Well, there were at least two words using those letters.
my average on this computer (most of my weekday games) - 3.6
if I remove my attempt, when I didn’t realize double letters were allowed until there was no other choice - 3.2
Wordle 220 4/6
Wordle 220 4/6
Had I burned a word for guess 2 I would have had this in 3, too tempting to just keep guessing.
Wordle 220 4/6
“nerd-a” sounds like “wordle”?
Wordle 220 5/6
Rough for me today
Wordle 220 6/6
Wordle 220 4/6*
Wordle 220 3/6
Wordle 220 6/6
whew! Word 5 was used to find some additional letters, which helped.
Wordle 220 5/6
I played around with the A and R for 3 guesses. Should have introduced an S earlier. Luckily my first S word was correct
Took me a solid 5 minutes to make the third guess. One letter in the answer wasn’t running through my mind when I was trying to figure out options.
Wordle 220 3/6
Wordle 220 4/6
didn’t use yellow in 2nd in the 3rd to elim more letters. 4th was first word of what remained my brain could find
Wordle 220 5/6
So I tried that strategy today, and got a worse result than I usually do.
Wordle 220 5/6
Now, I really should have gotten it in 4. The word I guessed in #4 can’t possibly be in the potential solution list; it’s too obscure. I knew that, but was tired of staring at the letters, so just went for it. The answer was obvious at that point.
That’s all to say, I’m going back to the way I had been playing, rather than trying their optimal way, because it threw me off.
That was sweet!
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I’ve started using 4-consonant words as starters as opposed to vowel-heavy words. The thought being that getting 1 or 2 of those right off (or eliminating them) makes guessing easier.
Idk yet if it does. I think this puzzle is as much about luck as it is word-skill.
Someone in a FB chat group this morning got today’s word on their first guess. 
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Wordle 220 3/6
2nd and first words were disjoint. I like 2 vowel starting words, and also things with common pairs like `ch’. 2 vowels gives a ton of info if they are either both right or both wrong.
I just use a new first word without thinking about it too much. I realized playing the archives that solving in 6 is very likely, so may as well add some variety.
Today my first word was flute
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