Wordle 850 3/6*
ALONE
APTLY
ADULT
And, out of curiosity:
If U is confirmed, that’s one thing — but if it’s ruled out, is Q?
Wordle 850 3/6
18
1
SLANT
VAULT
ADULT
Guessed wrong at 2, but c’est la vie. There were also FAULT and VALET, but they had already been used.
That’s certainly my assumption, that Q appears only as part of a QU combination - and followed by another vowel, since the QU sound is similar to a KW sound, close enough anyway that it needs a following vowel.
So since QU[vowel] takes up a lot of room in a 5-letter word, you can always ask yourself if there’s a way to fit all that into the solution, given the letters you’ve already got. Very often you can eliminate Q after your first couple of guesses because there just isn’t enough room for the QU[vowel] combo anywhere.
Wordle 850 4/6*
\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}
Wordle 850 3/6
HEART
ABOUT
ADULT
My assumption as well. And nice analysis, RTF. IIRC there have only been a handful of solutions with Q.
Added: according to this site, about 11 of them.
Played late yesterday, to a noisy four:
Wordle 849 4/6
ORATE
PRANK
GRASP
GRAPH
Today:
Wordle 850 3/6
OVINE
SALUT
ADULT
Always nice to get a three after a strikeout. I wasn’t sure SALUT would be a valid guess, but it turned out to be a good one!
That’s right, Q has appeared only 11 times in Wordles 0-849. (Yes, there was a Wordle 0. The solution was CIGAR.)
Wordle 850 3/6
RAISE
ABOUT
ADULT
Wordle 850 3/6
SLATE
ATOLL
ADULT
Wordle 850 5/6* 10/17/2023
GRAPH → Bit of a slow start. Comcons and another vowel - or should I try two? Kinda wish I had six letters for guessing
SALON → Not bad, but still need to place the A. It’s time to guess two vowels, and since Wordle doesn’t like ALITE I’ll try
ALIKE → Placed the A, otherwise a whiff. There’s gotta be a U in there - and only two places left for the L. I don’t feel great about today’s puzzle, so
AWFUL - At least I know where the L goes. Oh, must be
ADULT
I can’t believe I couldn’t find a good word to check the letter T before the end.
In Scrabble, there are valid five-letter words that contain Q without U (tranq and faqir are the only ones I can think of). The complete list of Wordle solutions (past and future) does not contain any such words. Some such words are allowed as guesses in Wordle (including tranq), but will not be solutions.
I’ve always played the game without checking past answers. Only recently I checked that list in the link I shared earlier. But usually I don’t look at it. I just play.
Hah! My turn for an undeserved 2!
Wordle 850 2/6*
IRATE
ADULT
According to WordleBot, there were 64 possible answers after my opening. So this one was pure luck. Also a pretty apt description of my state of mind this morning, for various reasons.
Wordle 850 3/6*
BROKE
FLINT
ADULT
Also mine, as insinuated in my first word.
My 500th in a row!
Wordle 850 3/6
COURT
ASIDE
ADULT
Wordle 850 4/6
SLATE
TOTAL
VAULT
ADULT
Just saw two words it could be after my second guess…I couldn’t decide between the two, so I tossed a coin to decide my fate. Can’t be mad at a coin, can I? 
Wordle 850 3/6*
ARISE
APTLY
ADULT
Wednesday, October 18th
Wordle 851 4/6
PLANT
SCORE
CHEER
MERCY
Felt good about cheer, but I can’t complain about saving par when the opener blanks.
Wordle 851 4/6
RATIO
CRUDE
PERCH
MERCY