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

Wordle 1,445 4/6

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RELAY
QUAIL
AVOID
ADMIN

Wordle 1,445 3/6* 6/3/2025

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PREEN → Let’s try A & I and two of the remaining three WoFcons, along with that terminal M that constrains us, so
STAIN → Two spots for that A. I was thinking about it in second (along with an L, but LAPIN was already out) and then SunSon looked over my shoulder and said
ADMIN

Scoredle also gets a birdie, but has a much luckier chip-in; with at least seven nonbogus answers, it goes right to the correct one.

Someone who submits “PURTY” as a real word has a lot of nerve complaining about “real words” (although I find myself also giving a side-eye to the app that accepts it as an entry).

I was sure it was not going to accept it!, I was only jokingly submitting it! I’m ashamed! I’m not worthy! not worthy!

Absolution granted.

The Scoredle app accepts it as a guess because it is on Josh Wardle’s list of 14,855 words that are acceptable as guesses. It’s not the app’s fault - blame it on Wardle!

‘Purty’ is Southern/rural slang, meaning ‘pretty’ of course. As such, I’d say it’s more of a ‘real’ word than ‘admin’ which AFAICT hardly ever shows up in print. Not only is the latter an abbreviation or shorthand or whatever, it’s largely a spoken one at that, at least IME.

Wordle 1,445 3/6

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AISLE
ANTIC
ADMIN

I got so stuck that I actually stepped away and came back a few hours later. Didn’t help. I stared and stared until I finally spotted the “No, that can’t actually be a word” word.

The only other legit possibility was AGAIN, which I definitely would have put in had I seen it first, so good thing I didn’t.

Wordle 1,445 4/6

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poach
ankle
axing
admin

Wordle 1,446 2/6 — 2025-06-04 Wed
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LEAST
CEASE

Wordle 1,446 4/6

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RATIO
SHALE
USAGE
CEASE

Wordle 1,446 3/6

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LATER
BEACH
CEASE

Wordle 1446 3/6

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SLANT
CRASH
CEASE

Wordle 1,446 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \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 E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,446 3/6

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HEART
LEAVE
CEASE

Wordle 1,446 5/6

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AUDIO
PAYER
LEGAL
TEACH
CEASE

Wordle 1,446 3/6*

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:green_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: COALS
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: CEASE

No dubious or disreputable words this time.

Wordle 1,446 2/6*

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Summary

LEAST
CEASE

Only one word left to choose, so Wordlebot said!

Wordle 1,446 4/6* 6/4/2025

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ADMIN → Well, that’s something. A good first guess second, coming up
STARE → That was… really good. One WoFcon left - an L - and to exercise it I’ll need to double up on the E, which seems appropriate
LEASE → Ah, so close. Unless it’s PEASE (as in porridge hot…)
CEASE

Scoredle does give my alternate final guess as a possible, but c’mon! It doubles up on the one letter present on its second guess, and ends up with a 50-50 for par (which it sinks).

Wordle 1,447 4/6
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Keeping streak going :kangaroo: :yawning_face:

Wordle 1,446 3/6

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CRANE
CHASE
CEASE - Weird that the word ‘cease’ didn’t look like a real word in my brain