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

Wordle 1,435 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \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 E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1435 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
SIEVE
SUEDE

I’m just glad it wasn’t SEGUE, which I didn’t see until afterwards.

Wordle 1,435 4/6 — 2025-05-24 Sat
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
SUEDE

Wordle 1,435 3/6

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AUDIO
CURED
SUEDE

Wordle 1,435 5/6* 5/24/2025

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SHUCK → Not a bad start. I’ll move the U around, mix in a vowel and some WoFcons, and get
SNOUT → Pretty much nothing. Not many words with a terminal U, so I’ll try it in second, with an E and some more vowels, and get
SUPER → So now I need to place the E, and I guess try an A? Here’s a word that does both
SUAVE → No A, and I’m not seeing anything for a while, then I see a word I could have tried last time to place the E, and try it as it’s still valid
SUEDE

Bit of a slog. The last guess was the only word left, so I suppose I’d have gotten it eventually. Scoredle finishes in four, which is better than it does from its own start, where it takes a six. In retrospect, I should have tried the E earlier.

Wordle 1,435 3/6

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RELAY (Vowel hunt!)
LOUIE (That was dumb. Shoulda gone with OUTIE.)
SUEDE (Got the birdie anyway.)

Wordle 1,435 5/6

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ACORN
SLATE
SWIPE
SEGUE
SUEDE

Getting steadily worse as the week goes by.

Wordle 1,435 3/6*

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Summary

LEAST
SCENE
SUEDE

Wordle 1,436 5/6
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Wordle 1,435 5/6

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OUNCE
PURSE
SUITE
SUAVE
SUEDE

Gah. Thought I had it at three; was sure I had it at four. Only three words were left after my second guess, and I used them all!

Wordle 1,435 5/6

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teach
envoy
spike
slide
suede

Wordle 1,436 6/6

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RATIO
TRICK
WRIST
PRINT
DRIFT
GRiFT

Well that was a slog

Wordle 1,436 5/6

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dream
trick
wrist
print
grift

Wordle 1,436 4/6 — 2025-05-25 Sun
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LEAST
CRIMPit’s likely either drift or drift; could possibly be fritt or griot
DRIFTlost another coin toss
GRIFT

Wordle 1,436 6/6

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Wordle 1,436 3/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 1,436 5/6

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RELAY
CURIO
WRING
GRIST
GRIFT

Wordle 1,436 4/6*

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Summary

LEAST
DIVOT
QUIRT
GRIFT

Didn’t think GRIFT would be the answer. It’s too topical in the news! :winking_face_with_tongue:

Wordle 1,436 5/6

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ACORN
SLATE
TRUTH
DRIFT
GRIFT

Joining the rest of the drifty grifters today.

Wordle 1,437 5/6
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