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

The Game Room
5241

Wordle 1,600 3/6

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BUYER
ROAST
SHORT

5242

Wordle 1,600 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SHORT

5243

Wordle 1,601 2/6 (Thursday)

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AUDIO
GUISE- LARPing served me well, and I’m also glad I didn’t first go down the QUI rabbit hole.

5244

Wordle 1,601 3/6

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RATIO
SHINE
GUISE

5245

Wordle 1,601 4/6

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SLATE
DOUSE
PURSE
GUISE
After #1 I compiled a list of 19 fitting words (mainly to see what patterns were likely)
of which 14 were already-used. A “sleuth word” was probably best, but I found that
Douse (or Noose) offered a possible Two and a guaranteed Three provided that
(a) the secret was not Copse, a word I mentioned earlier as possibly too uncommon
for Editor to choose, and
(b) the secret word was one of the five not-yet-used words I had found after #1.
Alas, I had overlooked Guise and felt lucky to score Par.

5246

Wordle 1,601 4/6 — Thu 06 Nov 2025-11-06
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
GUISE

5247

Wordle 1,601 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \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 U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

5248

Wordle 1,601 4/6

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ROAST
CHIMP
BLISS
GUISE
Had it narrowed down to two words after 2, and once again picked the wrong one.

5249

Wordle 1,602 3/6

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

5250

Wordle 1,601 3/6

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HEART
SPINE
GUISE Wasn’t much left ending in ISE that I could see

5251
Wordle 1,601 4/6* 11/6/2025

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SHORT → Slow start, three WoFcons gone, let’s use E & A & L & N with that S on
LEANS → Not much help there. I thought a long time about this one before I saw
WISED → Then it took me a couple minutes to try to move the known letters over one, add a U and then I saw
GUISE

Turns out it was a tap-in for par, but it didn’t feel like it. Scoredle also pars, but does so by eliminating words ruthlessly, and has just the two final letters found and in green when it holes out.

5252

Wordle 1,601 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
GUISE - couldn’t be anything else that I could see

5253

Wordle 1,601 4/6

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BUYER
QUESO
PULSE
GUISE

Lost the coin toss.

5254

Wordle 1,601 4/6*

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STEAL
FUSED
PURSE
GUISE

5255

Rebo: Your guesses are almost exactly the same as mine! Our #1’s are anagrams;
#3 and #4 identical. Our #2’s are just one letter away from anagrams.

5256

Wordle 1601 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
GUISE

GEESE and ISSUE had both been used.

5257

Wordle 1,602 3/6 (FRIDAY)

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AUDIO
PRIME the probe word pays off bigtime!
PERIL

5258

Wordle 1,602 3/6

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RATIO
SERIF
PERIL

5259

Wordle 1,602 3/6 — Fri 06 Nov 2025-11-06
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STEAK
COLIN
PERIL

5260

Wordle 1,602 4/6*

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