Wordle patterns and techniques

Question 1

A only

Answer 1

Line 1: audio – Line 2: stare – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: black – Line 5: graft

Question 2

E only

Answer 2

Line 1: audio – Line 2: wrest – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: black – Line 5: valet

Question 3

I only

Answer 3

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rites – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: flick – Line 5: bowls (to distinguish between billy and willy)

Question 4

O (only) in 2

Answer 4

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rotes – Line 3: zombi – Line 4: glyph – Line 5: flown

Question 5

O (only) in 2 (if zombi not accepted as guess)

Answer 5

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rotes – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: below – Line 5: gowfs (unless answer is bo–y, in which case play booby in order to check boozy or bobby)

Question 6

O (only) in 3

Answer 6

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rotes – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: flock – Line 5: (if necessary) bloom/gloom/block/clock

Question 7

U only

Answer 7

Line 1: audio – Line 2: trues – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: flock – Line 5: begun

Question 8

_RA_E [with G from BEFOG]

Answer 8

Line 1: audio – Line 2: stare – Line 3: befog – Line 4: if g - capiz or cezve – Line 5: grace/grape/grave/graze

Question 9

_RA_E [with F from BEFOG]

Answer 9

Line 1: audio – Line 2: stare – Line 3: befog – Line 4: if f - frame

Question 10

_RA_E [with B from BEFOG]

Answer 10

Line 1: audio – Line 2: stare – Line 3: befog – Line 4: if b - black – Line 5: brace/brake/brave

Question 11

_RA_E [with nothing from BEFOG]

Answer 11

Line 1: audio – Line 2: stare – Line 3: befog – Line 4: if none - coven – Line 5: crave/craze/crane

Question 12

_O_E and R

Answer 12

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rotes – Line 3: plumb – Line 4: gawky – Line 5: chive

Question 13

A E R all yellow in first two lines (with no letters in NYMPH and L from word 4)

Answer 13

Line 1: audio – Line 2: stare – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: black – Line 5: if includes l - regal

Question 14

A E R all yellow in first two lines (with no letters in NYMPH and no L from word 4)

Answer 14

Line 1: audio – Line 2: stare – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: black – Line 5: if no l - gowfs

Question 15

A E R all yellow in first two lines (with P from NYMPH and nothing from word 4)

Answer 15

Line 1: audio – Line 2: stare – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: black – Line 5: PARER or PAPER

Question 16

A E R all yellow in first two lines (with P from NYMPH and C from word 4)

Answer 16

Line 1: audio – Line 2: stare – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: black – Line 5: CAPER or RECAP

Question 17

A E R all yellow in first two lines (with Y from NYMPH and L from word 4)

Answer 17

Line 1: audio – Line 2: stare – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: black – Line 5: early (which shows whether answer is early, relay or layer)

Question 18

A E R all yellow in first two lines (with Y and P from NYMPH)

Answer 18

Line 1: audio – Line 2: stare – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: answer is either repay or payer

Question 19

_I_ER

Answer 19

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rites – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: flick – Line 5: boxes (to distinguish between fiber and fixer) / prove (to distinguish between piper, viper and riper)

Question 20

D I R and E

Answer 20

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rites – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: flick – Line 5: if bride/drive/weird is possible, try either bride or drive

Question 21

D I R and E

Answer 21

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rites – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: flick – Line 5: if drier or dried is possible, try either at line 5 and then the other (if necessary) at line 6

Question 22

O E R all yellow in first two lines

Answer 22

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rotes – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: block – Line 5: groof

Question 23

__A_E

Answer 23

Line 1: audio – Line 2: stare – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: black

Question 24

__O_E

Answer 24

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rotes – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: block

Question 25

Green O and yellow E S (unless NYMPH reveals that P is in word)

Answer 25

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rotes – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: glove

Question 26

Green O and yellow E S (if NYMPH reveals that P is in word)

Answer 26

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rotes – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: block (shows whether answer is copse or posse)

Question 27

Green I and yellow T H

Answer 27

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rites – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: flows (which shows either fight, light, wight or - by process of elimination - tight)

Question 28

A T E R all yellow in first two lines

Answer 28

Line 1: audio – Line 2: stare – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: black – Line 5: twigs

Question 29

__I_E

Answer 29

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rites – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: flick

Question 30

A T yellow in first two lines (including possible _ATCH)

Answer 30

Line 1: audio – Line 2: stare – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: black – Line 5: chewy (if _ATCH); fatty (if choice between FATTY/TAFFY/TATTY); TAWNY/TANGY; FATAL/WALTZ

Question 31

_E_ER

Answer 31

Line 1: audio – Line 2: wrest – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: fleck

Question 32

_U_ER

Answer 32

Line 1: audio – Line 2: trues – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: fleck

Question 33

_A__E

Answer 33

Line 1: audio – Line 2: stare – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: black – Line 5: glove (if choice between EAGLE/VALVE)

Question 34

Green U and yellow O

Answer 34

Line 1: audio – Line 2: tenor – Line 3: lymph – Line 4: fecks

Question 35

E and R yellow in first two lines

Answer 35

Line 1: audio – Line 2: wrest – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: fleck – Line 5: (if only R and E matched) VERVE/VERGE; (if R E and L matched) REVEL/LEVER/REBEL; (if F green) FEVER; (if F yellow) REFER

Question 36

A T and U

Answer 36

Line 1: audio – Line 2: trues – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: (if M matched) GAMUT; (if P matched) CAPUT; (if N matched) play JIVES, and then play solution (JAUNT, VAUNT or GAUNT as applicable); (if N unmatched) FAULT/VAULT [so play FAVEL]

Question 37

_UD__

Answer 37

Line 1: audio – Line 2: roger – Line 3: (if both Rs are green) RUDER; (if first R is green) RUDDY; (if G and E yellow) BUDGE/FUDGE/JUDGE/NUDGE, so play BANJO; (if only G yellow) PUDGY; (if no matches) MUDDY/BUDDY, so play BUMPH

Question 38

A I and R yellow in first two lines

Answer 38

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rites – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: glove – Line 5: (if G matched) CIGAR; (if V and L matched) VIRAL; (if V alone matched) VICAR; (if no matches) only three possibilities are BRIAR, FRIAR and CIRCA

Question 39

Testing AO yellow on line 1 with only R or N from lines 2-3

Answer 39

Line 1: audio – Line 2: rotes – Line 3: nymph – Line 4: block