Typical Wordle: 2 vowels (counting Y as the sixth vowel), 1 compound (ex KN)/paired consonant (ex NN)
Today’s Wordle: STRAP (A-Typical)

NYT WordleBot average score: 3.5 (per Marc McLaren*)
WordleGuru score:  4 ☹

Seed Word: ALTER: the first word of the triad – ALTER/SONIC/PUDGY.

2^nd Word: SONIC: the second word of the triad. [spacer height=”20px”]
Reason for selection: Typical Wordle word has 2 vowels; the seed word revealed only 1 vowel.
What we learned: 6 possible answers, including 2 sets of orthographic neighbor words – [STARK, START/SMART], [STRAP, STRAW, STRAY]
Next step: Time to deploy the EnotE© strategy.

3^rd word (Elimination word): WIMPY: could not come up with one word to eliminate 5 of the 6 possibilities.  The second-best alternative – WIMPY
What we learned:  WIMPY led to the answer – STRAP.
Had WIMPY not worked: We would have had to decide between START and STARK as the 4^th guess.  The score could have been a 5, if the first choice between START and STARK was not the target word.

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*The WordleBot score I refer to comes from Tom’s Guide by Marc McLaren.  Marc writes his post at around 7 AM U.K. time.
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