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

The Game Room
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Wordle 1,555 3/6

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STALE
GIVEN
COVEN

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Wordle 1,555 5/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ \end{aligned}

4484

Wordle 1555 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
COVEN

Could’ve also been CONEY.

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Looks like I forgot to post yesterday, so:

Wordle 1,554 5/6

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POINT
WEARY
REBUS
LEVER
DEFER

And now today:

Wordle 1,555 5/6

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SOAPY
MODEL
BROWN
TOKEN
COVEN

Getting an awful lot of 5s lately. :slightly_frowning_face:

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That was quick at least. 50/50 chance at birdie

Wordle 1,556 4/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :innocent: no Ai :kangaroo:

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Wordle 1,555 3/6

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HEART
SPIEL
COVEN what luck! just testing for O and N and I hit it.

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Wordle 1,555 5/6*

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SNIDE
LONER
TOKEN
WOMEN
COVEN

It’s a trap!

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Wordle 1,555 4/6* 9/21/2025

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DEFER → Really not bad - an E, placed, and I know there’s not another. Almost worth it for the lack of WoFcon coverage, which I can remedy somewhat with
LATEN → Could this be an all-greens day? For some reason, I went with the first word I could find, which was pretty lame
WIZEN → But at least it KOed WOMEN. And WOVEN, which leads me to
COVEN
HYMEN was pretty much the only nonbogus possible alternative for par, and I’m pretty sure the NYT has removed that from the list of solutions. Scoredle’s par putt is a 1 in three (or four) shot, so my luck happened earlier in the guess sequence.

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Wordle 1,555 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
COVEN

Really quick.

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Wordle 1,555 3/6

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RELAY
OUTIE
COVEN

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Wordle 1,555 3/6

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CHAIN
CLOWN
COVEN

Hitting the first and last letters made for an interesting solve - and a nice symmetrical pattern!

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Wordle 1,556 4/6

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AUDIO
FUNGI
JUICE
QUILL

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Wordle 1,556 4/6

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RATIO
SHINE
BUILD
QUILL

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Wordle 1,556 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 1,556 4/6 — Mon 22 Sep 2025-09-22
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
QUILL

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Wordle 1556 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
QUILL

Not too many Q-words left unused.

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Wordle 1,556 4/6

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RELAY
LOUIS
QUILT
QUILL

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Wordle 1,556 3/6

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HEART
SPOIL I figure now it must end in -ILL and could only think of one solution
QUILL

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Wordle 1,556 5/6

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SHAPE
FOUND
LUCKY
GUILT
QUILL