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

Wordle 1,398 5/6

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YEAST (Need vowels. And I think there’ll be an ST in there.)
GUSTO (I still think an ST is there.)
STORK (Hmm. STOO?, perhaps?)
STOOP (FUCK!)
STOOD (Guess I’m eatin’ a bogey.)

(My apologies to any Brits doing Wordle with their tea.)

Wordle 1,398 4/6

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STALE
CORGI
STOMP
STOOD

At least I was fortunate enough to reveal the trap right at the outset. No way I was staying in hard mode for this one! (With apologies and condolences to @psychobunny, who did.)

Wordle 1,398 6/6

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alien
storm
stout
stock
stoop
stood

Wordle 1,399 3/6

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RATIO
SHIRE
DIRGE

Had a lot of trouble coming up with anything for a third guess. My streak is now at one.

Wordle 1,399 5/6

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Wordle 1,399 4/6

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story
river
miner
dirge

Wordle 1,399 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1399 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
EERIE
DIRGE

Wordle 1,399 4/6*

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Outed
Delay
Drive
Dirge

Wordle 1,399 4/6

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HEART
LONER
BREED
DIRGE

Wordle 1,399 5/6

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PLACE - got the E, try some other vowels
HOUSE - no help, try the I
WRITE - ok, that helps
RIDGE- all five letters, swap the two in the wrong spot
DIRGE - bingo!

Wordle 1,399 5/6 β€” 2025-04-18 Fri
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND β€” It might be direr dirge diver wider; letters to eliminate are β€” D G V W
WIDER
DIRGE

Wordle 1,399 3/6

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STAIR
RIFLE
DIRGE

Only (real) word left after two, for an easy tap-in birdie.

I used to get a few free Wordlebot analyses each month, but NYT seems to have put a stop to that. I’d like to know what the bot thinks of my second word, which took me a while to settle on. Scoredle went with BRINE on its way to a birdie as well, but it got luckier, choosing from three remaining legit words.

Wordle 1,399 3/6*

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Summary

LEAST
CRUDE
DIRGE

Wordle 1,399 4/6

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YEAST (Vowels, please.)
LOUIE (Now WoFcons.)
NIECE (Are you SURE no more WoFcons?)
DIRGE (No, I’m not sure at all. Which is good enough for a par.)

Wordle 1,399 3/6* 4/18/2025

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STOOD β†’ A D. That’s nice. Looked a while for words with A & E and two WoFcons; then swapped I for the E and tried
DRAIN β†’ So that was a good swap. With three letters I can try an E, then be a little more flexible about the last consonant, but it still took a night’s rest for me to see
DIRGE
Having a D
two days in a row was vital for this birdie. Still, the third guess was one-in-three lucky. Scoredle gets four, placing the D with its second guess, then a good third guess makes the par a tap-in.

Yeah, I don’t get that about β€œstreaks.” Losing streaks are streaks, too, aren’t they? Or maybe just in professional sports.

Wordle 1,399 3/6

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Spin the wheel of Dumb Luck and eventually you get lucky.

CRANE
HOIST
DIRGE

Wordle 1,400 4/6

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CRANE
MINTY
BISON
INBOX

Wordle 1,400 3/6

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RATIO
DOILY
INBOX

Another one where I was sure there had to be more options but just couldn’t find any.