Wordle Postgame Report, November 21
GAMES OF SKILL AND CHANCE DEP'T.
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November 21, AXIOM, 3/6
IT WASN'T MUCH of a start, but READY at least gave me one yellow A to begin moving around. I tried it in TALON, unsuccessfully, and got a green O. Only two spots were left for the A, then: at the end, in some sort of -OA word, or at the front. Forget the -OAs, if there even were any. A-something-something-O-something. What could that first pair of somethings be? ASHO-? ACKO-? No, the consonant combinations weren't getting anywhere. What about an -IO- combination? A...X...IO...M? Really? Foundational principle: when you can't think of any other words, you might as well play the one with the X in it.
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