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

Wordle 1,592 4/6

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BUYER
SOAPY
DOILY
HOLLY

I can’t swear that I’ve seen that INSIDE of LotR. I might have seen it in a Winnie the Pooh book.

Wordle 1,593 2/6

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Can’t tell you about Winnie-the-Pooh, but in LotR, see for instance how Bilbo greets Frodo when they meet in Rivendell.

Wordle 1,593 5/6

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RATIO
CRANE
SHARE
FLARE
GLARE

Wordle 1,593 4/6

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AUDIO
FRAME
SHARE
GLARE

Wordle 1,593 2/6

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SNORE
GLARE

Wordle 1,593 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \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 E} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 1,593 4/6 — Wed 29 Oct 2025-10-29
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
GLAREblare and flare were previously used

Wordle 1593 3/6

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SLANT
FLACK
GLARE

Wordle 1,593 2/6

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SLATE
GLARE
Nine words possible (unless I missed one) after the triple Green. With a
virgin list I’d hunt for a “sleuth word” to guarantee a Three. (Is there one?)
But in fact eight of the nine possible words had already been used up!

Wordle 1,593 5/6

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SHADE
PLATE
CRAMP
FLARE
GLARE

Wordle 1,593 3/6

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HEART
SNARE
GLARE

Wordle 1,593 4/6*

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SNIDE
CYCLE
ALGAE
GLARE

Wordle 1,593 4/6* 10/29/2025

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HOLLY → Slow start. At least I know there’s only one L. Add in A, E and two WoFcons for
LEARN → Glad I went for RN instead of ST. L’s gotta be second, ELAR? goes nowhere so terminal E, I see three possibilities
FLARE → Not that one. Not gonna trust the B this time
GLARE

A nice systematic par. Scoredle ends up with a bogey, I think because its algorithm forces it to try a vowel-heavy word second rather than the WoFcons. From its own start, Scoredle gets a two, so really bad luck and a bad start for the algorithm.

Wordle 1,593 4/6

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BUYER
RESET
AFIRE
GLARE

Wordle 1,593 4/6

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HORSE
FLARE
BLARE
GLARE

A lucky second guess and then a missed coin toss for the par.

Wordle 1,593 3/6

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CRANE
STARE
GLARE

Wordle 1,593 3/6*

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Hoist
Weary
Glare