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

Wordle 1452 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
TAFFY

BATTY had already been played; won the mental coin toss between TAFFY and TABBY.

But I had to verify with my wife that I’d won that mental coin toss, because in mid-game, the FTFNYT blocked any further access to the game with an ad for a subscription. Neither my wife nor I could figure out a way around the ad so that I could finish today’s game. Fortunately, I’d already made my first three guesses, so I was down to only a few possibilities for guess #4.

I don’t know whether I’ll be able to access Wordle in the morning, so if I’m not in the thread, you’ll know why.

Wordle 1,453 3/6

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ALIEN
CLAIM
PLAID

Im a lumberjack and Im okay

Wordle 1,453 4/6

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RATIO
SLAIN
CLAIM
PLAID

Wordle 1,453 4/6 — 2025-06-11 Wed
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LEAST
CRIMPit’s either plaid or plain
PLAINI lost the coin toss
PLAID

Wordle 1,453 2/6*

\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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned}

Wow. I’m sure there must’ve been at least several other options..
(I don’t use any lists or tools.)

I too am a lumberjack.

Wordle 1453 3/6

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SLANT
CRIME - dead mean don’t wear…
PLAID

Was able to dig out from under the FTFNYT’s ad in time to play yesterday’s game on my phone last night, so I’m still playing and my streak is officially intact. (Whew.)

Yes. (apart from the working all day bit)

Wordle 1,453 3/6

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AUDIO
RABID
PLAID

Wordle 1,453 3/6

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HEART
SLAIN
PLAID
nice symmetry today

Wordle 1,453 3/6*

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Tenth
Mould
Plaid

Wordle 1,453 4/6

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SLATE
CRIMP
PLAIN
PLAID

Talked myself out of a birdie again. I had PLAIN typed in at two, but got spooked as I kept seeing other words.

Today is Wednesday. I’m off to go shopping and have buttered scones for tea.

Wordle 1,453 4/6

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RELAY
LATCH
ALONG
PLAID

Wordle 1,453 3/6*

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Summary

LEAST
PLAIN
PLAID

Wordle 1,453 3/6

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ACORN
HEIST
PLAID

Talk about dumb luck.

could’ve gone so wrong :scream:
Wordle 1,454 4/6
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Wordle 1,453 5/6* 6/11/2025

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TAFFY → Well, that’s something. Then, I mixed up an agglomeration of three more WoFcons, that A, and an E, and tried a word I didn’t think was valid
SLANE → but it was, so having gotten it, I decided to try something similar with R and I and another consonant
GLAIR → all these bogus guesses today, but at least I made some progress. It’s gotta be consonants the rest of the way, so I’ll try
CLAIM → Nope. What’s next?
PLAID

Turned out I had a 50/50 for par. Ah, well. Scoredle makes par with a tap-in, so much better played by the algorithm today.

Wordle 1,453 3/6

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stare
plank
plaid

Wordle 1,454 4/6

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SHORT
ALIEN
WIZEN
VIXEN

Wordle 1,454 6/6

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RATIO
SHINE
LINEN
WIDEN
GIVEN
VIXEN

Got to go back to being more systematic.

Wordle 1,454 5/6*

\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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ \end{aligned}