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SKKY

(11,810 posts) Sun Oct 9, 2022, 12:31 AM Oct 2022

WORDLE 479 (10/9) SPOILER THREAD

Starting this one early for my fellow night owls.
A total and complete lucky guess. I half expected it to say HOWDY wasn't a real word.

Wordle 477 3/6*

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ RAISE
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 CLOUD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOWDY

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WORDLE 479 (10/9) ***SPOILER THREAD*** (Original Post) SKKY Oct 2022 OP

I didn't think it would HOWDY, so I tried DOWDY first. Ohiya Oct 2022 #1

Howdy wordle I'm on to you I found your precious y on my 1st guess RoverSuswade Oct 2022 #2

Also a VERY lucky '3'! WrdHrdl 528: 4/6; WrdHrdl 529: 4/6; Qrdl 258: 4,6,7,8 rog Oct 2022 #3

4 nuxvomica Oct 2022 #4

4 2naSalit Oct 2022 #5

took me all 6 MissMillie Oct 2022 #6

Phew! William Seger Oct 2022 #7

3 for me mnhtnbb Oct 2022 #8

Nice job! 4 for me. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #9

phew 6 for me! KarenS Oct 2022 #10

5. underpants Oct 2022 #11

4 if..fish..had..wings Oct 2022 #12

Birdie 3 MN2theMax Oct 2022 #13

Par 4 Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2022 #14

Nice! Took me 5 today. Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #15

4. Yippee Ki Yay, motherf***ers! Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2022 #16

Isn't that slang? zanana1 Oct 2022 #17

That's what I thought as well... SKKY Oct 2022 #19

5 meh intrepidity Oct 2022 #18

Got it in 5 Marthe48 Oct 2022 #20

Ohiya

(2,232 posts)

1. I didn't think it would HOWDY, so I tried DOWDY first.

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 12:42 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 4/6

🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ WRONG
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 BELOW
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOWDY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOWDY

RoverSuswade

(641 posts)

2. Howdy wordle I'm on to you I found your precious y on my 1st guess

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 12:55 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 5/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜YEAST
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩GLORY
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩MONEY
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩HOBBY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩HOWDY

rog

(649 posts)

3. Also a VERY lucky '3'! WrdHrdl 528: 4/6; WrdHrdl 529: 4/6; Qrdl 258: 4,6,7,8

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 01:33 AM

Oct 2022

WordleBot said I had 11 possible choices after 'crony' -- HOWDY was the only one that popped out.

Lucky!

Wordle 477 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ slate
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 crony
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOWDY

Word Hurdle 528 4/6 #wordhurdle

💛💙🤍🤍🤍🤍 salted
🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 roving
🤍🤍🤍💙🤍💙 chumps (Just trying for more letters.)
💙💙💙💙💙💙 MAMMAS (OK - that's not even fair!)

Word Hurdle 529 4/6 #wordhurdle

🤍💛🤍🤍💛🤍 salted
🤍💛🤍🤍🤍🤍 roving
🤍🤍💛💛💛💛 cheapo
💙💙💙💙💙💙 OPAQUE

Daily Quordle 258

BEVEL 6️⃣7️⃣ BEGAT
BRAIN 4️⃣8️⃣ EARTH

slate
crony
drain
BRAIN
bezel
BEVEL
BEGAT
EARTH

nuxvomica

(12,425 posts)

4. 4

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 05:03 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ BREAK
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ HOIST
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 HOUND
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOWDY

2naSalit

(86,620 posts)

5. 4

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 05:56 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 4/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ADIEU
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 FLOOD
🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 WORDY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOWDY

MissMillie

(38,559 posts)

6. took me all 6

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 06:06 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 6/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ADIEU
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 BLOND
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ DOCKS
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 TODDY
🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 WORDY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOWDY

William Seger

(10,778 posts)

7. Phew!

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 06:08 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ TRAIN
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ LOUSE
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 COCKY
🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 WOODY
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOWDY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOWDY (Phew? I say pffft.)

NYT average: 4.6
WordleBot: 5 (SLATE CRONY BADGE DOWDY HOWDY)

mnhtnbb

(31,389 posts)

8. 3 for me

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 06:30 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜light
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨hoard
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩howdy

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,854 posts)

9. Nice job! 4 for me.

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 07:02 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ SLATE
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 IRONY
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 COMFY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOWDY

KarenS

(4,076 posts)

10. phew 6 for me!

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 07:27 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜train
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩poufy
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩jokey
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩godly
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩moody
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩howdy

underpants

(182,803 posts)

11. 5.

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 07:57 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨audio
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜doner
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜books - stupid guess
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩moldy
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩howdy

if..fish..had..wings

(662 posts)

12. 4

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 08:26 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ OBESE
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ THONG
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 HOARD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOWDY

Some day I am going to put all my guesses together as a book.

MN2theMax

(1,416 posts)

13. Birdie 3

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 08:29 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ARISE
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 POUTY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOWDY

🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)

14. Par 4

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 08:36 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ raise
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 pouty
🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 moody
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 howdy

Scrivener7

(50,949 posts)

15. Nice! Took me 5 today.

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 09:20 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 Story
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 Named
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ Flick
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 Doozy
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Howdy

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,835 posts)

16. 4. Yippee Ki Yay, motherf***ers!

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 09:40 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ARISE
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 POUTY
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 WONKY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOWDY

zanana1

(6,113 posts)

17. Isn't that slang?

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 10:33 AM

Oct 2022

SKKY

(11,810 posts)

19. That's what I thought as well...

Reply to zanana1 (Reply #17)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 12:58 PM

Oct 2022

...when I picked it, I was really just eliminating letters and didn't have the slightest hope it was actually the word.

intrepidity

(7,296 posts)

18. 5 meh

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 12:56 PM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ LEARN
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ SHOUT
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ MOCHI
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 HOPPY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOWDY

Marthe48

(16,960 posts)

20. Got it in 5

Reply to SKKY (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 01:41 PM

Oct 2022

Wordle 477 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ STEAM
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 POUND
🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 WORDY
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOWDY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOWDY

Probably the only reason I didn't go to 6 was because I'd already used the R :/

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