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

Wordle 1,598 3/6 — Mon 03 Nov 2025-11-03
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STEAK
COLIN
AWOKEwas pretty much the only possibility, besides oaked

Wordle 1,599 4/6

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Wordle 1,598 4/6

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HEART
GLEAN
WADES
AWOKE

It’s Zero dark early there in QLD AUS. Good morning!

Wordle 1,598 3/6*

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SNIDE
GRAZE
AWOKE

Wordle 1,598 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
ABOVE
ADOBE - Stupid reuse of ‘b’
AWOKE

Wordle 1,598 3/6

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GLOBE
RACKS
AWOKE

I went fishing for consonants and hauled in another vowel as well. Lucky sleuth word to pull myself out of that trap!

Wordle 1,598 4/6*

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Dusty
Preak
Knave
Awoke

I was playing word games (Jotto, Positional Jotto, Scrabble, 25 Boxes) before many of you were born!

NONE of these games had that rule.

Wordle 1,599 3/6

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AUDIO
PRUNE
VENUE

Wordle 1,599 3/6

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RATIO
LUNES
VENUE

Wordle 1,599 4/6

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SLANT
GRIND
FENCE
VENUE

Wordle 1,599 4/6 — Tue 04 Nov 2025-11-04
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
VENUE

I’m a big fan of Boggle.

Wordle 1,599 3/6

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SPARE
VOICE
VENUE
That V was a big help - narrowed it down to one word.

Wordle 1,599 5/6

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WHOSE
PLATE
URINE
NUDGE
VENUE

A bit of a slog today. Sometimes the letters just don’t fall for you. But I eliminated enough along the way to at least ensure a streak extension.

Wordle 1,599 5/6*

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

Wordle 1,600 2/6

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Wordle 1,599 5/6

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HEART
PENNY
SENSE
GENIE
VENUE

Wordle 1,599 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
VENUE