You want pain? Consider COCOA.
Or MYRRH.
Donāt try TORGO.
I know it doesnāt work. I know.
Disappointed Wordle wonāt accept MST3K as a guess.
Now Iām 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 couldnāt 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 aināt right. That aināt right.
Thereās a hard mode?
Iāve tried Spelling Bee a few times, but Iām not willing to pay the NYT for access, so I donāt get very far before Iām kicked off.
I got gifted the NYT games section this yearā¦ 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 ā I always start with TRAIN, then LOUSE ā would not be allowed unless none of the letters in TRAIN were correct.
Wordle 385 3/6
Almost got it first try.
I donāt play it often, but usually try and eliminate as many vowels as possible early, by using either āaudioā or āadieuā 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.
Thatās exactly where I failed it! I lost my last two guesses on STEAM and STEAK. 
WHEW
Wordle 385 6/6
Trick I learned but didnāt 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. Iāve always used that same opening word and one day it will get me a one (hopefully). I know itās not the most optimal but I wonāt get caught out by a tricksy āyā. Wordle is as much about strategy and knowing when to go defensive and āwasteā a guess on a word you know is wrong but will eliminate letters is important.
Yeah, it forces you to stick with any letters youāve already guessed. It isnāt a good idea to use it as eventually youāre 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 doesnāt seem to use but leaving that aside for a moment there are more options there than there are available guesses. In hard mode thatās just luck whether you get it or not as you canāt eliminate multiple letters with one guess.
Wordle 386 4/6
Wordle 386 4/6
Phew! Got my game back. Todayās starter word was PLANE since I board one at 10:30 this morning.