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

Wordle 1,440 3/6

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RATIO
SHALE
QUASH

Wordle 1,440 3/6

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SHINE
CLASH
QUASH

Wordle 1,440 4/6*

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

Wordle 1440 3/6

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SLANT
CRASH
QUASH

Was lucky I didn’t see AWASH after 2 - I’d have probably gone with that over QUASH if I’d seen it.

Wordle 1,440 3/6

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HEART
SHACK
QUASH

Wordle 1,440 3/6

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AUDIO
SUAVE
QUASH

Wordle 1,440 3/6 — 2025-05-29 Thu
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LEAST
CRIMPIt might be abash quash swash; previous Wordles were awash gnash; letters to eliminate are B H Q U W
QUASHlucky guess!

I saw it after 2, but realized it had already been used.

Wordle 1,440 3/6*

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Summary

LEAST
CRASH
QUASH

Wordle 1,440 5/6

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RELAY
UMAMI
QUAFF
QUACK
QUASH

Wordle 1,440 5/6

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ACORN
FEINT
FLASH
SMASH
QUASH

Wordle 1,440 4/6

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LEAST
CRASH
AWASH
QUASH

At three I had AWASH, QUASH, and SMASH, all mutually exclusive. Decided to roll the dice, and started with AWASH to cover the unlikely event of ABASH.

Though I got my par anyway, I realize I got lucky because I’d missed GNASH. A six was possible, and had I seen that, I could have guaranteed the par with SWUNG at three.
Someday I’ll learn. Maybe.

Wordle 1,440 4/6

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mince
stork
bushy
quash

Wordle 1,440 4/6* 5/29/2025

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POLAR → Slow start, add last three WoFcons to an E, scramble and get
STANE → could have been NEATS also. Feel like I need to check A & S repeats, and place that darn S, so I’ll try
AMASS → Nada. So: ??ASC, ??ASK, ??ASH, and I think I need another vowel. played around with I and Y for a while, but when I saw U it just jumped out at me
QUASH
QUASI
was another unseen possibility. Scoredle hits a bit of bad luck, with the last three letters found after three, and a trap right in its face, it guesses to avoid a six and ends up with a bogey.

I play wordle on dictionaryscoop. I’m a little proud of how I got today’s. I’ll spoiler each step I took.

I always begin with LEAST, STEAL, or STALE. Today, I started with LEAST. Not one of those letters is in the solution.

My next guess was FROND because I just like the word and it doesn’t have any letters from LEAST in it. The F, N, and D are in the solution and in the correct positions. The R is not in the solution. The O is in the solution but is in the wrong position.

That gave me F-O-?-N-D for the solution and the only word I could think of which fits is FOUND, which is the correct solution. That’s 3 steps.

Wordle 1,441 4/6

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RATIO
OLIVE
SCION
IDIOM

Wordle 1,441 4/6 — 2025-05-30 Fri
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
IDIOM

Wordle 1,441 4/6*

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

Wordle 1441 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
IDIOM

Joining the crowd of 4s. After 3, the hard part was finding any word that would fit. Turned out there was only one.

Wordle 1,441 4/6

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AUDIO
Three yellows - see if I can get it in two.
DOILY
Nope, but now I know where the I goes. And the O is either after the I or in front, but I can’t think of any O words, so…
IDIOT
Close, but no cigar
IDIOM
Four, just like everyone else!