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Was it the repeated vowel?

Those words always throw me off. I’m pretty sure the only reason I got it on line 4 is because I must have eliminated every other possible word option that I spent a good half an hour just trying to find a word that fit and started typing various assortments in to see if it would accept it as a word. And then the OH DUH lightbulb moment happened.

Partly, but I’d got the first 4 letters in my mind and picked the wrong final letter!

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Always a risk. :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

Wordle 877 4/6

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There is indeed a repeated vowel

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As a quick aside, why are some people’s pasted results showing with black squares rather than grey?

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Depends on your device/browser settings. They’re different depending on whether you’re dark mode or light mode.

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:rage:

Wordle 878 6/6

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Too many of these recently - a guessing game :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

Thanks - I should have thought of that!

Wordle 878 X/6

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Exactly !!!

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Wordle 878 6/6

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I got frustrated and decided to try and eliminate as many consonants as I could on my penultimate try

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A brave move indeed. :scream:

It’d be good to see your workings later, if possible.

(Maybe the group could agree when we should be able to reveal the grid).

Just a thought.

Wordle 878 6/6

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The only thing worse than a double vowel is a triple consonant!

I played my big elimination move on line 3. Got the job done but it took me to my very last guess. I don’t think there was any other word it could have been by that point.

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I hadn’t been aware of the elimination technique described here today. :thinking:

Bummer, I should have tried an elimination line too.

Wordle 878 X/6

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Well I think we’re all in, so….

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I hadn’t either but it’s worth a shot next time :slightly_smiling_face:

Well…… I’m not convinced. Maybe there’s a water-tight rationale for it……:thinking:

Edit:
I may be seeing the potential……:face_with_raised_eyebrow:

Could have been SAGGY