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

Wordle 1,436 4/6

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HOUSE
TRAIN
DRIFT
GRIFT

Joining the DRIFT/GRIFT club.
Could have been a lot worse after that opening whiff.

Wordle 1436 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DRIFT
GRIFT

The solution is a word for our times, innit?
After 2, saw FRUIT, DRIFT, and GRIFT; missed seeing BRUIT, and I’d have gotten a 5 if that had been the solution.

Wordle 1,437 4/6 — 2025-05-26 Mon
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
DRONE

Wordle 1,437 6/6

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scope

wrote
broke
erode
drove
drone

Wordle 1,437 4/6

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RATIO
PROSE
CRONE
DRONE

Wordle 1,437 3/6*

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Wordle 1437 3/6

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SLANT
GRODY
DRONE

FROND had already been used.

Wordle 1,437 3/6

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AUDIO
STYLE
DRONE
I should have gone with my first instinct. I thought of using DRONE as my second guess but used STYLE to include the Y and more common consonants, which didn’t help.

Wordle 1,437 4/6

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REL;AY
OURIE
SPORE
DRONE

Wordle 1,437 3/6

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ACORN
FRONT
DRONE - Almost went with prong, wrong, etc.

Legit shot at eagle
and guessed wrong :cry:
Wordle 1,438 3/6
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Wordle 1,437 2/6*

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Summary

LEAST
DRONE

DRONE is one of my favorite second words. I got lucky!

Wordle 1,437 3/6

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AROSE
BUNDT
DRONE

A really lucky start word! But lately I’ve gotten burned by playing too quickly. So after almost typing in DRONE at two, I decided to take a step back, list out my options, and choose a smart sleuth word. Which was of course the right strategy, but going with my first instinct would have scored me an eagle! Go figure.

Wordle 1,437 4/6

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HEART
LOSER
PROVE
DRONE

Wordle 1,438 5/6

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RATIO
SHORE
SHORT
SNORT
SPORT

Got caught in the mini trap and was just unlucky.

Sorry. Second word was actually

STORE

Wordle 1,438 4/6*

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Wordle 1,438 3/6 — 2025-05-27 Tue
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LEAST
CRIMP
SPORT

Wordle 1438 2/6

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SLANT
SPORT

First 2 in nearly a month! As always, a lot of luck involved in a 2 - there were nine or ten unused possibilities.

Wordle 1,438 5/6

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RELAY
CURIO
WORTH (Stupid!)
TROMP
SPORT