Wordle 780: Skin of my Teeth

OK! I made it back to do the second blog post of the day to get everything back on track. I played Connections before I did today's Wordle. One of the categories in Connections was superheroes, and the Flash was one of the four heroes in the group, so he was on my mind when I started Wordle. FLASH as my first guess got me a yellow tile for the L. When I get one yellow letter, I usually put in the first spot for my next guess. I don't have a good reason for this tendency other than the fact that it helps me think the puzzle through. It's a lot easier to think of words that start with L than trying to fit the L elsewhere. But I felt like mixing things up today and decided to put L at the end of the word which led me to PERIL for my second guess, which only got me a yellow tile for the L.

Well, I guess I better return to my usual tendencies and think of words that start with L. With L at the front, I have to think about which remaining vowel I want to use: O or U. I opt for O, so I have LOXXX. The first word I am able see after typing this in is LOBBY, so I enter it for my third guess. And I still don't know exactly where the L goes because the first tile is still yellow. I also get a yellow B, so that's good, and a green Y, which is great. So I feel that we are now in the adjective/adverb realm with the Y at the end. I put the B at the front, and put U, which I know is in the word second. The L has to go third, so BULXY leads me to BULKY for my fourth guess. Everything is green except for the K.

So I just need to find the fourth letter. I look through my available letters and type in BULGY for my fifth guess. Which is not the answer. I am panicking just a little bit since I am at the sixth and final guess and there could be a chance of getting this wrong. I look through the available letters and don't see anything. Maybe it's a double letter? BULBY or BULLY. BULBY isn't a word, so BULLY is the guess. I hold my breath as I watch the green tiles turn over and the fourth tile is green as well. Close call here, but it pushes my win streak up to 118.