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

Wordle 1,528 3/6

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RELAY
HOURI
MIRTH

Wordle 1,529 5/6
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Wordle 1,528 X/6

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CRANE
HOIST
FILTH
WIDTH
GIRTH
BIRTH

What an idiot. I forgot that I had the ‘R’ until it was way too late.

Wordle 1,528 5/6* 8/25/2025

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SPORE → Kinda slow start I, A and two more WoFcons with
TRIAL → It’s starting to come together. With the I not in the middle, I’m a bit worried about a second vowel. I don’t think RITTY is a word, but I would like to try the Y, so
DIRTY → Interesting. ?IRTH seems likely, but BGM.. oh, and F, so… I think I need to dive into the trap and take my 1/4 shot at a loss.
BIRTH → Not that
MIRTH
GIRTH
was going to be my last guess, on the grounds that it’s more common than the remaining one, though that might not be true in Britain. With 41 possibles including nine nonbogus, Scoredle somehow makes a birdie. My hat’s off to the algorithm.

Wordle 1,528 3/6*

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LEAST
THORN
MIRTH

Wordle 1,528 4/6*

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Freed
Churl
Horst
Mirth

Wordle 1,529 5/6

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AUDIO
AMPLE
ASKEW
ANGER
ANNEX

Trickier today.

Wordle 1,529 3/6

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RATIO
SHALE
ANNEX

Would not normally go for a random double letter and an X but couldn’t come up with anything else.

Wordle 1529 3/6

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SLANT
ACORN
ANNEX

Could’ve also been ANIME or APNEA.
Tried ACORN at 2 without even considering whether it had been used before (turns out it had), just looking for a word to narrow down where the A and N were, and use some of the Speedwagon letters (R,E,O :grin: ). Don’t know if it’s an ideal choice, but I struck gold this time with the green A, which narrowed the possibilities way down.

Wordle 1,529 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,529 4/6

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AUDIO
STYLE
AMBER
ANNEX

Wordle 1,529 4/6

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HEART
SPEAK
AGILE
ANNEX

Wordle 1530 2/6
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Wordle 1,529 5/6 — Tue 26 Aug 2025-08-26
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LEAST
BOUND
PRIVYit might be annex enema mange waken waxen; previous Wordles have included enema; possible remaining are annex mange waken waxen; letters to eliminate are X M G W K
WAKEN
ANNEX

Wordle 1,529 3/6*

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LEAST
AMEND
ANNEX

My second word was inspired, leaving only three words left. ARENA, ANNEX and APNEA.

Wordle 1,529 4/6

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RELAY
AMAZE
ASPEN
ANNEX

Wordle 1,529 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
PANEL
ANNEX

Wordle 1,529 4/6* 8/26/2025

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MIRTH → Whiff. E, A and the last three WoFcons
LEANS → Pretty productive. But now where do they go? ?ANE? but no R means maybe terminal D, but that’s usually not a Wordle word. Though I can exercise a D at the start by moving E to the end, so
DANCE → Placed the N. But now where do the vowels go? Toyed around with this for a while until I saw how to put the E next-to-last with
ANNEX
APNEA
was also a possibility, so a 50/50 for par. Scoredle’s guess was an anagram of mine, but with better placement, so its par was a tap-in.

Actually, you also ruled out ARENA.

Wordle 1,529 4/6

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MAYOR
PLANE
ASHEN
ANNEX

Sat on this one for half a day before it occurred to me to double the N.