You want pain? Consider COCOA.
Or MYRRH.
Donât try TORGO.
I know it doesnât work. I know.
Disappointed Wordle wonât accept MST3K as a guess.
Now Iâm EVEN MORE SAD that I deleted my Wordle history 
Question: who plays on Hard Mode? Not me, I have two set starting words that cover five vowels and five of the most common consonants. It generally works really well but I couldnât do that on Hard Mode.
Once the NYT Spelling Bee refused to accept that Muppets is a word and I was so offended. That is an insult to my religion, Gonzoism.
BOO-MINUS
That ainât right. That ainât right.
Thereâs a hard mode?
Iâve tried Spelling Bee a few times, but Iâm not willing to pay the NYT for access, so I donât get very far before Iâm kicked off.
I got gifted the NYT games section this year⌠like two weeks before Wordle became the new hotness 
In Wordle Hard Mode, when you get a letter right, you HAVE to keep it. So if you started with SHAME and the last E was green, all your subsequent guesses must have E in the last spot. Or if you have right letter wrong spot, you have to play the letter somewhere else in all subsequent guesses. So my technique â I always start with TRAIN, then LOUSE â would not be allowed unless none of the letters in TRAIN were correct.
Wordle 385 3/6
Almost got it first try.
I donât play it often, but usually try and eliminate as many vowels as possible early, by using either âaudioâ or âadieuâ as the first guess.
I lost the Wordle today, friends. 
It took me all the tries. Had 4 of 5 after 3 and then it was a process of elimination battle.
Thatâs exactly where I failed it! I lost my last two guesses on STEAM and STEAK. 
WHEW
Wordle 385 6/6
Trick I learned but didnât try this time is after guess 3, I should have tried a word that used all (or as many as possible) of the possible letters for position 5. That would have used up guess 4, but it would have given me a better shot at getting in in 5 than just guessing. For example in this case I could have guessed MILKY at 4, and with none of those letters working, that would have left the (I think) only possible letter to guess next.
Wordle 385 4/6
TEARY, BLEAT, STEAK, solution
Currently on a 158 (100%) streak. Iâve always used that same opening word and one day it will get me a one (hopefully). I know itâs not the most optimal but I wonât get caught out by a tricksy âyâ. Wordle is as much about strategy and knowing when to go defensive and âwasteâ a guess on a word you know is wrong but will eliminate letters is important.
Yeah, it forces you to stick with any letters youâve already guessed. It isnât a good idea to use it as eventually youâre bound to lose a game because of it.
Say your first guess is *UMPS with the last four letters being correct. Possible solutions for that are BUMPS, DUMPS, HUMPS, JUMPS, LUMPS, MUMPS, PUMPS, RUMPS and SUMPS. Now, some of those are plurals which the game doesnât seem to use but leaving that aside for a moment there are more options there than there are available guesses. In hard mode thatâs just luck whether you get it or not as you canât eliminate multiple letters with one guess.
Wordle 386 4/6
Wordle 386 4/6
Phew! Got my game back. Todayâs starter word was PLANE since I board one at 10:30 this morning.