Do you cheat at Wordle?

Let me say, unequivocally, that I do not. Cheat at Wordle.

For those unfamiliar with it....wait! Is there really anyone who is unfamiliar with Wordle? Just in case, Wordle is a game that you play once a day. You try to guess a 5-letter word in six tries. Everyone has the same word, so I suppose if you wanted to, you could look up the answer each day before you play. But why would anyone do that? What would be the point?

However, my family seems to think I do. To be fair, they probably think this because I am so terrible at games. I always lose. You can add games to the long list of things I suck at. My family feels comfortable when I lose Wordle. They're used to it. I always lose. But oddly, I'm not as bad at Wordle as I am at other games. Sometimes I win. And they can't handle it. 

For example about a week ago. Well, here's the screenshot of our group Wordle thread, so you can see what happened. 

Shulamith played. Then she left a clue. (A while back, we started leaving clues after we play for the others who haven't played yet. I stopped doing this because I usually play before anyone else, so I never got any clues, and everyone else kept winning!). Anyway, Shulamith played, and then left the following clue: "I should have put on my thinking cap for this one."

I literally read her clue, logged into Wordle, and typed the correct answer in one try: beret. It was the first word that popped into my head. Well, "hat" was the first word I thought of, but "hat" has only three letters. 

Anyway, suddenly the text tread lit up with everyone accusing me of cheating. MY OWN FAMILY! May I share copy/pastes of some of their comments? You'll be stunned!

Eli: You definitely cheated, Mom. No one thinks of that word from "thinking cap."

I protested: "I literally saw her clue, opened Wordle, and typed the answer."

Eli: Still don't believe you...

Shulamith: But it doesn't work like that with this word.

Amanda: Yeah, you 100% cheated.

The next day, it took me six tries, the worst you can do and still not fail.

Me: Isn't anybody gonna accuse me of cheating today?

Eli: I'll let ya slide today...or maybe you purposely got 6 to look innocent...

Amanda: Oh for sure. She's trying to take the heat off of her. 

Seriously? 

Another day I got the word in three tries.

Eli: So Mom cheated, right?

Shulamith: She only cheats on hard words like "beret."

MY OWN FLESH AND BLOOD (plus one who isn't, but it feels like she is). 

So I ask you again, my friends (excluding these three people mentioned above): Do you cheat at Wordle?

Because I definitely do not.