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

The Game Room
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Regular plurals (formed by -S or -ES suffixes) are never Wordle solutions. ATRIA, for example, is a Wordle solution. FLORA/FAUNA. FUNGI. Also, 3rd person singular regular verbs are not solutions. Otherwise, S in the last space would be the most common Wordle play around.

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Wordle 1,490 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

HEART
BROIL
LORIS
Solved ONLY by virtue of trying many possibilities that were not in the word list.

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Yes, thanks for the clarification of my post!

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Wordle 1,490 4/6

:white_large_square::blue_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::orange_square::blue_square::blue_square::white_large_square:
:blue_square::orange_square::white_large_square::orange_square::white_large_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

CRANE
HOIST
SONIC - I knew it couldn’t be this, but couldn’t come up with. . .
LORIS

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Wordle 1,490 3/6

:yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RELAY
LURID
LORIS

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Some information on this…
I used today’s word in a post on a different topic about 3 weeks ago (you can search if you don’t believe me) I knew back then what the word would be today.
Wordlebot has a list of words that it considers possible answers. The starting word is the word it comes up with as the best word to solve the possible answers.
Occasionally, they will update the list of possible answers. That may cause the starting word to change.
If the NYT did put a word that isn’t on the possible answers it would break Wordlebot, it would just spin..
On Thursday Wordlebot made some minor changes to the possible answer list. This is why the starting word changed.

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Wordle 1,490 4/6

:blue_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::blue_square::blue_square::blue_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::blue_square::blue_square::orange_square::blue_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

OCEAN
PILOT
BROIL
LORIS

I’m honestly surprised that so many Dopers have never heard of lorises.

Turns out it was the only possible word left for me at four. I started rearranging the letters I had, and when I hit on LORIS it raised a smile! :blush:

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Wordle 1,491 4/6

:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RATIO
SHORE
SWORN
SWORD

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Wordle 1,491 3/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

AUDIO
DRONE
SWORD

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Wordle 1,491 4/6 — Sat 19 Jul 2025-07-19
:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
LEAST
CRIMP
BLIND
SWORD

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Wordle 1,491 4/6

:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

TRADE
DRILL
GOURD
SWORD

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Wordle 1,491 2/6*

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

:red_exclamation_mark:

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Wordle 1491 3/6

:green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

SLANT
CHORE
SWORD

Could’ve also been SPORK.

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Wordle 1,491 3/6

:black_large_square::black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::yellow_square:
:green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

AUDIO
STYLE
SWORD

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Wordle 1,491 3/6*

:black_large_square::yellow_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::black_large_square::green_square::black_large_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

Asked
Snood
Sword

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Wordle 1,491 5/6*

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

LEAST
BISON
SMOKY
SWOOP
SWORD

Grr.

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Wordle 1,491 4/6

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square:
:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

HEART
GOURD
FJORD
SWORD

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Wordle 1,491 3/6

:yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RELAY
HOURI
SWORD

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Wordle 1,491 4/6

:white_large_square::blue_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square:
:white_large_square::blue_square::white_large_square::blue_square::white_large_square:
:orange_square::white_large_square::orange_square::white_large_square::blue_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

CRANE
HOIST
SCOUR - I really need to pay closer attention to used letters.
SWORD

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Wordle 1,491 4/6

:black_large_square::blue_square::blue_square::black_large_square::black_large_square:
:orange_square::black_large_square::orange_square::orange_square::black_large_square:
:orange_square::black_large_square::orange_square::orange_square::black_large_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

MORAL
STORE
SCORN
SWORD

I found all of the possible S_OR_ words except SWORN, which is probably what I would have gone with had I seen it, which would have led me to the par anyway. So it’s all good.