Wordle in a Minute - 6th August 2024

[@RocksterOO1]

I really couldn't go wrong after using Alien as my first word: 😁 A L I E N A N V I L

[@roiporat8833]

Mark’s opening word sequence currently: FIRST WOULD WEAVE SNARE MIGHT ALONG GRIEF LEDGE WHERE WORTH QUEEN STILL TARTS LOVED GIFTS KNOWN SOUND STONE STINT POEMS Theme: The 5-letter words from Patrick Kavanagh’s poem “On Raglan Road”, in order With her own name THERE and her own dark hair like clouds over fields of May

[@HaldaneSmith]

Wordle by the Numbers - Anvil Standard mode failure rate: 2.1% Standard mode average guesses: 3.8 Hard mode failure rate:

[@loafes1352]

This got my 2s to catch up to my 6s with Aisle-Anvil

[@Anne_Mahoney]

Managed in 4: shirt, gland, final, anvil (I don't play in hard mode so didn't have to keep the I on my 2nd guess).

[@cbthesurvivor]

that was an impressive final guess. as soon as you said it I audibly went "ooh, he's got it"

[@HaldaneSmith]

The Shrinking Wordle-verse I was unable to take a readable screenshot of today's Wordle, probably because the S in Poems overlapped with the search icon. I will try again tomorrow.

[@Epyxoid]

After... POEMS - +100 (I couldn't find a page that tells the correct amount) HABIT - 12 (acrid, affix, again, anvil, avail, drain, flail, flair, frail, grail, grain, quail) GRAIN - 1

[@emilywilliams3237]

A little biology thrown into today’s Wordle, completely free. Thanks, Mark!

[@TinkerTailor4303]

? Are you referring to that comment he makes as he wrinkles his nose, which I can't understand to save my life?

[@emilywilliams3237]

@@TinkerTailor4303 "That's part of your ear, isn't it?" is what he says there - the three tiny bones in ones ear are the hammer, the stirrup, and the anvil.

[@TinkerTailor4303]

​@@emilywilliams3237Thank you! I played it several times, finally gave up.

[@Railbird_]

Had some luck with my first guess. BASIL - FRAIL - ANVIL

[@marilyngardner4269]

My guess before ANVIL was also BASIL.

[@andymerrett]

I still laugh at what Mark thinks are unusual words :)

[@TinkerTailor4303]

It IS a word not used regularly in everyday speech, tho, don't you think? (Unless you're a blacksmith!)

[@ZorlockDarksoul]

@@TinkerTailor4303 Or a Looney Toons character.

[@PaulDk]

@@TinkerTailor4303 or play teamfight tactics

[@TinkerTailor4303]

​@@ZorlockDarksoulOr an ent doctor... (we done now?!)

[@TheSMILINGJOE]

Arise - anvil easy peasy!

[@Vitar1988]

POEMS->CHAIN->NUBIA->ANVIL

[@blcmd]

POEMS-TRAIN-ANVIL. Next up, we’ll try THERE as the starting word.

[@marcograzioli4642]

It was a 3 for me: Drain - Panic - Anvil

[@bitzibaerlie]

Quite proud to have found ANVIL one step earlier and almost immediately. Negative information from a grey start proving useful once more.

[@EvanSawyer4]

Stare > Canal > Anvil Negative info got me there. There was only one place for A and subsequently only one place for N (well, not strictly speaking but I doubt there is a word ending in NL).

[@castelodeossos5042]

Agree. Often, one can on little info work out what it can't be and with some cerebration work out what it can be, and even what it must be: AROSE ADMIT ANVIL

[@EvanSawyer4]

@@castelodeossos5042 With only green A and I. Nice!

[@michaelmurray6187]

I had Stare - Canal - Anvil also.

[@Max1996YT]

Got it in 3 guesses. Tiger -> Inlay -> Anvil

[@TinkerTailor4303]

I wanted so badly to keep that i and n together, even used a previous wrong word trying to find the right consonant. Only after trying a vowel as a starter with Alien was I able to finally get it on the fourth try.

[@missioncardiac7599]

POEMS DRAIN ANTIC ANVIL

[@j4v4x]

Anvil, part of the ear? I think only if a horrible accident happened at the blacksmith... :P Well, good job getting this in 4, Mark!! And thank you for the video!!

[@DuncanBooth]

Hammer, anvil, and stirrup are the three small bones in the ear.

[@j4v4x]

@@DuncanBooth Tough crowd

[@guanyin19]

Why does my brain start singing anvilmaaaniaa

[@dibenp]

No poppy. 😢

[@navifx4]

Am I wrong in my strategy of trying to use as few vowels as possible?

[@ZorlockDarksoul]

I try to limit my vowels, as well. I find it's much easier to fit them in later, once a few consonants are discovered. But everyone has their preferred ways to play.

[@navifx4]

@ZorlockDarksoul yeah and it helps not getting stuck with too many consonants and too few guesses, but I'm also not trying to do it in a minute

[@Ozzy.Kopec1]

4 spot on my end also ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛POEMS ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛DAIRY ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟩FINAL 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩ANVIL

[@nlatimer]

SWORE > PLUNK > LINDY > ANVIL

[@RossReedstrom]

PLACE - LAUGH - VIRAL - ANVIL

[@nonumbersinusername]

terrible start word, but great guess 🎉

[@SirExal]

MARVEL CHARACTERS BONUS ROUND DAY 91 MERCS-POUTY-HALAL-FLAIL-ANVIL Come on, AVAIL was right there and a lot more information than FLAIL,

[@markes5025]

I am playing in hard mode. Lost my streak again on anvil. weird-sushi-fight-ivory-vivid-pavin. And i cheated today, but i will tell about that tomorrow. I don't know if i find hard mode fun to play.

[@castelodeossos5042]

Ha ha, have on occasion been tempted to cheat but then what's the point? Like a man winning against women in swimming. Remember WChurchill's motto: KBO.

[@markes5025]

@@castelodeossos5042 What has that got to do with anything. I play for myself i don't compete with anybody.

[@markes5025]

@@castelodeossos5042 What does that have to do with anything. I play for myself i don't compete with anyone.

[@Ozzy.Kopec1]

Hard mode takes a week or so to get used to. Personally I like the challenge, except when I curse in HMH situations LOL. BTW, guess 5 was a wasted try since you knew I could not be in the second spot (after guess 3)