDLE missed me.
On July 31, riding a streak of 666 consecutive games, I solved DAUNT. But a couple of days later, I noticed that the streak had reset after 666. Evidently, WORDLE never recorded that answer. If you miss a day, it's as if you missed a word. (Or maybe WORDLE streaks halt at the mark of the beast.)
So I had to start over.
A few days later, I had _I_TY, and for my last guess I tried NIFTY, when it should have been MINTY. When the streak was intact, I was always careful about cross-checking my final guess. There are several places online that list all the words WORDLE has previously used. If I had done that, I could have ruled out NIFTY, and MINTY would have been self-evident. But without the streak, I was lazy.
Honestly, I think the streak would have ended a few days later with KEFIR, a word I've never encountered. I'm told it's some sort of yogurt. Not sure I could have ferreted out that one.
The streak of 666 began after I had _ADDY and guessed PADDY rather than DADDY.
The day after LOUSY won, this granddaddy realized that I needed new seed-words. So I looked up IDEAL and YOURS, and found that neither has been used by WORDLE. So that's where I start now. Eventually those will be winners.
The trick of keeping the streak alive is to never miss a day. I was able to play every day when I traveled to Romania earlier this year.
On July 31, riding a streak of 666 consecutive games, I solved DAUNT. But a couple of days later, I noticed that the streak had reset after 666. Evidently, WORDLE never recorded that answer. If you miss a day, it's as if you missed a word. (Or maybe WORDLE streaks halt at the mark of the beast.)
So I had to start over.
A few days later, I had _I_TY, and for my last guess I tried NIFTY, when it should have been MINTY. When the streak was intact, I was always careful about cross-checking my final guess. There are several places online that list all the words WORDLE has previously used. If I had done that, I could have ruled out NIFTY, and MINTY would have been self-evident. But without the streak, I was lazy.
Honestly, I think the streak would have ended a few days later with KEFIR, a word I've never encountered. I'm told it's some sort of yogurt. Not sure I could have ferreted out that one.
The streak of 666 began after I had _ADDY and guessed PADDY rather than DADDY.
The day after LOUSY won, this granddaddy realized that I needed new seed-words. So I looked up IDEAL and YOURS, and found that neither has been used by WORDLE. So that's where I start now. Eventually those will be winners.
The trick of keeping the streak alive is to never miss a day. I was able to play every day when I traveled to Romania earlier this year.
Bless its heart, WORDLE avoids obscure words. The hardest one I've seen was PSALM.
I want to thank my Mrs. MacLean and Mrs. Shanklin, my teachers in first and second grade at Concord Elementary School.
