I start today with FLAME. No real reason other than it's the word that came into my mind and I couldn't think of any better alternatives. So, FLAME on! Despite my Johnny Storm enthusiasm, I only get two yellow tiles for my guess, the M and the E. For my second guess, I've narrowed it down to two guess: METER or EMITS. EMITS would put me in a better position for guesses going forward. I'm tempted to play it safe, but decide to go with the slightly riskier play of METER. I get three yellows for my guess as T joins the list of letters I already know.
So I guess EMITS is the play for the my third guess. I pause for a moment just to make sure I'm not overlooking anything. TEMPO won't work. TXMEX doesn't yield anything. I'll go with EMITS, it was a contender for my second guess and it is still in play. Oh, this game just got interesting. I got green tiles for E,M, and T, but EMITS was not the word. I type in EMETX to see if there is anything. Neither O or U make sense in the middle, so there must be a Y. That when it hits me: EMPTY. EMPTY for a solve in four that pushes my current streak to 120.
Interesting addendum to this post. I checked Wordlebot to see if there was anything interesting to learn about my solve. For my third guess, the bot gave me a skill score of 0. My first assumption was that meant that EMITS isn't a valid guess, but the game took it, and Wordlebot said it was a "valid guess, but it's unlikely to be a solution based on what I've learned from playing Wordle." What the fuck does that mean? EMITS is either a word that can be the answer or its not. If it's not, we shouldn't be able to guess it. Part of me is okay with the game accepting it as a guess because it led me to solving the puzzle, but I'm also annoyed by the smug response to my guess from Wordlebot.
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