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

Wordle 1,426 X/6*

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Summary

LEAST
ABODE
FREAK
HAREM
WAGER
PAGER

Dammit.

Wordle 1,426 3/6

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YEAST (Dammit! Again I forget to use my new start word!!)
WATER (Shoulda known better than to try a word with another T.)
EAGER (I somehow don’t feel as though I earned this birdie. So many inattentive mistakes.)

Wow! I don’t think I’ve seen so many fails and ‘phews’ in one day!

Wordle 1,426 3/6

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CRANE
STEAM
EAGER

A really lucky guess, as there were some 40 words to choose from, apparently.

Wordle 1,426 X/6

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VOICE
LEARN
BREAK
GIFTS
WAGER
PAGER

A lot of streaks dying today.
Once I knew it had to be another damn -ER word, there were just too many possibilities left. And the one I didn’t think of was the repeating E.
Possibly my worst wordle performance ever. I wouldn’t have gotten this if I had seven guesses.

I was wondering how badly today’s carnage compared with that for the infamous PARER (Wordle 454).

For PARER, Dopers in this thread reported:

1,2,3: 0
4: 2
5: 2
6: 4
X: 12

One of those X’s was mine.

Today, so far:

So far today, if I’ve counted right, we’re:

1,2: 0
3: 5
4: 2
5: 1
6: 2
X: 5

So not as bad, but still a lot of losses. Wonder what the NYT has said, if anything, about today’s scores.

Wordle 1,427 5/6

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RATIO
STILE
WIDTH
NINTH
FIFTH

Wordle 1,427 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,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 F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned}

And my new streak starts at 1…

Wordle 1,427 5/6 — 2025-05-16 Fri
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
VUGHY
FIFTH

Wordle 1,427 5/6

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RELAY
UNION
VISIT
WIDTH
FIFTH

Wordle 1,427 4/6*

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Music
Inlay
Write
Fifth

Yes, PARER was a carnage. One of those Xs was mine too. If my notes are correct, I have X/6 for 12x since I started playing on 2021-12-24. The other day (EAGER) my streak ended at 150. To date my longest streak was 267, and that ended a year ago when the Wordle was BEVEL.

My 12 Wordle misses since 2021-12-24, with links:

:cross_mark:-12 EAGER Wordle 1,426, X/6 on 15 May 2025; my streak was 150 ➜ "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3) - #2435 by Bullitt
:cross_mark:-11 FUNKY Wordle 1,275 X/6 on 15 Dec 2024 ➜ "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3) - #335 by Bullitt
:cross_mark:-10 SKIER Wordle 1,073, X/6 on 26 May 2024 ➜ "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2) - #7575 by Bullitt
:cross_mark:-9 BEVEL Wordle 1,072, X/6 on 25 May 2024; my streak was 267 ➜ "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2) - #7555 by Bullitt
:cross_mark:-8 FEAST Wordle 523, X/6 on 24 Nov 2022 ➜ "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #7511 by Bullitt
:cross_mark:-7 PINEY Wordle 500, X/6 on 01 Nov 2022 ➜ "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #7059 by Bullitt
:cross_mark:-6 VIGOR Wordle 476, X/6 on 08 Oct 2022 ➜ "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #6642 by Bullitt
:cross_mark:-5 TRICE Wordle 457, X/6 on 19 Sep 2022 ➜ "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #6286 by Bullitt
:cross_mark:-4 PARER Wordle 454, X/6 on 16 Sep 2022 ➜ "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #6193 by Bullitt
:cross_mark:-3 TREAT Wordle 427, X/6 on 20 Aug 2022 ➜ "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #5647 by Bullitt
:cross_mark:-2 FLOCK Wordle 394, X/6 on 18 Jul 2022 ➜ "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #4953 by Bullitt
:cross_mark:-1 CATER Wordle 270, X/6 on 16 Mar 2022; my first streak ended at 81 ➜ "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #2179 by Bullitt

Wordle 1,427 4/6

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HEART
THINK
PITHY
FIFTH

Wordle 1,427 5/6*

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Summary

LEAST
POTTY
WIDTH
MIRTH
FIFTH

I was getting worried it was gonna be a repeat of yesterday!

Wordle 1,427 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
FILTH
FIFTH

Even with three letters on my second guess, I had a hard time coming up with anything.

Wordle 1,427 5/6* 5/16/2025

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EAGER → Whiff. Three WoFcons, I and O coming up
LOINS → That’s… not great. One WoFcon left, and either U or Y. Here’s a word…
TICKY → Not bad. Do I have a second I? Here’s a very odd word…
DIXIT → It actually took it! Well, only two places left for the T to go, and one has an H after it, so after staring at ?I?TH for a while I finally saw
FIFTH

Turns out it was basically the only word left, per Scoredle, but it sure took a lot of time to finally see it. Scoredle also finishes in five.

Wordle 1,427 5/6

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RATIO
INLET
MISTY
WIDTH
FIFTH

Somewhat appropriate that many of us solved on our FIFTH guess today.
Still, not a terribly satisfying comeback after yesterday’s carnage. Though a five is better than a fail any day.

My streak stands at one!!

Wordle 1,427 4/6

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slate
quoth
girth
fifth

Wordle 1,428 4/6

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TABLE
FOUND
SONIC
GROWN

Wordle 1,428 5/6

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RATIO
CLOSE
GROOM
GROUP
GROWN

At least I didn’t lose again.

Wordle 1,428 6/6

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steak
irony
brown
crown
fudge
grown