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William Seger

(10,779 posts) Sat Oct 22, 2022, 04:25 AM Oct 2022

WORDLE 490 (10/22) SPOILER THREAD

Wordle 490 2/6

🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 STEAL (Whoa, only one word remaining!)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

NYT average: 3.7
WordleBot: 3 (SLATE WHEEL SPIEL)

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WORDLE 490 (10/22) ***SPOILER THREAD*** (Original Post) William Seger Oct 2022 OP

Deuce Too! unweird Oct 2022 #1

4 nuxvomica Oct 2022 #2

3 2naSalit Oct 2022 #3

Wow, William! And I was excited about my 3! femmedem Oct 2022 #4

I actually didn't think SPIEL would be a possible solution William Seger Oct 2022 #5

I got a 4 today MissMillie Oct 2022 #6

Three Ohiya Oct 2022 #7

3 mnhtnbb Oct 2022 #8

Nice! 4 here. underpants Oct 2022 #9

5 (Should always wait until second cup of coffee) if..fish..had..wings Oct 2022 #10

Argh! Thought I would have a 2! Four. AllyCat Oct 2022 #11

Great job!! 4 for me KarenS Oct 2022 #12

Wow! Excellent. N/t livetohike Oct 2022 #13

In 4. Screwed up on 2nd word. Surprised I got it at all. livetohike Oct 2022 #14

I thought for sure I had a 3 Chipper Chat Oct 2022 #15

Nice! 4 for me, yet again. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2022 #16

Got it in 3 Marthe48 Oct 2022 #17

3...almost 2 MN2theMax Oct 2022 #18

3 today Nittersing Oct 2022 #19

Got it in 4, should have been 3. SKKY Oct 2022 #20

Good job! Taylor Picker Oct 2022 #21

4... TeamProg Oct 2022 #22

4 intrepidity Oct 2022 #23

3rd time in a row I've done it in 3! ARPad95 Oct 2022 #24

unweird

(2,551 posts)

1. Deuce Too!

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 04:31 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 2/6*

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ TREAD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

nuxvomica

(12,447 posts)

2. 4

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 04:38 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ BREAK
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ HOIST
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 SPINE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

2naSalit

(86,802 posts)

3. 3

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 05:37 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 3/6

⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ ADIEU
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟨 CRIES
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

femmedem

(8,208 posts)

4. Wow, William! And I was excited about my 3!

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 05:51 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 3/6

🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ SPENT
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ACRID
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

William Seger

(10,779 posts)

5. I actually didn't think SPIEL would be a possible solution

Reply to femmedem (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 06:14 AM

Oct 2022

... but after about 10 minutes of not being able to think of any other word that worked, I gave up and entered it. WordleBot confirmed that it was the only remaining possibility. So, it was just dumb luck that STEAL was so helpful today.

MissMillie

(38,581 posts)

6. I got a 4 today

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 06:17 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 4/6

⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ADIEU
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ BRIEF
🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨 PLIES
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

Ohiya

(2,241 posts)

7. Three

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 06:41 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ROAST
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 SPIKE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

mnhtnbb

(31,405 posts)

8. 3

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 06:46 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 3/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ocean
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨mouse
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩spiel

Despite a dumb second word choice. Blame it on only a half cup of coffee!

underpants

(182,896 posts)

9. Nice! 4 here.

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 06:53 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨Ourie
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜thief - 🤔
⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜alien - thought that was a good guess
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Spiel

if..fish..had..wings

(666 posts)

10. 5 (Should always wait until second cup of coffee)

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 07:06 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 5/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ FLANK
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ LOUSY
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 SWIRL
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 SPILL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

AllyCat

(16,227 posts)

11. Argh! Thought I would have a 2! Four.

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 07:25 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 4/6

🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 spire
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ spied
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ spies (grrr!)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 spiel (foreign word! Not fair)

KarenS

(4,087 posts)

12. Great job!! 4 for me

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 07:54 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨pours
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨space
🟩🟩🟨⬜🟩spell
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩spiel

livetohike

(22,165 posts)

13. Wow! Excellent. N/t

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 08:23 AM

Oct 2022

livetohike

(22,165 posts)

14. In 4. Screwed up on 2nd word. Surprised I got it at all.

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 08:25 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ROUTE
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ EJECT
⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 DEALS
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

Chipper Chat

(9,693 posts)

15. I thought for sure I had a 3

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 08:31 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 4/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜STARK
🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩SPOIL
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩SPILL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩SPIEL

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,858 posts)

16. Nice! 4 for me, yet again.

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 09:10 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 4/6

🟩🟨⬛⬛🟨 SLATE
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 WHOMP
🟩🟩🟨⬛🟩 SPELL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

Marthe48

(17,035 posts)

17. Got it in 3

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 09:28 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ AUDIO
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨SPINE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

I notice that Wordle doesn't often have plurals, so I tried SPIEL Nice way to start the morning!

MN2theMax

(1,427 posts)

18. 3...almost 2

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 09:32 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 3/6

⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 ARISE
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ SPIED
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

Nittersing

(6,374 posts)

19. 3 today

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 09:39 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 3/6

⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 NOISE
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ SHIED
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

SKKY

(11,823 posts)

20. Got it in 4, should have been 3.

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 10:33 AM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 4/6*

⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 RAISE
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ SPIED
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ SPIES (Yea, yea, I know. No plurals in Wordle.)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

Taylor Picker

(3,586 posts)

21. Good job!

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 10:37 AM

Oct 2022

As a speechwriter in higher ed, I feel like I should have gotten to spiel more quickly.

Wordle 490 4/6

🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ LEARN
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 STYLE
🟩🟨⬜🟩🟨 SLEEP
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

TeamProg

(6,251 posts)

22. 4...

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 01:52 PM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 4/6

🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ STEIN
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ CHARM
🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ SIDES
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

intrepidity

(7,337 posts)

23. 4

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 02:11 PM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 4/6

🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ LEARN
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ELECT
🟩⬜🟩🟨🟨 SMILE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

ARPad95

(1,671 posts)

24. 3rd time in a row I've done it in 3!

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 04:19 PM

Oct 2022

Wordle 490 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ TODAY
🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 SLICE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPIEL

Wordle 489 3/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 IRATE
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 GROPE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GROVE

Wordle 488 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 IRATE
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ CHIEF
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DENIM

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