Wordle 1,273 6/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 ROUTE ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ SNAIL ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ WHOMP ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ CUBED 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ XEROX 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOXER The xOxER trap is brutal, especially in hard mode. According to WordleBot, BOXER was the only possible answer after my 4th guess (CUBED). I decided to play it safe, using a strategic 5th guess (XEROX) to test for BOXER, BORER, or some unfamiliar word. Current Streak = 1053
Starting with ALLYL in hard mode, I got to BOWER on guess #5, and then BOXER was literally the only thing for guess #6 just barely survived the challenge
EIGHT VOILA CURSE WINDY POKER BOXER (Phew. I wonder how many other possible words there) 7:53 and Doug.. well it happens. Especially when you meet a trap on Fearless day. popular trap. Aww dear. Unlucky, you can start new streak, new season tomorrow!
First time in months I was worried my streak might end. I knew it was an er word after the first two words, but there were so many consonants: STARE, COLIN, MOVED, ROWER, BOXER. My streak survives to 1,038 in a row.
ALLYL ROUTE HOMER SOBER BOXER After HOMER, I realized the trap and listed out 13 xOxER words. Ruled out 7 past solutions and found a decent path out (S and B were common letters).
@@JerryKnightOnYT I really wish they would let old solutions rotate back in after 500 days or so. Or once a year every solution older than a year rotated back in as a possibility. Remembering old solutions is too powerful.
Scoredle 4/6 14,855 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ SATIN (1,672) 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 ROULE (44) ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ CHOMP (17) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOXER I thought of a few formats including xOVER and xOWER. Used an eval word CHOMP to check COVER,HOVER,MOWER,POWER and eliminated those words. BOXER came to mind and I went with that, fortunately.
HOMER, ROGER, ROWER, MOWER, POWER, WOOER. Were all possible in the last position. He almost got so lucky with BOXER popping in his head and almost nothing else.
I had an exciting Friday 13 as well! I tried using algio as start word but not on word list so I went to my back up starter (I try and use an associated start word to Doug's) CLOVE, TOKEN, POWER, FOYER, SOBER, which kind of took me to 50/50 between borer (shades of corer!) and BOXER. My second phew in a row -- not good for the nerves!!
While Doug thought he was at 50/50 chance on last try, there were actually 5 common words left plus some obscure unlikely words like FOXER. So 20% chance at end BOXER DOZER MOWER POWER DOPER. . . "DOPER" is just what you'd think of: addict, druggie, user
I don't play the game in hard mode. I tried once, but I stopped because it was too hard. But, today, for whatever reason, I felt like joining you for fearless Friday. Plays Churn River Freer Joker Doter This is the first video of yours that you've posted since I followed you where you lost, so you losing makes me feel a lot better about my losing. This was a super hard one in hard mode. There are just so many -er words. But, if Wordle were a game where we'd always win, it probably wouldn't be fun!
I can't say you were wrong and maybe this is an example of hindsight being 20/20 since I already knew the word by the time I watched your video, but when you said, you were going to try 3 of 4 between TONER, JOKER, DOZER, and BOXER. I thought for sure you were safe because, while I agree all four words were plausible, surely anyone would reason that between those 4, DOZER is the odd one to leave behind and say, "if you're beating me, you're beating me with DOZER." But again, I knew the answer while I was thinking this.
agreed, which is why I didn't feel too bad about losing my last streak on "corer" If I'm gonna lose, it needs to be on a word like corer or dozer, but you have to try the more common words first, of which boxer certainly would be one imo
There was WAY more choices than just 3 after you got that XOXER row. I fell into the trap and lost my streak. I did not have BOXER on my radar. TRACK; ROUND;FORGE; MOVER; POWER; LOSER Yes I was-LOL!
Sorry you lost out there Doug. There are so many _O_ ER words to choose from, especially when you can't remember what's gone before. Got it in 4 today.... ORATE COWER ROBIN BOXER
I'll throw out my opinion that HOUSE was a terrible guess at guess#2. In hard mode you really need consonants badly and can fill in the vowels later. So for guess#2 and guess#3 you might benefit from trying 8 consonants for consonant progress. Words like BLUSH and TRICK ( or anything similar with 8 consonants) much better than HOUSE because you've got to quickly nail down some consonants in hard mode!! (IMO) Other opinions out there could be quite different . . .🙄
Sorry for your streak break…. You actually had 20 other words that could have been the answer according to scoredle rower mower power roger boxer wooer bower dower roper moper doper romer gomer rober moder borer dozer gofer goier porer I was lucky to start with BREAK BERRY (this gave me the positions for E and R) BOXER To make you feel better, even Scoredle failed with BOXER
Don't feel bad, Doug! This was a hard one. WordleBot said that almost 29 percent of today's players were unable to come up with the answer in six guesses and Scoredle went 0 for 6.
Oh no! So sorry, Doug. Did I ever mention that I hate “er” words? I’ve had 8 failures in Wordle and 6 of them were “er” words. I was so nervous today but I tried to be methodical. Mower took care of some of my choices and “peeve” helped eliminating “P” and “V”. So a “5” for me today. staRE- dOily- mOwER- peevE- BOXER
CRUSH LATER MOVER POWER DINGY BOXER (i was running out of unused letters and this was the only word that fit) Just be glad you overlooked Power and Mower.
ALIGN, STORE, POWER, MOVER, BOXER. I had 2 guesses with 3 possibilities JOKER, FOYER, BOXER. I tried to be tactical after STORE. Thought it might be -O-ER after CORER got me weeks ago. Don't know if I played it perfect or I might have fit in POKER to rule out JOKER. FOYER and BOXER would always be luck. I think they are the only common -O-ER words that use F,Y,B,X. (maybe COYER)
I don't think TONER was a good guess at that spot. T and N weren't as likely as several of the other consonant candidates. Also, you never considered POWER and MOWER at the end, so you were far from being in a 50/50 scenario. I think this failure points out the flaw of playing hard mode...at the end it's sometimes just a game of luck.
Too many options, too few guesses, coupled with getting off to a poor start, spelled the end of my streak at 58. Friday the 13th indeed! LEARN ("E" and "R" out of position.) TRUCE ("R" and "E" still out of position.) HIKER ("E" and "R" now in position. Now if I'd only guessed "Biker", which I had considered, things would have turned out differently.) POWER ("O", "E", and "R" all in position, eliminating other OWER words (Bower, Mower, Rower) MOVER (Still just "O" "E" and "R" in position). Only one guess left, at least 3 possibilities: Sober, Boxer, and Dozer.) SOBER (Wrong choice! Streak ends at 58.)
I had a very hard time...posting my comment here earlier. It was a 50/50 for me between BOXER & BONER @ line 5. Wordle 1,273 5/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ALLYL ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ CRWTH ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 FUROR ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 SOBER 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOXER Sorry that my suggested starting word was a streak killer for you, Doug. Every Day Doug's suggested opening word for Saturday, Dec.14th: COAST (Wordle 140) My starting word for tomorrow: SIREN
I lost 243 day streak. I died on DOZER. I went there because it is my cat's name. Lost 243 day streak. 😔 😥 Scoredle X/6 14,855 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ CAIRN (1,093) ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 MOUSE (61) ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 TOWER (22) ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 JOKER (17) ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ROGER (10) ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 DOZER (10) Well, scordle failed, too!
Doug "I don't think I played it wrong" and "don't think I could have played it better" . . . Me: Completely disagree. HOUSE was terrible at guess 2 (explained separately) and after HOUSE Doug says "COVER was a sound way to go" [guess#3] . . Me: no no no COVER was a disastrous choice leading to almost certain failure. After HOUSE it's easy to theorize xOxER as likely. There's vast numbers of xOxER words. The only hope is to not try R at end because of hard mode situation. Best for guess#3 WOMEN the "W" is for possible COWER POWER MOWER, the "M" is for possible MOVER, "N" for possible TONER GONER. Then guess#4 should be JOKED. "J" for possible JOKER, "K" for possible POKER, "D" for possible DOZER CODER DOPER. Then the only xOxER words left are COVER BOXER, and the tricky xOxER hardmode conundrum overcome with success!
Wow, at least you weren't alone. I was lucky, Rural Honor Bower Boxer
Wordle 1,273 6/6
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 ROUTE
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ SNAIL
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ WHOMP
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ CUBED
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ XEROX
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOXER
The xOxER trap is brutal, especially in hard mode.
According to WordleBot, BOXER was the only possible answer after my 4th guess (CUBED).
I decided to play it safe, using a strategic 5th guess (XEROX) to test for BOXER, BORER, or some unfamiliar word.
Current Streak = 1053
Nice solve! Whew……..
I hate “er” words. But I’ve said that before. 😅
That's a first, glad you made it.
Starting with ALLYL in hard mode, I got to BOWER on guess #5, and then BOXER was literally the only thing for guess #6 just barely survived the challenge
adieu, steep, hover, boxer
POWER was also an option.
HOMER, ROGER, ROWER, MOWER, WOOER. He was almost so lucky BOXER popped in his head and nothing else.
And for us Euchre players, BOWER was possible.
EIGHT
VOILA
CURSE
WINDY
POKER
BOXER (Phew. I wonder how many other possible words there)
7:53 and Doug.. well it happens. Especially when you meet a trap on Fearless day. popular trap. Aww dear. Unlucky, you can start new streak, new season tomorrow!
😢
That was tough indeed
I was defeated too, Doug. I consider myself in good company. 😅
Bad luck- it was a tough one today particularly if played in hard mode.
Oh no! So sorry. Better luck tomorrow.
😢
First time in months I was worried my streak might end. I knew it was an er word after the first two words, but there were so many consonants: STARE, COLIN, MOVED, ROWER, BOXER. My streak survives to 1,038 in a row.
Did Doug just completely forget the W
Sresly. There are a ton of -OWER words and WOOER.
You could have gone with POWER or MOWER too. That said we got caught with the "er" curse too!😏
Nooooo!!!!! Jason got ya Doug!!
ALLYL ROUTE HOMER SOBER BOXER
After HOMER, I realized the trap and listed out 13 xOxER words. Ruled out 7 past solutions and found a decent path out (S and B were common letters).
@@JerryKnightOnYT I really wish they would let old solutions rotate back in after 500 days or so. Or once a year every solution older than a year rotated back in as a possibility. Remembering old solutions is too powerful.
Lost my streak yesterday
Got in 4 today
Brine
Beard
Bored
Boxer
Scoredle 4/6
14,855
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ SATIN (1,672)
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 ROULE (44)
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ CHOMP (17)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOXER
I thought of a few formats including xOVER and xOWER. Used an eval word CHOMP to check COVER,HOVER,MOWER,POWER and eliminated those words. BOXER came to mind and I went with that, fortunately.
Well done! I opted for a series of strategic guesses, testing a variety of consonants.
Also MOWER at the end
Or POWER
This was a really tough puzzle for a Friday.
HOMER, ROGER, ROWER, MOWER, POWER, WOOER. Were all possible in the last position. He almost got so lucky with BOXER popping in his head and almost nothing else.
MOUSE, LONER, JOKER, COVER, BOXER.
LEVEL > FOCUS > ROPED > BONER > BOXER... Lucky we got the B c:
Wordle 1,273 5/6
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ HERON
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 COVER
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 POWER
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 LOSER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOXER
got a kind of professional wrestling based hard word challenge. WOOED
WOOER was one of the possibilities for his final guess.
Probably a good thing you didn't see POWER or MOWER at the end. It would have made the choice even harder.
ROGER is also sad to have been missed
@@dvvave" ROWER"
Boxer was a punch in the face. How about SORRY for a starter word?
@@worstworkshop hey. I like your channel. Are you in Oregon?
@samuelj2475 Thanks! I live in Texas
Thank you for making me feel better for not getting it either 😀
Better luck tomorrow.
😢
I had an exciting Friday 13 as well! I tried using algio as start word but not on word list so I went to my back up starter (I try and use an associated start word to Doug's) CLOVE, TOKEN, POWER, FOYER, SOBER, which kind of took me to 50/50 between borer (shades of corer!) and BOXER. My second phew in a row -- not good for the nerves!!
Very true. However you survived. Congratulations.
@KJacobs-i1y Thank you!
So glad you got it. 👍🏻
Lost my streak too. ALLYL, MOUSE, POKER, TONER, COVER, BOWER.
Oh no. So sorry. New streak tomorrow.
While Doug thought he was at 50/50 chance on last try, there were actually 5 common words left plus some obscure unlikely words like FOXER. So 20% chance at end BOXER DOZER MOWER POWER DOPER. . . "DOPER" is just what you'd think of: addict, druggie, user
I don't play the game in hard mode. I tried once, but I stopped because it was too hard. But, today, for whatever reason, I felt like joining you for fearless Friday.
Plays
Churn
River
Freer
Joker
Doter
This is the first video of yours that you've posted since I followed you where you lost, so you losing makes me feel a lot better about my losing.
This was a super hard one in hard mode. There are just so many -er words.
But, if Wordle were a game where we'd always win, it probably wouldn't be fun!
Exciting game today. Mower was also a possibility. I got it in four.
Think Doug was missing power too at the last guess of his game. Though that may have been a previous answer...
Cruel one today!! The "Rabbit Hole" ?O?ER" was a great streak killer today!!
I can't say you were wrong and maybe this is an example of hindsight being 20/20 since I already knew the word by the time I watched your video, but when you said, you were going to try 3 of 4 between TONER, JOKER, DOZER, and BOXER. I thought for sure you were safe because, while I agree all four words were plausible, surely anyone would reason that between those 4, DOZER is the odd one to leave behind and say, "if you're beating me, you're beating me with DOZER." But again, I knew the answer while I was thinking this.
agreed, which is why I didn't feel too bad about losing my last streak on "corer" If I'm gonna lose, it needs to be on a word like corer or dozer, but you have to try the more common words first, of which boxer certainly would be one imo
They don't do the weirdest words, and DOZER is far more likely to be weird.
There was WAY more choices than just 3 after you got that XOXER row. I fell into the trap and lost my streak. I did not have BOXER on my radar.
TRACK; ROUND;FORGE; MOVER; POWER; LOSER Yes I was-LOL!
Oh no. So sorry. Better luck tomorrow.
Poor Doug!! I lost too
ALLYL-MUSIC-PROBE-BORED-BOXER
Blew it too.
Better luck tomorrow.
Sorry you lost out there Doug. There are so many _O_ ER words to choose from, especially when you can't remember what's gone before.
Got it in 4 today.... ORATE COWER ROBIN BOXER
Wordle 1,273 5/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ steak
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 diner
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ chomp
🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ brawl
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 boxer
hate trap words.
A double bogey for me. Inane, deter, lover, poker, mower, boxer. Hard mode heck all the way!
So glad you got it. 👍🏻
I had a similar playthrough today. Got lucky and used bower on my fifth guess.
I'll throw out my opinion that HOUSE was a terrible guess at guess#2. In hard mode you really need consonants badly and can fill in the vowels later. So for guess#2 and guess#3 you might benefit from trying 8 consonants for consonant progress. Words like BLUSH and TRICK ( or anything similar with 8 consonants) much better than HOUSE because you've got to quickly nail down some consonants in hard mode!! (IMO) Other opinions out there could be quite different . . .🙄
Mower and Power were also options.
Got it in 3 with a green B on second guess. Tough luck Doug
Sorry for your streak break…. You actually had 20 other words that could have been the answer according to scoredle
rower mower power roger boxer wooer
bower dower roper moper doper romer gomer rober moder borer dozer gofer
goier porer
I was lucky to start with
BREAK
BERRY (this gave me the positions for E and R)
BOXER
To make you feel better, even Scoredle failed with BOXER
Don't feel bad, Doug! This was a hard one. WordleBot said that almost 29 percent of today's players were unable to come up with the answer in six guesses and Scoredle went 0 for 6.
AUDIO, HONEY, POWER, COVER, SOBER, BOXER!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
So glad you got it. 👍🏻
ALLYL - SHORE - CODER - MOVER - POWER - TONER
RIP streak.
Oh no. Better luck tomorrow.
Tough loss today that I saw coming as soon as I knew it was _O_ER.
Power was definitely a possibility
A funny starting word with no vowels and my GoTo eval word would be GLYPH.
STARE, OPIUM, ROWED, BOXER
I had 2 guesses left and went JOKER then went BOXER instead of MOVER, my lucky Friday 13th!
So glad you got it. 👍🏻
Oh no! So sorry, Doug. Did I ever mention that I hate “er” words? I’ve had 8 failures in Wordle and 6 of them were “er” words. I was so nervous today but I tried to be methodical. Mower took care of some of my choices and “peeve” helped eliminating “P” and “V”. So a “5” for me today.
staRE- dOily- mOwER- peevE- BOXER
Glad you made it. Congratulations.
ALLYL REBUS BORED BOXER; routine par in the end thanks to a lucky second shot (BONER also came to mind 😂)
ALLYL - COUPE -HOVER - DONER - TOWER - BOXER
So glad you got it. Tricky one today. Too many choices. 👍🏻
ALLYL, RODEO, SOBER, BOXER
I forgot to put it on hard mode today….probably why I got it out
My streak is broken and I played it safe. HEART, CREED, FOYER, VENOM, LOWER, JOKER
Oh no. So sorry. Better luck tomorrow.
😢
I lost too… my 50/50 at the end was between BOXER and MOWER. Unfortunately, I chose MOWER. ❌
Oh no! So sorry. Better luck tomorrow.
CRUSH
LATER
MOVER
POWER
DINGY
BOXER (i was running out of unused letters and this was the only word that fit)
Just be glad you overlooked Power and Mower.
So glad you got it. 👍🏻
Got it in a easy 3 today..
SPORE
BORED
BOXER
My exact run!!
ALIGN, STORE, POWER, MOVER, BOXER. I had 2 guesses with 3 possibilities JOKER, FOYER, BOXER. I tried to be tactical after STORE. Thought it might be -O-ER after CORER got me weeks ago. Don't know if I played it perfect or I might have fit in POKER to rule out JOKER. FOYER and BOXER would always be luck. I think they are the only common -O-ER words that use F,Y,B,X. (maybe COYER)
Yeah same spiral for me, no eval on hard mode.
I got it in five today: ALLYL CREST MOVER GONER BOXER
Mower,
power
gofer
all possible
Ughh. Sorry Doug. Many choices on this one.
3 today: Arise, Bayou, Boxer
Broad Boxer
Congrats on the “2”! 🎉
Also MOWER was a possibility
Goner was an option
I don't think TONER was a good guess at that spot. T and N weren't as likely as several of the other consonant candidates. Also, you never considered POWER and MOWER at the end, so you were far from being in a 50/50 scenario. I think this failure points out the flaw of playing hard mode...at the end it's sometimes just a game of luck.
You missed MOVER and POWER. Not that it matters, that would have really freaked you missing three words.
Today I lost in almost exactly the same way. My 6th guess was Power
Oh no. So sorry.
Another Yes it is anagram to start
YETIS
I am an evaluation word guy
AUDIO
BLOCK
The B helped a lot
BORNE
This word sealed the deal
BOXER
WONKY SOUTH POLAR MOVER BOXER
Too many options, too few guesses, coupled with getting off to a poor start, spelled the end of my streak at 58. Friday the 13th indeed!
LEARN ("E" and "R" out of position.)
TRUCE ("R" and "E" still out of position.)
HIKER ("E" and "R" now in position. Now if I'd only guessed "Biker", which I had considered, things would have turned out differently.)
POWER ("O", "E", and "R" all in position, eliminating other OWER words (Bower, Mower, Rower)
MOVER (Still just "O" "E" and "R" in position). Only one guess left, at least 3 possibilities: Sober, Boxer, and Dozer.)
SOBER (Wrong choice! Streak ends at 58.)
Mower and power
👻🐈⬛ got you. SO 😢 you and so many others lost!! The 🐎🐴await. ❤😊
RAISE
CRUEL
BOXER
Had a gut feeling Wordle would be tricky and go with an x, so wanted to rule that out before proceeding to more common letters.
Good try. I got it in 4 today. ORATE--FLUID--CHOMP--BOXER
The word is boxer
Welch....Btach.....Butte......Boxer
He also have rober
You said you felt you had to do boxer. Why did you go with dozer?
I've been asking myself that all day!
bower was an option too
SHORT ADIEU LONER POWER BOXER
Streak 1048
I had a very hard time...posting my comment here earlier.
It was a 50/50 for me between BOXER & BONER @ line 5.
Wordle 1,273 5/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ALLYL
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ CRWTH
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 FUROR
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 SOBER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOXER
Sorry that my suggested starting word was a streak killer for you, Doug.
Every Day Doug's suggested opening word for Saturday, Dec.14th: COAST (Wordle 140)
My starting word for tomorrow: SIREN
I liked your Organic Chemistry word.
Thanks. It turned out to be so lachrymose today. 😂
13 = unlucky number / played Hard mode today / not your day for Doug / loses the streak
Stare
power
mover
coder
loner
boxer lots of sweating
So glad you got it. 👍🏻
I lost 243 day streak. I died on DOZER. I went there because it is my cat's name.
Lost 243 day streak. 😔 😥 Scoredle X/6
14,855
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ CAIRN (1,093)
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 MOUSE (61)
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 TOWER (22)
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 JOKER (17)
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ROGER (10)
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 DOZER (10)
Well, scordle failed, too!
Dower, power, mower, dozer , boxer …ah yeah but hard mode kinda sux 🤣
ARISE -> REBUT -> BONER -> BOWER -> BOXER 🎉
SEPIA OUNCE LOVER TOWER FOYER BOXER
So glad you got it. 👍🏻
Chase-remit-green-power-bravo-borer. Another loss for me.
Oh my. So sorry.
As was Mower
ADIEU - SNORT - GLYPH - COMBS - BOXER
STARE WRECK PERIL MOVER BOXER
GONER
MOWER
POKER
POWER
ROGER
ROWER
TOWER
WOOER
a difficult fearless Friday word
your not alone got in a similar position and failed.
I couldn't get this one.
POLKA - ROUND (I only have the O and R)
FIGHT - SORRY (I still only have the O and R)
MOWER - ROVER
I’m defeated also ┐( ͡° ʖ̯ ͡°)┌
Oh no. So sorry. (Cool graphic)
Doug "I don't think I played it wrong" and "don't think I could have played it better" . . . Me: Completely disagree. HOUSE was terrible at guess 2 (explained separately) and after HOUSE Doug says "COVER was a sound way to go" [guess#3] . . Me: no no no COVER was a disastrous choice leading to almost certain failure. After HOUSE it's easy to theorize xOxER as likely. There's vast numbers of xOxER words. The only hope is to not try R at end because of hard mode situation. Best for guess#3 WOMEN the "W" is for possible COWER POWER MOWER, the "M" is for possible MOVER, "N" for possible TONER GONER. Then guess#4 should be JOKED. "J" for possible JOKER, "K" for possible POKER, "D" for possible DOZER CODER DOPER. Then the only xOxER words left are COVER BOXER, and the tricky xOxER hardmode conundrum overcome with success!