Lucky you! I had to choose from daunt, gaunt, haunt, jaunt and vaunt!
I like your trick for narrowing it down, though!
Wordle 1,117 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩SHIRT
⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜DANCE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩GAUNT
I mostly got lucky, but at least I'd inadvertently eliminated DAUNT and HAUNT.
Connections
Puzzle #395
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟦🟪🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟦
🟪🟪🟦🟪
🟦🟪🟪🟦
Not so lucky here, though.