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

Wordle 1,538 3/6

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:yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

RATIO
LUNES
BLEND

Wordle 1,538 4/6

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AUDIO
DERPY which apparently is actually a word!
BLEED
BLEND

I played it safe, and chose

STEAL

Which resulted in consecutive 4s, a bad start. But hit back with another 2 today, 6th one in the last 8.

A 2 is good!

4 for me today.

Wordle 1,538 4/6 — Thu 04 Sep 2025-09-04
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
BLEND

Wordle 1,538 2/6*

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

Wordle 1,538 4/6*

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Vomit
Pukey
Dress
Blend

Wordle 1538 3/6

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SLANT
BLING
BLEND

Wordle 1,538 4/6

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AUDIO
STYLE
BLEED
BLEND

Wordle 1,538 4/6* 9/4/2025

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FETCH → Slow start. Like to try an A. And another vowel? Naw, three WoFcons instead.
LANES → Struck out on the A. E in the middle? I could double up the L to try to place it with
KNELL → ?LEN?, looks like
BLEND

Scoredle first tries to double up on the known letter, then goes straight to the solution for a birdie. Makes my par look a little pedestrian, but I’ll take it.

Wordle 1,538 4/6

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HEART
SPINE
EMEND
BLEND

Wordle 1,538 3/6*

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SNIDE
DEMON
BLEND

Wordle 1,538 5/6

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RELAY
LOUIE
STELE
FLECK
BLEND

Wordle 1,538 4/6

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:black_large_square::orange_square::orange_square::black_large_square::blue_square:
:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

QUITE
LONER
CLEAN
BLEND

First time the randomizer has given me a Q word, and it basically resulted in a wasted guess.
Things went fairly smoothly from there, however.

Wordle 1,538 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
BLEND

Yup, dumb luck.

Wordle 1,538 2/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:

storm
blend :shaking_face:

Wordle 1,539 3/6

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AUDIO
DIRTY
DRIFT
Easy Peasy.

Wordle 1,539 5/6

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RATIO
TRICE
WRIST
PRINT
DRIFT

Not so easy for me. I thought I was trying good letters.

Wordle 1,539 4/6

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storm
retch
trunk
drift

Wordle 1,539 4/6 — Fri 05 Sep 2025-09-05
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
DRIFTTHIRD had already been used

Wordle 1,539 3/6*

\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[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}