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

Wordle 1,493 5/6

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train
twice
tidal
tipsy
tizzy

Wordle 1,493 5/6*

\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[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 Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

Silly 3rd guess…

Wordle 1,493 5/6 — Mon 21 Jul 2025-07-21
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUNDIt might be fifth fifty kitty titty tizzy witty; previous Wordles have included fifth fifty
TITTY
TIZZY

Wordle 1,493 5/6

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AUDIO
STYLE
MINTY
PITHY
TIZZY

Wordle 1,493 6/6*

:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: BEARD
:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: MOUNT (Almost all the vowels discarded, I bet there’s an Y)
:green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: THICK (ok, we have the first letter and a vowel)
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square: TILLY (Why is the name of a 30 Year’s War general acceptable?)
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square: TIPSY (damn!)
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: TIZZY (phew!)

Wordle 1,493 4/6*

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LEAST
TRUMP
TYING
TIZZY

Wordle 1,493 5/6

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HEART
STOIC
NIFTY
DITZY
TIZZY

Wordle 1493 5/6

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Yes, on 4, I unthinkingly put that T where I knew it didn’t belong. Shoulda had a 4. I blame it on being sick.

SLANT
CHORE
PUTTY
DITZY
TIZZY

Wordle 1,493 4/6

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RELAY (Can’t use all the vowels, but two vowels and two WoFcons is a good second choice.)
NOISY (Pretty sure I know where to place the I, and it’s gonna be trappy. The last WoFcon and no double letters?)
DITZY (That was fortuitous.)
TIZZY (Been a while since I felt this good about a mere par.)

Wordle 1,494 3/6
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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :sparkler: no Ai :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,493 5/6* 7/21/2025

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BLANK → Whiff. I seem to be getting a lot of first-guess whiffs lately
STORE → Still no vowels. I’d like to try two (or three) vowels, but I end up doubling up on the consonants if I do. So let’s double down and go consonant-crazy…
WHIPT → Nada. And with I not in the middle it makes it more likely we have another vowel - probably a Y on the end. Since I need to place the T as well, I’ll try
DITTY → So, TI??Y. And not many consonants left, C F G J M Q V X Z. TIMMY is a proper name. Only word I can see left is
TIZZY

My third guess was a blessing in disguise. Scoredle and I had anagrammatically identical follow-ups, but it hits the 3-4 trap on its third guess and dies without filling it, despite a 50/50 shot on its final guess (and its third guess is a word that I figure will never be seen as an answer in the NYT).

Wordle 1,493 4/6

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ABOUT
LITER
MISTY
TIZZY

Like kaylasdad99, I was thrilled to get this par.
Knowing the T had to go first, that double Z jumped right out at me. Still, I went looking for other options; I briefly wondered if TINGY and TINKY were words, but somehow I didn’t think of doubling the N, which turned out to be fortunate.

Wordle 1,494 5/6

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RATIO
TRUCE
STRUT
BURST
BURNT

I was so sure I had it at four that I ignored my obvious error.

Wordle 1,494 3/6

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AUDIO
QUEST
BURNT

This was quite straightforward.

Wordle 1,494 4/6 — Tue 22 Jul 2025-07-22
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
BURNT

Wordle 1,494 4/6

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SCOPE
TRAIL
RUNTY
BURNT

Another opening whiff and another par.
TRAIN instead of TRAIL would likely have landed me a birdie. Not that noteworthy, except that for some reason I really like using TRAIN in Wordle; this was a prime opportunity, but I overlooked it. :angry:

Wordle 1,494 3/6

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AUDIO
QUEST
BURNT

Wordle 1,494 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[yellow,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 R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1494 3/6

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SLANT
BRUNT
BURNT

Wordle 1,494 3/6*

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LEAST
BIGOT
BURNT