Thursday, August 17, 2023

Wordle 789: Just Off Target

Didn't post this morning because I just wasn't feeling up to it, but I did do the Wordle. And I'm feeling better about myself, so let's get into it. I opened with BLOCK, which turned up nothing positive. That's always a bummer, but I pushed forward. My next guess was SHAME. I'll just leave it at that for my reasoning. I got yellows for S, A, and M. This perplexed me and I wasn't sure where to go next. When I checked Wordlebot post-solve, I see that I apparently eliminated all words except for the answer, so I guess it made a bit of sense that I wasn't sure what to do.

I wasn't sure what to do with the S. I put it at the end. I know plurals aren't allowed, so I guess I was thinking about verbs. Which is how I got to RAMPS. I'm not sure if verbs are allowed. I haven't really thought about it. But I guess they aren't in the word bank because there was only one word left, and it wasn't RAMPS. But here's where it got more confusing: the S was green. So what can this word be?

I knew the M had to be either first or second, I knew the A was either first or fourth, and I wasn't really sure where to go. Maybe this word ends in a double S? Hmm. XXXSS, with the A and M somewhere in the front of the word. AMXSS, AMASS isn't correct, but that gets me to AMISS. I hit enter for another solve in four. Wow, AMISS is such a good word and a tricky one, too. I can't complain that I didn't get it in three, this is not a word that I was thinking of in any way until it hit me in the face in the fourth guess. My streak is up to 127 at the moment.  

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