I want to start writing again, so I'm going to do a quick write up of my Wordle solving and just throw it out into the wilds of the internet. I like doing Wordle in the morning so I'll try to post my daily thoughts on the day's Wordle before noon, but who knows? I'll try to be funny and insightful, but your mileage may vary. I suppose I'm ripping off various blogs that highlight the process of solving the NYT crossword. I like the crossword and try to solve it each day, but I'm not good enough at it to solve it and write about it. And besides, there is already a market for that kind of thing. Wordle? I don't think there are any blogs about it, but even if there are, the value here is that I'm waaaaaaaaaaay behind the trendiness of Wordle. Anyways, introduction stuff is out of the way, let's get this blogging journey started while I'm in the midst of a 50-day streak....
Ok, so I open today's Wordle and try to figure out what my opening guess will be. First post, so I'll share that my opening strategy involves picking a word with two vowels. Usually, I want something with A and E. Is A&E still a cable channel? I have a feeling that my A&E guesses have not been helpful lately, so I go afield and pick "P-U-R-S-E" as my opener totally on a whim. My random guess is helpful as I get green boxes for U and R.
Hmm. This stumps me. Such an odd placement for these two letters. What could this be? I'm drawing a blank but then I for some reason, "F-U-R-R-Y" pops into my head. I contemplate how kink-positive NYT Wordle editor Tracy Bennett is for a brief moment, and decide I should try a different word. Also, I briefly have a moment of self doubt if "F-U-R-R-Y" is the right way to spell the word. Is it two "R"s? I'm not an animal person, so having a furry cat isn't something that I ever think about. Ok, so I'm just typing random letters around the U-R to see if anything clicks for me. I type in W-U-R-S-T then accidently hit enter. Dammit. I meant to delete the guess, but ended up submitting it as my second guess. That's what I get for screwing around absent-mindedly.
Time to get serious. But "F-U-R-R-Y" is stuck in my mind. I have 99.85% confidence that is the correct spelling. But am I sure? FURY is rage, FURIES are Greek mythology. "F-U-R-R-Y" must be the correct spelling. I type it in Google real quick, just to make sure. I know, this is cheating, but I'm the one who has screwed up my own algorithm and ad choices for the next few weeks by searching for "F-U-R-R-Y". Typing it this many times in this post, isn't helping me either. Alphabet Inc. now thinks what it thinks about me and there isn't anything I can do to change it. I type "F-U-R-R-Y", but don't submit.
I look at "F-U-R-R-Y" and decide there must be some other, similar word I could try. A way to ease myself into "F-U-R-R-Y", if you will. Baby steps. Then it hits me. "H-U-R-R-Y". I type it in. Five green boxes turn over and I feel a sense of triumph.
All in all, a good solving experience. Usually, double letters are stumpers for me, and it's something I only go to late in the process, but I couldn't figure out what else to do other than use the double R. Looking back on it, I lament the missed opportunity since today could've been a correct guess in two tries if I hadn't accidently guessed WURST. Just the worst, really. My streak is up to 51, only five days away from tying Joe DiMaggio, so I won't be too mad about a solve in three. Should I put some kind of rating on this? I dunno. Maybe. I'll think about it.
Wordle 647 3/6
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