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

Wordle 1,578 3/6*

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SNIDE
CLOUT
FORUM

I like people’s analyses! I’m too lazy to write my own. :upside_down_face:

Wordle 1,578 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,579 6/6

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Wordle 1,578 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
GOURD
FORUM

Wordle 1,578 5/6* 10/14/2025

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BEARD → Near-whiff. O & I, and two more WoFcons gives us
ROIST → All I get is a placed O. I try to place the R by doubling it up, but unfortunately I put one where I already know it isn’t
WORRY → Sigh. WORMY would have worked better. Maybe a second O, since I feel like a
MORON → So there’s gotta be a U in there, M at the back and there it is
FORUM

Really regret that brain fart on three - probably cost me a par. Scoredle makes an outstanding guess on two that gives it a tap-in birdie, and if I had been a little more flexible in my vowel selection I could have had it as well, alas.

Wordle 1,578 4/6

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BUYER
HOURI
TORUS
FORUM

Kinda light on the WoFcons today, innit?

Same.

Flexibility is overrated (your insistence on starting with yesterday’s solution notwithstanding). I always eliminate as many vowels as possible by guess #2.

I just figure I’m going to get most of the vowels pretty quickly even if I’m concentrating on consonants, so no need to make a point of it. There’s only six of them, including Y, and every word is going to have at least one.

Wordle 1,579 5/6

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AUDIO
POESY
SPOON
SPPOK
SPOOF

I hate it when it’s just one letter left but it could be one of 5 or 6…and only 4 tries. I know, I know, exploratory word…

Wordle 1,579 6/6

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RATIO
SHONE
SCOOP
SPOOL
SPOOK
SPOOF

Should have tried a sleuth word. Didn’t realize it was a trap.

Wordle 1,579 4/6 — Wed 15 Oct 2025-10-15
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
SPOOF

I’m very surprised it took your 4th word! Or maybe that was a typo. Yeah, probably a typo.

Wordle 1,579 5/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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 F} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,579 4/6*

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Tenet
Lyric
Woosh
Spoof

Wordle 1,579 5/6

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PLAIN
SOUPY
SPORT
spoof? spook? spoke?
SPOKE
well that eliminated two, leaving
SPOOF

Wordle 1579 4/6

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SLANT
CHOMP
KEFIR
SPOOF

I went with CHOMP instead of my usual CHORE at 2 because it would take care of most of the consonants that combine with S: C,H,L,M,N,P, and T would all be eliminated or ID’d, leaving only W and vowels. It worked pretty well too - it left SPOKE and SPORE, which had been used, and SPOOF, SPOOK, SPOOR, and SPORK which hadn’t.

I didn’t see SPORK, so I was looking at SPOOF/K/R, and fortunately there was a good sleuth word to resolve this mini-trap: KEFIR, which stuck me with a 5 a couple months back. If I’d seen SPORK, that would have done just as well - while giving me a shot at the 3. Fortunately this time it didn’t cost me anything, but I hope I remember it if I’m in this situation again.

Wordle 1,580 5/6

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Wordle 1,579 5/6*

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SNIDE
SHARK
SOUPY
SPOOL
SPOOF

Wordle 1,579 5/6

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BUYER
OASIS
SWOOP
FLUNK
SPOOF