KNIFE → Slow start, but not unexpected. Would consider SLATE here, but need to anagram it to move the E…
STEAL → Wow. One WoFcon left. I threw in the R and moved it around a lot, and finally found a word that fit… LATER
ALTER would have also fit my bill. I was getting ready to give up on the R but saw the answer before I did. Good thing! Scoredle hits on a 1-in-178 chance (and a lot of those are nonbogus; I gave up trying to count them) to make its own birdie.
Wordle 1,554 4/6 — Sat 20 Sep 2025-09-20 STEAK COLIN UPDRY — it might be breed defer edger erred freed greed refed; previous Wordles include breed greed; possible remaining are defer edger erred freed refed DEFER — this was the best choice of the likely possibles
LATER → Uh oh. Looks like a trap in the making. I’ll try O for a vowel and the last two WoFcons in case it’s SNEER, otherwise this may be a long, trappish slog
NOSER → Try one of us (U or I) next. I see an I word first, and check if it takes it
BIDER → It did. And there’s a D, good. Another E? or a U? I thought about words with EE but then saw DUPER → and now I see DEFER
EDGER and DRYER were still possible after my third and fourth guesses, respectively, so I could have easily gone the distance. Scoredle also takes a bogey, but a much more methodical one than mine.
