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

Wordle 1,462 4/6 โ€” 2025-06-20 Fri
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LEAST
CRIMP
TAPED
TAUPE

Damn! That sucks.

Thanks partner pointed out that my fifth guess did not have all the letters I knew โ€ฆduh โ€ฆself inflicted misery. :smiling_face:

Wordle 1462 3/6

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SLANT
TREAD
TAUPE

Tried a new second word for this pair of yellows from my starting word. Worked out pretty well. :slight_smile:

Wordle 1,462 4/6*

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

Wordle 1,462 4/6

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HEART
STAKE
TAKEN whoops, already know no K
TAUPE

Wordle 1,462 3/6

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AUDIO
STYLE
TAUPE

Wordle 1,462 4/6*

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Alive
Skate
Bathe
Taupe

Wordle 1,462 3/6* 6/20/2025

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CURIO โ†’ Not the vowel I was expecting. I think there may be another one, so Iโ€™ll try both A & E
SAUTE โ†’ There are two other ones. TAU?E looks like
TAUPE

Good luck on this one for me. Scoredle had bad luck, though; it duplicated my second guess, but there were two words left for that third guess - and Scoredle chose the wrong one for par.

Wordle 1,462 3/6*

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Summary

LEAST
WATER
TAUPE

Iโ€™ll take that in five
too many choices
Wordle 1,463 5/6
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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :kangaroo: :sleeping_face:

Wordle 1,462 3/6

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SLATE
BATHE
TAUPE

Took a few passes through the alphabet for the answer.

Wordle 1,462 4/6

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ROAST
LATEN
HAUTE
TAUPE

Surprisingly, Scordle takes a six from this start word, so I guess I did OK.

Wordle 1,462 3/6

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RELAY
SPADE
TAUPE

Wordle 1,462 3/6

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stare
lathe
taupe

Wordle 1,463 6/6

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RATIO
SHALE
PLANE
BLAME
CAGED
GLADE

Nasty trap

Wordle 1,463 4/6 โ€” 2025-06-21 Sat
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
GLADE

Wordle 1,463 5/6

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shame
quake
place
blade
glade

Wordle 1,463 5/6

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Wordle 1,463 3/6*

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