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

Wordle 1415 4/6

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SLANT
CREED
FRUIT
TROUT

Wordle 1,416 3/6
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Quick tripp :kangaroo: :yawning_face:

Wordle 1,415 5/6

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HEART
FIRST
BRUNT
GROUT
TROUT

Wordle 1,415 3/6

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YEAST (I don’t really expect QUOIT to be the solution, but it WILL cover the vowels.)
QUOIT (What do you know? And it’s got to be ??OUT.)
TROUT (A birdie is acceptable.)

Wordle 1,415 4/6*

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Summary

LEAST
DIVOT
FOUNT
TROUT

Wordle 1,415 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
TROUT

Wordle 1,415 5/6* 5/4/2025

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PATSY → Good first guess second time
TONER → Not bad. L left of the WoFcons, I can guess it but will need to do so twice
TROLL → but then I free associated into a word that I didn’t think would qualify as a Wordle word, but did
TROCK → at which point I got down to business, realized there must be a second R or T, and figured it must be
TROUT

A bogey, thanks to reading a certain thread here while solving the puzzle. Scoredle takes an interesting path to par, solving each end with the second guess but striking out on filling in the middle until it hits the solution dead on with the fourth guess.

Wordle 1,415 5/6

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ROUSE
FLOUR
PROUD
GROUT
TROUT

Frustratingly slow yet steady progress while inching my way to the bogey.

Wordle 1,416 4/6

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RATIO
LUNES
SHUCK
SHUSH

Wordle 1,416 6/6

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album
upset
slunk
squid
sours
shush

Wordle 1,416 5/6

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Wordle 1,416 5/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,416 3/6*

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ARISE
GLOSS
SHUSH

Even though I got it in 3, I’m not a fan of this as a Wordle word.

Wordle 1416 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
SHUSH

Somewhat surprisingly, the solution was the only word left after 2.

Wordle 1,416 4/6 — 2025-05-05 Mon
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUNDthis leaves only one possibility
SHUSH

Wordle 1,416 4/6

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HEART
SHINY
SHOCK so it’s SHU - - , only word I can think of is…
SHUSH a silly word for this game.

Wordle 1,416 4/6

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PLAIN
COURT
EXUDE
SHUSH

I spent a lot of time staring at my remaining letters for my third guess. Had a lot of trouble finding two-letter combinations that could go before or after the U.

Wordle 1,416 4/6

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YEAST
PRISM
SLUSH
SHUSH

Wordle 1,416 5/6*

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Email
Bongo
Putty
Shuck
Shush

Wordle 1,417 4/6
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Tricksy one :kangaroo: