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

Wordle 1,505 4/6

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storm
kempt
drift
daunt

Wordle 1,505 2/6

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AUDIO
DAUNT

My starter made this rather easy.

Wordle 1,505 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \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 N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 1,505 3/6 β€” Sat 02 Aug 2025-08-02
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LEAST
BOUND
DAUNT

Wordle 1505 2/6

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SLANT
DAUNT

Wordle 1,505 4/6

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AUDIO
SQUAD
FLYER
DAUNT

Tried to go for two but whiffed. Thought about DAUNT on three but for some reason I thought it had already been used recently, so I tried something with an E and Y. I couldn’t come up with anything else so I played it and that turned out to be it.

Wordle 1,505 3/6

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Wordle 1,506 4/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :sparkler: no Ai :innocent:

Wordle 1,505 5/6

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HEART
PAINT
TAUNT
JAUNT
DAUNT

Wordle 1,505 4/6

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RELAY
MIAOU
KAPUT
DAUNT

Wordle 1,505 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
TAUNT
DAUNT

Wordle 1,505 3/6

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TRADE
AUDIT
DAUNT

The D kept me from falling into the old _AUNT trap, paving the way for a fairly easy birdie.

Wordle 1,505 X/6* 8/2/2025

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BANJO β†’ OK not a bad start. I’ll try what I have with two more WoFcons, and a… Y, I think
NASTY β†’ I suspect there’s still another vowel out there. First one I see is a U, so I’ll try that
VAUNT β†’ Oh no, not this trap again. Wish I could remember what it was last time.
TAUNT β†’ Not that.
GAUNT β†’ Or that.
HAUNT

And so I end up like a U.S. WWII carrier dive bomber. Scoredle gets a birdie. A very frustrating day of Wordle.

Wordle 1505 4/6*

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: WEARY
:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square: BOAST (Stupid choice, already knew the A didn’t go there)
:green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square: DAVIT (I knew it was a word, somehow, it’s a ship’s crane)
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Wordle 1,505 2/6*

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LEAST
DAUNT

What? Total luck!

Wordle 1,506 4/6 β€” Sun 03 Aug 2025-08-03
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LEAST
BOUND
PRIVY
LUMPY

Wordle 1,506 3/6

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storm
clamp
lumpy

Wordle 1,506 3/6

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AUDIO
PRUNE deliberate guessing word here, just to get the E and R out of the way.
LUMPY

Wordle 1,506 3/6*

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Bosom
Melty
Lumpy

Wordle 1,506 4/6*

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