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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 4h

I resisted the repeated letter to the last throw of the dice
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 1d

Took me 3 attempts to get the 2 yellows into position and 1 more to fill the resulting 2 blanks
#Wordle1588 5/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 2d

Good luck played its part. With just 2 green on my 3rd attempt, there were more than 3 possibilities.
#Wordle1587 4/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 3d

Just one green in my starter, so I then tried my backup - good move, because it gave me 3 more letters and a big step to the solution - not immediately, because, as usual, I resisted the repeated letter
#Wordle1586 4/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 4d

Once I got the middle 3 letters, there was only one other solution
#Wordle1585 4/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 5d

All those eliminated letters + the wrongly positioned yellows added up to only one word remaining
#Wordle1584 5/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 6d

Starter: 2 vowels
Backup: 1 vowel
Attempt #3: Only one word to fit all three
#Wordle1583 3/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 7d

On attempt 3, I rearranged the 3 yellows into positions 1, 2 and 4, but had to wait to attempt 4 to get the correct letters in positions 3 and 5
#Wordle1582 4/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 8d

Weird English pronunciation again! Why is the vowel in the solution pronounced differently than the same vowel in my 3rd guess?
#Wordle1581 4/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 9d

Not much joy from my starter, so I tried my backup, and that drastically reduced the possibilities
#Wordle1580 3/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 10d

So many words with letters 1 and 3! But once I'd got letter 2, there was only one word that could be built from remaining letters
#Wordle1579 5/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 11d

1 green + 2 yellows + 7 blanks = a single solution
#Wordle1578 3/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 12d

So many words with that 3-letter middle! I should've looked in the mirror earlier
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 13d

Strategy:
I got to attempt 4 only needing the first letter - but it could be any one of 5 letters - big risk!
So, for my attempt 4, I tried another word altogether with 3 of those letters and from it got the first letter I needed
#Wordle1576 5/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 14d

Went with the less obvious 4th letters - not the right move
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 15d

Many more blanks than yellows and greens for my first 4 attempts.
Then got all the letters on attempt 5 - but still needed to reverse first and last letters
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 16d

I moved the 2 yellows one space left and used the last letter of my backup starter (often a good bet in that position), and found the possibilities had narrowed considerably
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 17d

Didn't seem to be getting much traction with my usual starter and my second attempt, so, for the first time, recklessly tried my backup starter on my third attempt. That gave me the breakthrough
#Wordle1572 4/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 18d

Just 3 yellows in first 2 attempts - not much to go on, but managed to turn them green by attempt 3 - but then guessed the wrong initial letter
#Wordle1571 4/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 19d

Logic at work in my 3rd (successful) attempt:
The first yellow has to be the initial letter
The second yellow has to go in position 4
#Wordle1570 3/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 20d

Good guesses on attempt 2 for letters 1 and 2; not such good guesses for letter 4
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 21d

Much closer to the wire than I've been for many a day. Sometimes, getting 3 yellows from my starter raises false hope.
Then going with the wrong final letter on 5 increased the stress
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 22d

There was only one word that could accommodate the 2 greens and 2 yellows of my 2nd attempt
#Wordle1567 3/6
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 23d

Rare outcome: my 4th attempt was the only possible word left
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John Velojet @johnvelojet.bsky.social · 24d

Method:
Attempt 2: starter's yellow to the middle
Attempt 3: attempt 2's yellow to position 2 with 2 unused letters in positions 4 and 5
Result: Unexpected success!
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