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

Wordle 1,576 6/6*

\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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned}

Bastards !

Wordle 1576 5/6

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SLANT
GRODY
MOUND
BOUND
WOUND

FOUND, HOUND, POUND had already been used; saw MOUND, BOUND after 2 but somehow overlooked WOUND, so fell into the mini-trap and didn’t use a sleuth word.

I feel wounded, but I’m not going to get all wound up about it. :wink:

Wordle 1,576 4/6

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YEAST
POUND
Yikes! Could be bound found hound mound round wound
BROWN
Got the W
WOUND

This would have been a crapshoot in hard mode.

Wordle 1,576 5/6*

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Fiery
Stoat
Cough
Would
Wound

Wordle 1,576 4/6 — Sun 12 Oct 2025-10-12
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRYpossible = bound found hound wound; previous Wordles = found hound; remaining = bound wound
WOUND

Wordle 1,576 5/6

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HEART
SPOIL
MOUND
FOUND
WOUND

Wordle 1,576 3/6

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BUYER
UMAMI
WOUND

Wordle 1,576 4/6* 10/12/2025

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STACK → Whiff. Two in a row. I tried to think of a word with O & E and the last three WoFcons, but failed, so I went with
FELON → So covering that R seemed really important. The first word I thought of that did that was
WRONG → and it turns out covering the R wasn’t that important, but that W was huge.
WOUND

A lucky trap avoidance for par. Scoredle hits the trap, and with no historical memory is lucky to escape with a six, hitting on a 1-in-3 chance.

Thank you for the warning. I’m taking the liberty of suggesting that you adopt @MacDoc 's technique of just posting the Wordle result, and refraining from posting your actual guesses. Not everyone pays attention to caveats before they despoiler the text.

Wordle 1,576 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
BOUND
WOUND

Wordle 1,576 4/6*

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SNIDE
BOUND
MOUND
WOUND

Wordle 1,576 5/6

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TEACH
ROSIN
BOUND
WIMPY
WOUND

Four possible words with three guesses left meant abandoning hard mode again and eating another bogey. Oh well.

Wordle 1,577 3/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :innocent: no AI :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,577 4/6

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AUDIO
DRAFT
SHARD
BEARD

Wordle 1,577 5/6

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Wordle 1577 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
BEARD

@pjd will be happy today!

WEARY had been used.

Wordle 1,577 1/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned}

@RTFirefly - Indeed I am !! Yay !!
:partying_face: :tada:
I may take a break now.

Wordle 1,577 5/6

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RATIO
SHARE
WEARY
LEARN
BEARD

Wordle 1,577 4/6 — Mon 13 Oct 2025-10-13
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
BEARDheard was already a Wordle

Wordle 1,577 5/6*

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Copse
Tweet
Leafy
Beaux
Beard