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William Seger

(10,793 posts) Sat Dec 24, 2022, 06:04 AM Dec 2022

WORDLE 553 (12/24) SPOILER THREAD

Wordle 553 3/6

⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 RAISE (Haven't used this one for a while; picked a good day to try it again!)
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE (Only remaining possibility)

NYT average: 3.6
WordleBot: 3 (SLATE MOURN POISE)

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WORDLE 553 (12/24) ***SPOILER THREAD*** (Original Post) William Seger Dec 2022 OP

4 intrepidity Dec 2022 #1

3 ananda Dec 2022 #2

Par 4 mnhtnbb Dec 2022 #3

4 nuxvomica Dec 2022 #4

2 rainy Dec 2022 #5

Nice! 2naSalit Dec 2022 #8

Nice! William Seger Dec 2022 #42

Excellent! Different Drummer Dec 2022 #51

4 KarenS Dec 2022 #6

3 2naSalit Dec 2022 #7

Lucky 2. femmedem Dec 2022 #9

Woohoo! William Seger Dec 2022 #12

Well done! Different Drummer Dec 2022 #53

Yes! AllyCat Dec 2022 #59

6* Phew! unweird Dec 2022 #10

2 Nittersing Dec 2022 #11

Nice one! William Seger Dec 2022 #13

I've been hanging on to NOISE as a starter Nittersing Dec 2022 #15

That was a convenient starting word! AllyCat Dec 2022 #29

Good job! Different Drummer Dec 2022 #54

3 underpants Dec 2022 #14

Bogie today Dave in VA Dec 2022 #16

I'd call that one a Birdie my friend :) nt Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #22

Thanks Dave in VA Dec 2022 #35

Oooooh 3 vowels Chipper Chat Dec 2022 #17

2! QED Dec 2022 #18

Congrats! Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2022 #20

Thank you! QED Dec 2022 #50

Samesies :) Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #25

These 2s are really helping our group average! William Seger Dec 2022 #43

Nice! Different Drummer Dec 2022 #55

3. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2022 #19

Got it in 4 Marthe48 Dec 2022 #21

Eagle - 2 Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #23

Nice! MN2theMax Dec 2022 #27

Good one! William Seger Dec 2022 #40

Good job! Different Drummer Dec 2022 #56

4 tishaLA Dec 2022 #24

Five Ohiya Dec 2022 #26

Yes!!! A 2!! AllyCat Dec 2022 #28

Way to go! iemanja Dec 2022 #34

And you know what that means... William Seger Dec 2022 #41

Thank you! AllyCat Dec 2022 #47

Woo, hoo! Different Drummer Dec 2022 #57

2 again! Is there a two twos in two days whoo-hoo dance? Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2022 #30

Awesome! iemanja Dec 2022 #33

There certainly should be William Seger Dec 2022 #38

🎵 ...Two Dancing Woo-hoos... 🎵 Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2022 #46

If there isn't such a dance, there should be! Different Drummer Dec 2022 #58

4 Luciferous Dec 2022 #31

4 for me iemanja Dec 2022 #32

Darn! You took the long route (nt) William Seger Dec 2022 #37

I'm adept at that iemanja Dec 2022 #39

Yeah, but when there are 3 or fewer choices, I just guess, too William Seger Dec 2022 #44

In the 3 Crowd Liberal In Texas Dec 2022 #36

It's a 4 if..fish..had..wings Dec 2022 #45

5. TeamProg Dec 2022 #48

Bit it hard on this one. SKKY Dec 2022 #49

Checking in with a 3 for Post #6,000. Different Drummer Dec 2022 #52

intrepidity

(7,356 posts)

1. 4

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 06:18 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ lEarn
🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 StEeP
🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 EPIcS
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

ananda

(28,895 posts)

2. 3

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 06:31 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 3/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ROUTE
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

mnhtnbb

(31,414 posts)

3. Par 4

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 06:39 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜night
🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩slime
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩raise
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩poise

nuxvomica

(12,463 posts)

4. 4

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 07:32 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ BREAK
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ HOIST
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE (Two choices here and I picked the wrong one. But it least it narrowed it down.)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

rainy

(6,095 posts)

5. 2

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 07:38 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 2/6

⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩LOUIE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩POISE

2naSalit

(86,918 posts)

8. Nice!

Reply to rainy (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 07:53 AM

Dec 2022

William Seger

(10,793 posts)

42. Nice!

Reply to rainy (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:37 PM

Dec 2022

Different Drummer

(7,677 posts)

51. Excellent!

Reply to rainy (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 09:26 PM

Dec 2022

KarenS

(4,096 posts)

6. 4

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 07:41 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜train
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜imply
🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩piece
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩poise

2naSalit

(86,918 posts)

7. 3

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 07:52 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 3/6

⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ ADIEU
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩 PRICE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

femmedem

(8,210 posts)

9. Lucky 2.

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 07:59 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 2/6

⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ARISE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

I knew it had to be poise, noise or guise. Lucky guess.

And WilliamS--we both chose the right day to go back to an old standby starter word!

William Seger

(10,793 posts)

12. Woohoo!

Reply to femmedem (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 08:20 AM

Dec 2022

Different Drummer

(7,677 posts)

53. Well done!

Reply to femmedem (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 10:09 PM

Dec 2022

AllyCat

(16,260 posts)

59. Yes!

Reply to femmedem (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 11:51 PM

Dec 2022

unweird

(2,564 posts)

10. 6* Phew!

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 08:07 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 6/6*

⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ bOaSt
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 hOuSE
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 mOoSE
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 cOPSE
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 POsSE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

Not much to boast about here.

Nittersing

(6,391 posts)

11. 2

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 08:19 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 2/6

⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

William Seger

(10,793 posts)

13. Nice one!

Reply to Nittersing (Reply #11)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 08:22 AM

Dec 2022

Nittersing

(6,391 posts)

15. I've been hanging on to NOISE as a starter

Reply to William Seger (Reply #13)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 09:27 AM

Dec 2022

Hoping for a "1". I'll take the 2!

AllyCat

(16,260 posts)

29. That was a convenient starting word!

Reply to Nittersing (Reply #11)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 11:02 AM

Dec 2022

Different Drummer

(7,677 posts)

54. Good job!

Reply to Nittersing (Reply #11)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 10:09 PM

Dec 2022

underpants

(183,007 posts)

14. 3

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 08:40 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 3/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩peace
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩pogue
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Poise

Dave in VA

(2,041 posts)

16. Bogie today

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 09:40 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 3/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜about
🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩pride
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩poise

Happy Christmas Eve, ya'll!

Stay warm and be safe.

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)

22. I'd call that one a Birdie my friend :) nt

Reply to Dave in VA (Reply #16)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 10:33 AM

Dec 2022

Dave in VA

(2,041 posts)

35. Thanks

Reply to Hugh_Lebowski (Reply #22)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:19 PM

Dec 2022

the caffein hadn't kicked in yet!

Chipper Chat

(9,703 posts)

17. Oooooh 3 vowels

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 09:51 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜shaft
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨kings
🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜peony
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩poise

QED

(2,753 posts)

18. 2!

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 09:53 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 2/6

⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩Raise
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Poise

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,860 posts)

20. Congrats!

Reply to QED (Reply #18)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 10:06 AM

Dec 2022

QED

(2,753 posts)

50. Thank you!

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Reply #20)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 03:17 PM

Dec 2022

A 2 is very rare!

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)

25. Samesies :)

Reply to QED (Reply #18)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 10:35 AM

Dec 2022

William Seger

(10,793 posts)

43. These 2s are really helping our group average!

Reply to QED (Reply #18)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:39 PM

Dec 2022

Different Drummer

(7,677 posts)

55. Nice!

Reply to QED (Reply #18)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 10:11 PM

Dec 2022

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,860 posts)

19. 3.

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 10:05 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 SLATE
🟩⬛🟩🟨⬛ PRION
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

Marthe48

(17,112 posts)

21. Got it in 4

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 10:28 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 AUDIO
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ GOING
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 ROILS
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

Happy Holidays!

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)

23. Eagle - 2

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 10:34 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 2/6

⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 raise
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 poise

MN2theMax

(1,437 posts)

27. Nice!

Reply to Hugh_Lebowski (Reply #23)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 10:51 AM

Dec 2022

I was happy to get a birdie 3

Wordle 553 3/6

⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ARISE
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

William Seger

(10,793 posts)

40. Good one!

Reply to Hugh_Lebowski (Reply #23)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:34 PM

Dec 2022

Different Drummer

(7,677 posts)

56. Good job!

Reply to Hugh_Lebowski (Reply #23)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 10:12 PM

Dec 2022

tishaLA

(14,176 posts)

24. 4

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 10:34 AM

Dec 2022

I felt like changing my starter word today and maybe shouldn't have.

Wordle 553 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 THYME
⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩 GRIPE
🟨🟨🟩⬛🟩 SPINE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

Ohiya

(2,250 posts)

26. Five

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 10:39 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 5/6

🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ STEAD
⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 CLOSE
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 MOUSE
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

AllyCat

(16,260 posts)

28. Yes!!! A 2!!

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 11:01 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 2/6

⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 arise
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Poise

It’s a Christmas 🎅🏽 gift!

iemanja

(53,122 posts)

34. Way to go!

Reply to AllyCat (Reply #28)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:16 PM

Dec 2022

William Seger

(10,793 posts)

41. And you know what that means...

Reply to AllyCat (Reply #28)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:35 PM

Dec 2022

AllyCat

(16,260 posts)

47. Thank you!

Reply to William Seger (Reply #41)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 02:12 PM

Dec 2022

Different Drummer

(7,677 posts)

57. Woo, hoo!

Reply to AllyCat (Reply #28)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 10:13 PM

Dec 2022

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,847 posts)

30. 2 again! Is there a two twos in two days whoo-hoo dance?

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 11:22 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 2/6

⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ARISE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

iemanja

(53,122 posts)

33. Awesome!

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #30)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:16 PM

Dec 2022

Kudos to you!

William Seger

(10,793 posts)

38. There certainly should be

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #30)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:30 PM

Dec 2022

... and you have earned the right to create one!

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,847 posts)

46. 🎵 ...Two Dancing Woo-hoos... 🎵

Reply to William Seger (Reply #38)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:59 PM

Dec 2022

Different Drummer

(7,677 posts)

58. If there isn't such a dance, there should be!

Reply to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #30)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 10:15 PM

Dec 2022

Congrats!

Luciferous

(6,087 posts)

31. 4

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 11:40 AM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 4/6

⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ ADIEU
⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 WRITE
🟨🟨🟩⬛🟩 SPINE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

iemanja

(53,122 posts)

32. 4 for me

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:15 PM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 4/6

⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩arise
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩guise
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩noise
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩poise

William Seger

(10,793 posts)

37. Darn! You took the long route (nt)

Reply to iemanja (Reply #32)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:29 PM

Dec 2022

iemanja

(53,122 posts)

39. I'm adept at that

Reply to William Seger (Reply #37)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:32 PM

Dec 2022

William Seger

(10,793 posts)

44. Yeah, but when there are 3 or fewer choices, I just guess, too

Reply to iemanja (Reply #39)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:44 PM

Dec 2022

Hope to get lucky, but the average should be 2, which is the same as if you burn a guess with a test word.

Liberal In Texas

(13,611 posts)

36. In the 3 Crowd

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:24 PM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 3/6

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ TRIAL
🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 SHINE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

if..fish..had..wings

(666 posts)

45. It's a 4

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:49 PM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 AMBLE
🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 STORE
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

TeamProg

(6,337 posts)

48. 5.

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 02:26 PM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ RANCH ( no help)
⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 TILES
🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 SEIZE
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 GUISE (over-thinking again)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

SKKY

(11,833 posts)

49. Bit it hard on this one.

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 03:14 PM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 5/6*

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ SALET
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ FRESH
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 GEESE (This is what my friend Elijah Craig said I should use)
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POISE

Different Drummer

(7,677 posts)

52. Checking in with a 3 for Post #6,000.

Reply to William Seger (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2022, 09:37 PM

Dec 2022

Wordle 553 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩STARE
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩LOUSE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩POISE

Scoredle: 3 (SLATE → POSSE → POISE)

POSSE is a word you don't hear every day. It was almost correct today.

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