Knock It STIFF

Here's my post on the New York Time's Wordle Review comments for yesterday.

Wordle 965 3/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ SHONE   107 WL

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 PLAIT         3 WL

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STIFF

WordleBot

Skill 99/99

Luck 60/99

Streak 716

It feels like “I learned my lesson well” — to quote Rick Nelson — which got my day off to a good start and my Wordling back on-track.

Guess #1 gave me only a Green S (107 solutions remaining) — but Guess #2 again gave me enough info to get within striking distance of the solution (I & T - both out of position).  STICK was the first word that came into my mind — but it had been a previous solution.  STIFF seemed like a viable alternative — but SIXTY was also a possibility.  I didn’t find out until finishing play that these were the *only* three solutions remaining.

Remembering that I had gotten into trouble yesterday by overthinking things, I decided to remain firm and stick with STIFF.  Which paid off big time, as I watched the letters all turn green.  I *crushed* The Bot (3 vs 5 — almost avenging yesterday’s ignominy) and bested the (current) NYT avg by more than a full guess (3 vs. 4.3).  It’s a nice way to head into the weekend. 

Take care and stay safe.