Wordle 788: My Difficult Solve

VOCAL is my opening guess today. I don't know why. I ended up getting a yellow C, so maybe not the best guess, but I've got something to work with here. My usual tactic when I have one letter is to use it as the first letter in my second guess. I throw the C there and CRAVE is the first word I think of, which is terrible since it has two letters that I know aren't in the word. That gives way to CRAZY, but again, not gonna enter it. I'm doing my best to get away from the letter A, so I think about what I should do with that second letter. CR or CH to start this word? Since CR keeps pushing me to A, I go with CH and then enter CHEST for my second guess. I get a yellow S, which isn't the greatest result, but it is what it is.

I don't really know where to go for my third guess. I look at SC as the starting point for a word, but I don't really get anywhere trying to build from there. So I start moving the C around. Putting it last is terrible. It's too far away. I'm looking at SXXXC, and that just isn't helpful. Also, the chances of a word ending with C are probably pretty low in general and feel non-existent with this puzzle. So I guess it's the fourth slot for C. What vowel is going to get me from SXXCX to an actual word? I look at it for a while and think of SPICE, but I know the E is out. I'm about to start from scratch when I see the Y. SPICY sounds good; tastes good too. But it's not the answer. I do get a green tile for S, though.

Wait, does this word end in C? No. That's stupid. I type in SCUXX. All I can think of is SKUNK, which can't be right. SCUDS? SCULL... c'mon. What is this? As I continue to sound out SCU words, I somehow stumble onto SBRUB. Which could actually work out. SCRUB for nice par save! I was lost on this one until I stumbled into the answer. SCRUB is a good word; good show too. 

P.S. Yes, I know the show is SCRUBS. I can hear the (non-existent) commenters saying, "Actually, the show is..." I know what the show is called. I just wanted to mirror what I had written after my SPICY guess. Surely, you can give me a bit of leeway to have that stylistic flair.