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

Wordle 1,454 5/6 β€” 2025-06-12 Thu
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LEAST
CRIMP
**BOUND **
GIVEN
VIXEN

Wordle 1,454 3/6

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HEART
GIVEN
VIXEN

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AUDIO
STYLE
BRIEF
VIXEN

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Tease
Enjoy
Liven
Vixen

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :kangaroo: :yawning_face:

Wordle 1,454 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
PINED
LINEN
VIXEN

Wordle 1,454 3/6*

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Summary

LEAST
FREED
VIXEN

Wordle 1,454 4/6

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OPIUM
TRAIN
LIVEN
VIXEN

Thought about VIXEN at three but decided using both V and X would be foolish. Oh well.

Wordle 1,454 4/6

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RELAY
OUTIE
MIXED
VIXEN

Wordle 1,454 4/6* 6/12/2025

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PLAID β†’ Not much of a start. My thoughts immediately went to STEIN, but that wouldn’t move the I, so I anagrammed to
INSET β†’ Placed E is nice, I’ll try the three letters I know in the middle three spots (plus the last WoFcon) for
MINER β†’ So N at the end, I see one word that jumps right out at me so I’ll go for it
VIXEN

Scordle places the I with its second guess, but bogs down and ends up with a bogey. Scoredle also liked my first third guess. I hit a 50/50 shot for the par (though if I had seen WIZEN first I could have gone the distance).

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:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: POETS
:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: REALM
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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: VIXEN

Wordle 1,454 4/6

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storm
navel
vined
vixen

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RATIO
SHINE
MIDGE
BILGE

Wordle 1,455 3/6

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STAND
LIVER
BILGE

Wordle 1,455 5/6 β€” 2025-06-13 Fri
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
BIBLE
BILGE

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\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \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 E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

It appears that discourse doesn’t like bold spaces !

Wordle 1455 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
BULGE
BILGE

Looks like I forgot to post yesterday’s.

Wordle 1454 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
VIXEN

BEGIN, GIVEN, and FEIGN had been played, and you never see WIZEN except in its adjectival form, e.g. a wizened old man.

Wordle 1,455 4/6

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HEART
EBONY
BIBLE
BILGE

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AUDIO
STYLE
BILGE

I’m on an iPhone and sometimes spaces are inserted and I don’t catch it.