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

Wordle 1,446 4/6

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OPERA
LEANT
BEACH
CEASE

I talked myself out of a birdie. Was going to go for LEAST at two, but decided N would be a better choice. Oh well.

Wordle 1,446 4/6

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stale
phase
erase
cease

Wordle 1,446 2/6

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RELAY
CEASE

Wordle 1,447 4/6

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RATIO
LATHE
PATSY
DATUM

Wordle 1,447 4/6

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focal
stare
haunt
datum

Wordle 1,447 4/6 โ€” 2025-06-05 Thu
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
DATUM

Wordle 1,447 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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 A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 1,447 4/6

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slant
chore
patty
datum

Wordle 1447 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
DATUM

Wordle 1,447 4/6

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HEART
STAMP - rats, I already knew A wasnโ€™t #3
MATTY
DATUM

Wordle 1,447 3/6

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AUDIO
GAUDY
DATUM

Wordle 1,447 3/6*

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Summary

LEAST
BATCH
DATUM

Wordle 1,447 3/6

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RELAY
OASIS
DATUM

Wordle 1,447 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
TALLY
DATUM

This took forever. My screen went dark twice while I mulled over possibilities.

Wordle 1,448 3/6
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Wordle 1,447 3/6*

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Older
Daisy
Datum

Wordle 1,447 4/6* 6/5/2025

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CEASE โ†’ Slow start, wasted E. Try A & O and three WoFcons
LORAN โ†’ No help there. Need to try T. I see one word that has it (and I should have tried AUDIT, but first I saw)
AUGHT โ†’ Nothing placed yet. I thought about this one for a long time. Kept trying to keep A & U together, then thought about them separated and saw
DATUM

Took a long time for the answer to hit me. Scoredle also gets a par, with about a 1/2 to 1/4 shot at a birdie (depending on the bogusity of a couple of the 18 words left after its second guess).

Wordle 1,447 3/6

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LOUPE
SUGAR
DATUM

And a nice symmetrical pattern! :blush:

Wordle 1,448 4/6

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STAIN
BRICK
GLIDE
EDIFY

Wordle 1,448 5/6

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RATIO
SHINE
PLIED
DEIFY
EDIFY