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

Wordle 1,514 4/6

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HEART
THINK
BOOTH
SOUTH

Wordle 1,514 3/6* 8/11/2025

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MINTY β†’ That’s something to build on. And, it leads in well to a great first word second
SLATE β†’ Two consonants placed but nary a vowel. There are two left - U and O, and I see a word right off the bat that exercises them both (and a not-bad consonant to boot)
SOUTH

That went very quickly. Scoredle takes a detour through a bogus word and ends up with par.

Wordle 1,514 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SOUTH

Saved by my second go-to word!

Wordle 1,515 3/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: Ai nailed it. :kangaroo:

Watching The Crown and doing this too distracting.

Wordle 1,514 2/6*

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LEAST
SOUTH

Lucky guess!

Wordle 1,514 3/6*

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:white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square: BOAST
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: SOUTH

Wordle 1,514 3/6

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GIANT
STORE
SOUTH

Not much with the opener, but a good second word saves the day.

Wordle 1514 3/6

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SLANT
SMOTE
SOUTH

Wordle 1,514 3/6

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storm
sotto
south

Eeeeeee! Today is the very first day out of over 800 games I get it on my first guess!!!

Might’ve scared the neighbors while I was on the toilet yelling, β€œYESSSSSSSS!!!” :grin: (My apartment door was closed, of course)

Now I need a new starting word!

:sparkler: :+1:

Wordle 1,515 2/6

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AUDIO
NOMAD

My starter made it fairly easy.

Wordle 1,515 3/6

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RATIO
CLOAK
NOMAD

Wordle 1,515 3/6

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ALIEN
TREND
NOMAD

Wordle 1,515 4/6 β€” Tue 12 Aug 2025-07-12
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LEAST
BOUND
PRIVY
NOMAD

Wordle 1,515 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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \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 N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,515 3/6

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AUDIO
BROAD
NOMAD

Wordle 1,515 4/6* 8/12/2025

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SOUTH β†’ One vowel, placed makes it not a bad start. For some reason I got hung up on A rather than E here, which was a good thing as it turned out
MOLAR β†’ and going with M went well, too. So I looked at that, and my remaining WoFcon, and what immediately came to mind was
WOMAN β†’ which led immediately to
NOMAD

Only a par, but then I am an imperfect biological unit. Scoredle gets it in three, and passes up my third guess to sink the birdie.

Wordle 1,515 3/6

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HEART
SANDY
NOMAD