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

Wordle 1,560 3/6

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RELAY
ALLOY
DALLY

Wordle 1,560 6/6

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storm
beach
pilaf
vulva
gally
dally

Wordle 1,561 4/6

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RATIO
TRICK
WRIST
FRITZ

Phew!
Wordle 1,561 6/6 β€” Sat 27 Sep 2025-09-27
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY β€” it might be birth firth fritt fritz girth grift mirth right; previous Wordles include birth girth grift mirth right; possible remaining are firth fritt fritz
FIRTH
FRITT
FRITZ

Wordle 1,561 5/6*

\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[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[silver,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 T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1561 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DIRTY
FRITZ

After 2, I saw DIRTY and TRUMP. After 3, it took me forever to see any possible solution at all. Scoredle says the solution was the only possibility.

Wordle 1,562 5/6

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

Wordle 1,561 4/6

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HEART
STRIP
TRICK
FRITZ

Wordle 1,561 4/6* 9/27/2025

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DALLY β†’ Whiff. Time for a good first word second, with O & E, so
STONE β†’ One T, unplaced, after nine letters. I think I need a vowel, and I can see a we word (with U & I), uses a T, and tries the last WoFcon, so
FRUIT β†’ Turns out the F was the good get here! FRIT? could only be
FRITZ
FRITH
was another possibility, according to Scoredle, so my supposition was incorrect. Although it seems a rather bogus word to me… Scoredle also tries that word on its way to a bogey, so maybe the makers were fans of Watership Down…

Wordle 1,561 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
TRILL
FRITZ

I’d like that fifteen minutes back.

Wordle 1,561 6/6

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RELAY
HOURI
BRICK
WRING
PRISM
FRITZ

Wordle 1,561 3/6*

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SNIDE
TRIAL
FRITZ

Wordle 1,561 4/6

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STORE
TRAIL
PRINT
FRITZ

An enjoyable challenge today. Even after I had -RIT-, I spent several minutes with H and Y in the last spot before realizing a Z could go there.

Wordle 1,561 5/6

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I was quite pleased with my results. 19 out of 19 with eight 3’s and eleven 4’s.
But I took a Six on September 26, 2025. No. 1560. :frowning: The only consolation was that after 5 guesses I thought of two words it might be, and guessed right.

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I suspect I have a strategy flaw that caught up with me.

STARE
CHIEF
VOWEL
MONEY
DOPEY
GOOEY

Wordle 1,561 4/6

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storm
train
write
fritz

Wordle 1,562 5/6

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RATIO
SHONE
PEONY
ELOGY
GOOEY

This was a complete disaster. On three, I was grasping at straws to place the E and gave up to repeat a letter ( now I realize I should have tried EPOXY). Then I was sure that the E was first and finally tried something I didn’t think was a word. When I finally placed the E I saw the answer.

Wordle 1,562 4/6 β€” Sun 28 Sep 2025-09-28
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
GOOEY

Wordle 1,562 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 P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \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 M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,562 4/6

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AUDIO
PROBE
GOOEY