# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3)

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**Created:** [November 19, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451 "2024-11-19T10:57:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/335 "2024-12-15T10:06:54Z")

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\color{red}{\text {DAMMIT I BLEW IT!}}

**Wordle 1,275 X/6 — 2024-12-15**  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩  
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛  
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩  
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩  
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩   
 **STARE**  
 **DOILY**  
 **PUNCH** — _I thought it’s highly likely to be (bunny gunny); previously used = **FUNNY** _  
 **BUNNY** — _Damn! That was a wasted attempt. I instead should have identified that it could be: (bungy bunny funky gungy gunky gunny junky); and therefore needed to eliminate/select letters B F G J K; [already used: HUNKY]_  
 **GUNKY** — _okay, now it’s down to (funky junky), 2 words but I only have 1 guess left; so I look at the F words that have previously been used and there have been 77 of them; of the J words previously used there have been only 11 = JAUNT JAZZY JELLY JERKY JIFFY JOINT JOKER JOLLY JOUST JUDGE JUICE; so I’m thinking it’s more likely to be junky, more than funky_  
 **JUNKY** — oof; wrong thought process! It was instead **FUNKY**. _ **Damn!!!** _

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