Gary Bignami

Right there with ya’ 🤷🏻‍♂️. Given 7 choices, I would have solved.
Should have gotten this. Shoulda, woulda, coulda. Also, 1 does not mean 1. It means “the” one.
Wordle 1,711 X/6

⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜28
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩7
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩2
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩1
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩1
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩1

Yikes. That is a classic trap. Bummer! My Tuesday doesn’t arrive for another 3 hrs… and hopefully I’ll be asleep. Dreaming about what letters 4 & 5 could be. AN…CH…NE…ED…TH…DY…🤔

🔥🤙🏼 Wordle 1,710 2/6

🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜3
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Two starter words got me there in 4. Wordle 1,709 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜240
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜24
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

All green Saturday. Starting word narrowed things nicely, with a 4% chance of a 2 (of course, you don’t know that while playing). Almost nailed it, but came away with a 3. Wordle 1,708 3/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩27
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Both options at line 3 were “really?”Yes, really. I’ll take the 3, thanks. Wordle 1,707 3/6

🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜2
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

No complaints today; a quick 3 works for me. Wordle 1,706 3/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜59
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A bumpy ride down a slippery slope and I bumbled my way to a 5 and…still alive. Wordle 1,705 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨248
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜48
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜4
🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Struggled with this one, too. Five and alive. Next…Wordle 1,704 5/6

🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜89
🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜15
🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜1
🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Used one of the more popular starting words and had a lucky guess on line 2, to finish in 3. Wordle 1,703 3/6

⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜6
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I need to understand the plays and position responsibilities. Of course, I’ve been in Hawaii for 42 years…so even less connection to ice sports. But I’m enjoying the Olympics.

As a west coast guy, I never understood the game. My wife is from the Boston area, and says every boy played hockey. Closest I can fathom is soccer on ice skates. With lethal weapons in hand and really bad tempers.

I could say I used a throw away word on line 4, but it was really an unfocused error. Stumbled to a five and alive. Wordle 1,702 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜116
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜7
🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜2
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Happy Birthday, Donna! À la Donna, today I solved the puzzle in 4 with logic and a little luck. Wordle 1,701 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜144
⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜7
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Not lucky. Scraped by with a 6. It’s fine…next (phew!)…Wordle 1,700 6/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜159
🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜8
⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜3
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩2
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Also all green (4), but could have been trapped without a lucky guess on line 3. Wordle 1,699 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩111
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩7
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Aloha mai Hawai’i. A 5 today. Next…Wordle 1,698 5/6

🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨30
⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩4
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩3
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Stayed with my “let’s make this harder than it needs to be” approach and harvested a 4 when a 3 was supposedly inevitable. And my pattern suggests we used the same starter and a similar, possibly identical, line 2. Wordle 1,697 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜246
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩1
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I tried to make this as hard as possible, and succeeded. While the bot thinks I had but one choice at step 5, certainly had I tried harder I could have conjured another acceptable alternative in order to trap into oblivion. Wordle 1,696 6/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨121
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜4
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜2
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩2
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Roots…rocks, not compatible with mower blades. Not difficult to replace, if the right size blade is available at your hardware store.

Nice! My distribution looks similar, though my win % is 96, my longest streak is 46 and my current streak is 2. I have an opinion about declaring statistics, which I shall reserve for future reflection.

With at least 9 possibilities on line 3, I was lucky to finish in 4. Wordle #1,695 4/6

⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜109
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩19
⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩9
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Streak of 1. Yeah, baby. Come at me Wordle 1,694 4/6 🌶🔥🤡

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨426
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜16
⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨3
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Better than my fail…

I’d say more chagrined that sad. C’est la vie. But thanks…

Some of you may recall my comment yesterday about tempting fate by mentioning the length of my (former) streak. Fate delivered a Wordle trap and an “opportunity” for a fresh start. Wordle 1,693 X/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨174🤠
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩9😎
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩6🤨
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩5🤔
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩2😬
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩1😱

Clearly not a word I was expecting, either. Streak @ 40 (never say what your streak is, dummy…fate is watching!) Wordle 1,692 5/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜96
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜29
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜4
🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Correction 2187 🤪

My Wordle history…

I’ve had 1…out of 2500+; it’s really surprising when it happens. (Actually, I have 2, but I think the 2nd was a “cheat”…don’t recall how).