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William Seger

(10,788 posts)
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 06:39 AM Dec 2022

WORDLE 552 (12/23) ***SPOILER THREAD***

Wordle 552 3/6

🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ TRAIN
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ LOUSE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AORTA (My favorite starters came through again with only 1 remaining possibility!)

NYT average: 3.7
WordleBot: (SLATE CARNY AORTA)

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WORDLE 552 (12/23) ***SPOILER THREAD*** (Original Post) William Seger Dec 2022 OP
3. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2022 #1
And it's a medical word :) AllyCat Dec 2022 #2
3 femmedem Dec 2022 #3
3 nuxvomica Dec 2022 #4
4 KarenS Dec 2022 #5
Were you inspired by a 3-year-old toddler named Daisy? BWdem4life Dec 2022 #37
yes I was,,, KarenS Dec 2022 #38
4 the hard way mnhtnbb Dec 2022 #6
4 MN2theMax Dec 2022 #7
Birdie - 3 Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #8
3 iemanja Dec 2022 #9
Birdie today Dave in VA Dec 2022 #10
4 2naSalit Dec 2022 #11
4 QED Dec 2022 #12
3* unweird Dec 2022 #13
3 Nittersing Dec 2022 #14
4 because of Trump if..fish..had..wings Dec 2022 #15
3. A question for the group. Do you guys play this on "Hard Mode"? SKKY Dec 2022 #16
The asterisk indicates "hard mode" William Seger Dec 2022 #22
Really? I did not know that. SKKY Dec 2022 #28
I usually play by the rules of the hard mode.. Ohiya Dec 2022 #26
5 AngryOldDem Dec 2022 #17
Pen and paper? How quaint! William Seger Dec 2022 #23
Got it in 2 Marthe48 Dec 2022 #18
Woohoo! William Seger Dec 2022 #24
Surprised me! Marthe48 Dec 2022 #30
WordleBot and Scoredle can only be used after you solve the puzzle William Seger Dec 2022 #33
It is -10 here. Brrrrrrrrrr Chipper Chat Dec 2022 #19
4/6 Luciferous Dec 2022 #20
Four Ohiya Dec 2022 #21
4 underpants Dec 2022 #25
Wordle 4 / Hurdle (am) 3, (pm) 3 / Dordle 3 & 5 /***SPOILERS*** Fla Dem Dec 2022 #27
2 (!) tishaLA Dec 2022 #29
You get to do the Two Woohoo Dance! William Seger Dec 2022 #31
2! Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2022 #32
A smart brain? intrepidity Dec 2022 #35
3 intrepidity Dec 2022 #34
3 BWdem4life Dec 2022 #36

AllyCat

(16,252 posts)
2. And it's a medical word :)
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 07:14 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 4/6

🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ arise
🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 actor
🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 abort
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 aorta

nuxvomica

(12,457 posts)
4. 3
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 07:31 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 3/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ BREAK
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 HOIST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AORTA (Only possible answer at this point.)

KarenS

(4,091 posts)
5. 4
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 07:37 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜Daisy
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜organ
🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜roach
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩aorta

KarenS

(4,091 posts)
38. yes I was,,,
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 09:12 PM
Dec 2022

Also we have a cute little doggie named Daisy,,,,

But when I saw that posting yesterday, I thought that it was a good first word,,,,

mnhtnbb

(31,411 posts)
6. 4 the hard way
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 07:53 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 4/6

🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜toile
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜young
⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜board
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩aorta

This might be my most distracted Wordle yet. TWICE I dropped the t from my 1st word through the 2nd and 3rd. Lucky to get it in four.

MN2theMax

(1,435 posts)
7. 4
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 08:17 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 4/6

🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ARISE
🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 ALTAR
🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 APART
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AORTA

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
8. Birdie - 3
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 08:31 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ raise
⬛🟨🟩🟩⬛ party (doh, didn't move the a)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 aorta

Dave in VA

(2,041 posts)
10. Birdie today
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 08:47 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 3/6

🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨about
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜pride
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩aorta

Everyone stay warm and be safe today, ya'll!

2naSalit

(86,897 posts)
11. 4
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 08:57 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 4/6

🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ ADIEU
🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ ALLOY
🟩⬛🟨🟨🟨 ABORT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AORTA

QED

(2,753 posts)
12. 4
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 09:01 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 4/6

🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜Raise
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜Brand
🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨Altar
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Aorta

unweird

(2,561 posts)
13. 3*
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 09:25 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 3/6*

⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨pOlAR (duh!)
🟨🟩🟨⬜🟨ROAsT (double duh!)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩AORTA

Current weather events inspired.

15. 4 because of Trump
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 09:34 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 4/6

🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ TRUMP
⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 SHORT
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ FORTH
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AORTA

SKKY

(11,831 posts)
16. 3. A question for the group. Do you guys play this on "Hard Mode"?
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 09:35 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 3/6*

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 SALET
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ TRAIN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AORTA

Ohiya

(2,249 posts)
26. I usually play by the rules of the hard mode..
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 11:07 AM
Dec 2022

I think it gives you a better chance of getting a two or a three, but also it gives you a better chance of crapping out. I had a real long streak when I used to start with the same three words, (three words and fifteen different letters), but I never got less than a four.

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
17. 5
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 09:52 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 5/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 SALET
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ THANK
🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 AWAIT
🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 ACTOR
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AORTA

Starter let me down today — had to break out the pen and paper to write possible combinations. I have a long streak going and don’t want to lose it, LOL.

William Seger

(10,788 posts)
33. WordleBot and Scoredle can only be used after you solve the puzzle
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 11:41 AM
Dec 2022

WordleBot just gives you some idea of how well you did in terms of skill and luck. It also shows how its algorithm would solve it, but that isn't particularly useful since no human could duplicate its perfect knowledge of the possible words or its mathematical precision in estimating probabilities. With Scoredle, you have to enter the solution word first, and then for each of your guesses, it just shows the words that were still possible -- I don't use that one very often, but sometimes it's interesting.

Chipper Chat

(9,701 posts)
19. It is -10 here. Brrrrrrrrrr
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 10:16 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 5/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜joins
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜beach
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩dogma
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩porta
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩AORTA

Luciferous

(6,087 posts)
20. 4/6
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 10:20 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 4/6

🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ ADIEU
🟩⬛🟨🟨🟨 ACTOR
🟩⬛🟨🟨🟨 ABORT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AORTA

Ohiya

(2,249 posts)
21. Four
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 10:58 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 4/6

🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ TRACE
🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 RATIO
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 GROAT
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AORTA

underpants

(182,988 posts)
25. 4
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 11:06 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜festy
🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜route
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜north
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Aorta

Fla Dem

(23,840 posts)
27. Wordle 4 / Hurdle (am) 3, (pm) 3 / Dordle 3 & 5 /***SPOILERS***
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 11:08 AM
Dec 2022

Last edited Fri Dec 23, 2022, 02:24 PM - Edit history (1)


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Wordle 552 4/6
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ Raise
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 Count
🟨🟩🟩🟨⬜ Totah
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Aorta

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Word Hurdle 679 (am) 3/6
🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 Raised
💙💙🤍💛🤍🤍 County
💙💙💙💙💙💙 Common

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Word Hurdle 680 (pm) 3/6
💙🤍💛🤍💛🤍 Raised
🤍🤍🤍🤍💛🤍 County
💙💙💙💙💙💙 Retire

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Daily Dordle 333 - 3 & 5/7
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 Raise
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ Count
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 Undue
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩 Below
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Elbow

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

tishaLA

(14,176 posts)
29. 2 (!)
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 11:16 AM
Dec 2022

Not sure why I went with it rather than annoy or allow, but.....

Wordle 552 2/6

🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨 AUDIO
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AORTA

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,847 posts)
32. 2!
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 11:18 AM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 2/6

🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ ARISE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AORTA

I just played my usual starter word and AORTA popped into my head out of nowhere. I wonder what the explanation is for that sort of thing?

intrepidity

(7,346 posts)
35. A smart brain?
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 06:39 PM
Dec 2022

Or, phonetics? Say "A R" in your head, and unless you're a pirate (aaaargh) or just stubbed your toe (AAAAARGH!) or from the far north (arctic), maybe aorta is a natural guess?

Anyway, congrats!

intrepidity

(7,346 posts)
34. 3
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 06:34 PM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 3/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ leARn
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ RAdAr (2Rs+2As, in different spots, perfect)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AORTA

BWdem4life

(1,714 posts)
36. 3
Fri Dec 23, 2022, 08:07 PM
Dec 2022

Wordle 552 3/6

⬛🟩🟨⬛🟨 DOTER
🟨🟩🟨⬛🟨 ROAST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AORTA

Was thinking "TORAH" but not sure that would be used even if legal.

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