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

Wordle 1,532 5/6*

:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square: YEARN
:white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: CLAIR
:green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: GRASS
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square: GRAFF (dumb dumb dumb, GRAFT was right there!)
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: GRAFT

Wordle 1,532 4/6

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HEART
CRAFT
DRAFT
GRAFT

Wordle 1,532 4/6

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RELAY
ARGON
GRASS
GRAFT

Wordle 1,532 3/6*

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LEAST
DRAFT
GRAFT

So close to back-to-back 2’s! :unamused_face:

Wordle 1,532 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
DRAFT
CRAFT
GRAFT

Why yes, I am a moron.

Wordle 1,532 4/6* 8/29/2025

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SPLIT → Looked like a whiff, then a nice green letter. For the second, I forgot I had already eliminated the S and went
REAST → Two good letters, at least. Trying to get the N this time, I saw
GRANT → If only F was WoFcon
GRAFT

A lucky third guess makes up for a second-guess mistake. Scoredle has an outstanding second guess, but misses a 50/50 putt for birdie.

Wordle 1533 6/6
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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :zany_face: :kangaroo:
Ai assisted

Wordle 1,533 6/6

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Wordle 1,533 3/6

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RATIO
STALE
ELATE

AUDIO
FRAME
GLAZE
ELATE

Wordle 1,533 5/6

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storm
petal
lathe
acute
elate

Too bad they don’t keep better stats, just got my at least second hat-trick of 2s.

Wordle 1,533 4/6*

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

Wordle 1533 2/6

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SLANT
ELATE

PLATE had already been used.

Same here, and that’s why I keep my own stats. I had my other hat trick of deuces in Wordle 822-824 with CLOSE-SNARE-STONE. (Several of us got that triple, IIRC.)

Wordle 1,533 6/6

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AUDIO
SPARE
FLAME
GLAZE
TACKY
ELATE
Started running out of guesses, figured I’d better use #5 to eliminate some letters. I had actually thought about ELATE way up at guess #3. Argh.

The last time I got a 2 was way back on 04 Jun when Wordle 1,446 2/6 was CEASE.

Wordle 1,533 2/6 — Fri 30 Aug 2025-08-30
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LEASTit might be elate plate thale; previous Wordles have included plate; possible remaining are elate thale
ELATE
I’ll take it again!

Wordle 1,533 3/6*

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Tonal
Later
Elate

Wordle 1,533 4/6

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RELAY
SALVE
PLANE
ELATE

Wordle 1,533 4/6* 8/30/2025

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GRAFT → Great lead-in for the quintessential first guess second
SLATE → Oh, must be
PLATE → Darn. After a twenty second burst of thought I came up with
ELATE

Am I happy with a par or miffed that I didn’t birdie? I think more the latter. Scoredle finishes with that birdie, passing up two legit words to do so. Congratulations, algorithm!

Wordle 1,533 5/6

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THREW
LEANT
STALE
PLATE
ELATE

Sheesh. Just kept sliding letters around until they finally fell into place.