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

CHAIN
CHAIR

Wordle 1,545 4/6

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POUTY
DRAIN
FLAIR
CHAIR

I started with POUTY because it was in today’s mini crossword, and sometimes I see the same word in different puzzles on the same day. So I gave it a shot.

LOL I just noticed POUTY was yesterday’s word! :man_facepalming:

Wordle 1,545 4/6

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HEART
BRASH
HOARD what a stupid third guess
CHAIR

Wordle 1,546 4/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: Ai assist :zany_face: :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,545 3/6*

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SNIDE
BROIL
CHAIR

Wordle 1,545 3/6

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RELAY
AMOUR
CHAIR

Wordle 1,545 4/6* 9/11/2025

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POUTY → Whiff. Need a good first word second here
REALS → OK, not bad. Could be just an A, but I is still out there, so I should try it along with the last WoFcon. I’ll trust the B here
BRAIN → Now that I know where the F should go, I should not have trusted the B
CHAIR

My guesses are not identical to Scoredle’s but they are amazingly parallel in terms of the letters they find and their placement. Naturally, we both finish with that tap-in par.

Wordle 1,545 3/6

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CRANE
CHART
CHAIR

Really thought I had a two.

Wordle 1,545 3/6

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WHITE
CHOIR
CHAIR

Starting word left only CHOIR, CHAIR, and CHAIN - any of which eliminates one of the other two - or KHAKI, the only one not starting with C. So I was basically guaranteed a birdie or better. CHOIR was the first one I saw, but I didn’t beat the 1/4 odds. Oh well.

Wordle 1,545 4/6

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storm
barge
prawn
chair

Wordle 1,545 3/6*

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:green_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::green_square: CIGAR
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And the words for the two days before that were CHIRP TRICK, which sounds like an avian parody of a certain late 1970s-1980s band.

Wordle 1,546 5/6

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AUDIO
POESY
GROOM
THROW
THROB

Wordle 1,546 5/6

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RATIO
TROPE
TORCH
THROW
THROB

Wordle 1,546 4/6 — Fri 12 Sep 2025-09-12
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRYit might be broth froth throb throw; previous Wordles include broth froth throw; possible remaining is throb
THROB

Wordle 1,546 3/6*

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

Wordle 1,546 4/6

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storm
north
throw
throb

Wordle 1546 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
THROB

THROW had already been used.

Wordle 1,546 4/6*

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Odium
Spook
Bacon
Throb

Wordle 1,546 5/6

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CHASE
THING
THUMP
THROW
THROB