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

Wordle 1,552 5/6

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HEART
SIEVE
OXIDE
GUILE
KNIFE

Looks like I was not the only one who had trouble today,

Which is weird because the word was a pretty common word.

Wordle 1,552 6/6*

:white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square: GREAT
:white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square: PEONY
:yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square: NICHE
:yellow_square::green_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::green_square: INDIE
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square::green_square: SNIVE
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: KNIFE

Wordle 1,552 4/6

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RELAY
OUTIE
SNIDE
KNIFE

Wordle 1,552 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST - leaving only. . .
KNIFE

Wordle 1,552 2/6*

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SNIDE
KNIFE

My new start word has been serving me well, lately!

Wordle 1,553 X/6

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:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :face_with_symbols_on_mouth: no Ai :kangaroo:
:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: Bah humbug

Wordle 1,552 4/6

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CHAIN
INTER
SNIDE
KNIFE

Wordle 1,552 5/6* 9/18/2025

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TEETH β†’ A single T would have also been nice, but we can’t have everything. I’ll try A and three more WoFcons with
SNARE β†’ Oh, boy, does this look like a trap. There is another vowel in there, so I’ll try it with O… but I can’t see a way to get an L in there, so I’ll try
GNOME β†’ So, perhaps an I? I should have tried INDIE but first I saw
INNIE β†’ So the I must be in the middle. Looking at what’s left to go before the N, it’s gotta be a K, and the last letter just falls into place
KNIFE

I was really nervous there for a while, but I was relieved when I saw I was running out of letters to go at the start. Scoredle has nothing but the starting lettter for the first three guesses, placing it on the third, but eliminates enough to also finish with a bogey.

Wordle 1,552 4/6

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storm
glade
niche
knife

Wordle 1,553 2/6

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RATIO
LATER

Wordle 1553

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I’m up to seven 4’s and four 3’s. I almost got a 3 on this one but just before clicking Enter I noticed 1st and 2nd letters could be reversed for a slightly more challenging(?) word.

Wordle 1,553 4/6

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AUDIO
FRAME
CLEAR
LATER

Wordle 1,553 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\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 R} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1553 2/6

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SLANT
LATER

Lucky, lucky, lucky! True, all 2s are lucky in different ways. But I could see more than a dozen unused possibilities after my starting word, and my choice at 2 was just the one that gave me the best chance of getting a 3. Didn’t expect it to turn green. :slight_smile:

This is my 1331st game. 1331 is a cool number. It’s 11 cubed, and its digits make up the 3rd row of Pascal’s Triangle.

Wordle 1,553 4/6 β€” Fri 19 Sep 2025-09-19
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
LATER

Added β€” my 1098th game.

Nice going, @psychobunny and @RTFirefly !

Wordle 1,553 5/6

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DRAIN
PARSE
HATER - could be cater, later, water
CLAWS - got the L
LATER

Wordle 1,553 3/6

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HEART
TREAD
LATER

Wordle 1,553 3/6*

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SNIDE
CARET
LATER

Wordle 1,553 4/6*

:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square::yellow_square: REACT
:yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::white_large_square: TREAD
:yellow_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: ASTER
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: LATER (I was going to use HATER but decided that the NY Times probably would prefer another word in the current political context)

Disappointing that it took me 4 tries after getting so many letters on the first attempt :frowning:

Wordle 1,553 2/6

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RELAY
LATER