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

Wordle 1,541 3/6*

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SNIDE
FELON
TENOR

Wordle 1,541 4/6* 9/7/2025

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BULGE β†’ Thought for a second I was gonna whiff. For the second word, I figured A and three WoFcons worked better than trying two vowels, so
NEARS β†’ Placed E is nice. T is still out there, but I saw
HERON β†’ quickly and tried it, and that made me see
TENOR

Curse my quick trigger on the third guess; probably cost me a birdie. Scoredle also gets the par, and a human in its place probably also had a shot at a birdie on its third guess, after getting the key initial with its second.

Wordle 1,541 2/6

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HEART
TENOR

Wordle 1,541 3/6

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RELAY
SERVO
TENOR

Wordle 1,541 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
TENOR

It took me a minute or two to suddenly realize that I had all five letters.

Wordle 1,541 3/6

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SPOKE
LONER
TENOR

Quick and easy birdie today!

Wordle 1,542 3/6

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AUDIO
PRIME
CHIRP

That went quickly.

Wordle 1,542 3/6

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RATIO
SHIRE
CHIRP

Wordle 1,542 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[lime,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ \end{aligned}

Dammit, I accidentally clicked on blurred text for today’s puzzle and saw the answer! No Wordle today, just Quordle, Octordle, and Sedecordle. :face_exhaling: :face_with_tongue:

Ouch. I usually avoid this thread altogether until I’ve played my Wordle.

Wordle 1,542 4/6 β€” Mon 08 Sep 2025-09-08
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
CHIRP

Wordle 1,542 2/6*

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Dirty
Chirp

Wordle 1542 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
CHIRP

Wordle 1,542 2/6

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SPARE
CHIRP

Wordle 1,542 4/6

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HEART
SHORN
WHIRL
CHIRP

Wordle 1,543 4/6

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Wordle 1,542 4/6* 9/8/2025

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TENOR β†’ Second day in a row I thought I had a whiff. Two more WoFcons to try, I’ll add in A & I which gives us
RAILS β†’ Placed I is nice. Move the R over, I’ll try a terminal Y which leads to
GRIMY β†’ R is placed by elimination. Looks like I is the only vowel. Arrange consonants and eventually it comes up as
CHIRP
QUIRK
, however, was also out there, and could have gotten me a bogey (and really ticked me off to boot). Scoredle tries to place the first found letter, gets the first letter of the solution and solves with a birdie.

Wordle 1,542 3/6

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LASER
NITRO
CHIRP

Lots of good eliminations early on. QUIRK was the only other option.

Wordle 1,542 3/6*

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SNIDE
FAIRY
CHIRP

Wordle 1,542 4/6

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RELAY
HOURI
SHIRT
CHIRP