Wordle 695: Up a Creek With a Paddle

Clock is the word that is in my head, but I don't want to use it as my opening guess because of the double c. So I try to think of something else, and come up with DRINK. I get a yellow N. I decide to put it at the front of the word and quickly come up with NASTY. Not sure why that word is bouncing around in my brain, but it yields some positive results as I get a green tile for A. The N is still yellow, but we're making progress. I want to go with FANCY, but I know that's wrong because the Y was grey in my previous guess. But I do like the N in the third slot there, I fiddle around and get LANCE. This makes sense because I figure there will be another vowel in the word somewhere, so trying the E now is good to get it out of the way.

Okay. The L is grey, but everything else is either green or yellow. The C is yellow, so I know that it has to go at the front of the word. CAN-E. What is this word? I get the feeling that is going to be a situation where I'm positive this is a word I've never heard of, but then turns out to be a pretty common one. I start working through my available letters, not sure of what I'm doing exactly. And, yep, there it is. CANOE. Maybe not the most common word, but certainly a word that is common enough.