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

[MrDibble]

Wordle 1,480 4/6

AUDIO
DRAPE
DREAM
DREAD

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,480 5/6

RATIO
SHARE
CLEAR
DREAM
DREAD

[SuntanLotion]

Wordle 1,480 4/6

CATER
READY
DREAM
DREAD

[pjd]

Wordle 1,480 3/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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 D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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 D} \\ \end{aligned}

[Shoeless]

Wordle 1,480 4/6

AUDIO
STYLE
DREAM
DREAD

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,480 4/6 — 2025-07-08 Tue




LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
DREAD

[Frodo]

Wordle 1,480 4/6*

PLEAS
TREAT
DREAM (damn!, so close)
DREAD

[Chefguy]

Wordle 1,480 4/6

CRANE
TREAT
DREAM
DREAD

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,480 4/6* 7/8/2025

STILT → Whiff. Two WoFcons left, plus A & E and another consonant, gives
RAMEN → That’s looking better. Try a Y, with another consonant?
WEARY → No help, and nothing placed. One word came immediately to mind, so even with a repeat letter, I’ll just shoot from the hip and try
DREAD

Boy was I lucky. Scoredle shows seven nonbogus possibles, including the [BCF]REAK sequence that might have been my undoing. Scoredle’s more methodical approach doesn’t have that kind of risk, but could have gone the distance if it hadn’t made, like me, the lucky guess for par.

[chela]

Wordle 1,480 3/6*

Reset
Freak
Dread

[Wheelz]

Wordle 1,480 4/6

PLACE
WHEAT
DREAM
DREAD

Joining the DREAM-DREAD club. Could also have been DREAR.

[Rebo]

Wordle 1,480 3/6*

LEAST
AMEND
DREAD

[kaylasdad99]

Wordle 1,480 4/6

RELAY
SWEAR
TREAD
DREAD

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,481 4/6

RATIO
SHORE
FELON
NOVEL

[MrDibble]

Wordle 1,481 4/6

AUDIO
OCHRE
POESY
NOVEL

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,481 4/6 — 2025-07-09 Wed




LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
NOVEL

[SuntanLotion]

Wordle 1,481 3/6

SLINK
PANEL
NOVEL

[pjd]

Wordle 1,481 6/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,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 T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,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 L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned}

[Chefguy]

Wordle 1,481 5/6

CRANE
HOIST
BONEY
WOVEN
NOVEL

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,481 4/6* 7/9/2025

DREAD → Not a lot to start on. Add an O and three WoFcons, why didn’t I see NOTES first?
SETON → More letters, unplaced. One WoFcon left to try, if I put the known letters at the end, add that L, I can try
CLONE → I played around for a while with possible placements, given the constraints, and finally figured that NO?EL was what I wanted since that was
NOVEL

Scoredle also finishes with par, and we both had just one word left after three guesses. Very different routes to converge back on the same word.