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

Wordle 1,518 5/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :tired_face: :kangaroo: Ai!

Wordle 1,517 3/6* 8/14/2025

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KEFIR → Wow, placed K right off the bat. That’s a
stroke of luck. I can try to place the E (and take two WoFcons) with
KNEES → LT or double L? I’ll try double L this time
KNELL
KNEAD
was also a possibility, but I think I had no worse than a par in that case. The early placed rarer consonant had a lot to do with it. Scoredle takes a similar tack on its second guess, which leaves it with a tap-in birdie.

Wordle 1,517 4/6

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CHOSE
INTER
ENEMY
KNELL

I fiddled around with ANE- and UNE- for a bit, but of course there was nothing.
Could also have been KNEAD, but I saw KNELL first. Happy with a par after that slow start.

Wordle 1,517 5/6

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storm
peach
binge
unwed
knell

Wordle 1,518 4/6

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AUDIO
KNEEL
BEVEL
LEVEL

Wordle 1,518 3/6

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RATIO
LUNES
LEVEL

Wordle 1,518 4/6 — Fri 15 Aug 2025-08-15
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LEAST
BOUND
PRIVYit’s either levee or level, so flip a coin…
LEVEL

Wordle 1,518 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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 M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \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}
Bugger. Saw LEVEL first, but for some reason I went with LEFTY.
Silly boy.

Wordle 1518 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
LEVEL

By #4, having come up empty in my search for more consonants, I was just trying to place the L and E. I was surprised to find it hadn’t been used yet.

Wordle 1,518 5/6*

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Orbit
Guess
Chafe
Jelly
Level

Wordle 1,518 2/6*

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LEAST
LEVEL

My stomach fluttered when the first two letters came up, thinking this might be the day!

Wordle 1,519 5/6
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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: Ai assist :person_shrugging: :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,518 3/6* 8/15/2025

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KNELL → Hmm. A second L. Very interesting. Time to take WoFcons out of my strategy and start looking for out-and-out solves. I would like to try at least one other vowel, so
LABEL → That other vowel is not a double E, but it might be a second E… LE?EL would be
LEVEL

Scoredle makes the exact same guesses as I do, so I got that going for me. From its own start, Scoredle scores a two, so that oughta keep my head from getting too swelled.

Wordle 1,518 4/6

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HEART
PEONY
LEVEE
LEVEL

Wordle 1,518 3/6

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AUDIO
STYLE
LEVEL
Lucky guess - I thought I’d see if there was a double E or a double L.

Wordle 1,518 3/6

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RELAY
LEGIT
LEVEL

You didn’t blur your answers, but I found your last two guesses to be amusing as there used to be a surveyor’s instrument called a dumpy level.

As for me:

Wordle 1,518 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
BELLY
LEVEL

Wordle 1,518 4/6

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GUEST
LINER
LOVED
LEVEL

If ChatGPT is correct, this is the 5th palindromic Wordle answer.
The others were CIVIC (#96), MADAM (#387), KAYAK (#671), and REFER (#1126).

Wordle 1,518 4/6

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storm
navel
bevel
level

Glad you found that juxtaposition amusing! I learned something new today.

But I’m still seeing my answers as blurred.