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

[pjd]

Wordle 1,606 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ \end{aligned}

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,606 4/6 — Tue 11 Nov 2025-11-11




STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
GIZMO

[chela]

Wordle 1,606 4/6*

Unset
Droid
Igloo
Gizmo

[Gordon_G]

Wordle 1,606 4/6

SLATE
CRONY
JUMBO
GIZMO
I knew the vowels U and I were likelier than C and Y but thought
Crony was the better tactic: I wanted to attack CH and words like Jiffy
After that I could only think of 7 fitting words, 2 of which were already used:
Gumbo, Jumbo, Bimbo, Dough, Gizmo (and already used: Idiom, Bough)
Bimbo and Gizmo aren’t Wardle words (both are marked as slang),
so there appeared to be only three possibilities. (What words did I miss?)
All three were eliminated by Jumbo. But instead of hunting for another word
I tried for a Par with the NON-Wardle Gizmo, just to demonstrate that I’m
not dependent on the “illicit crib-sheet”!

[Shoeless]

Wordle 1,606 5/6

SHARE
POUTY
FLOWN
IDIOM
GIZMO

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,606 4/6

HEART
SPOIL
INGOT (knowing no T, trying to spot O and I and test for N)
GIZMO lucky guess

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,606 5/6* 11/11/2025

TABBY → Whiff. And a wasted B. At least, two vowels and a WoFcon gone. What’s my best first word second here?
ROLES → Not sure that qualifies as “best”, but it works. N is still out among the WoFcons. I’m tempted to try UNION for vowel coverage but that could waste another repeat consonant. So a single-N word with I would be
CHINO → Good thing I didn’t waste the N. Wow, no WoFcons! And a terminal O, which is often associated with repeat consonant(s) right before it… so I go from avoiding the waste to trying one. Let’s see if it works
ZIPPO → Z! Z is my first consonant? Thought a while about how to use it and finally saw
GIZMO

Turns out my bogey was a virtual tap-in - sure didn’t feel like it. Scoredle also bogeys the puzzle, and has similar trouble on the consonants, finding none until the fourth guess.

[Rebo]

Wordle 1,606 4/6*

STEAL
DROWN
GUMBO
GIZMO

Excellent word today!

[Wheelz]

Wordle 1,606 4/6

STAND
RELIC
BOUGH
GIZMO

That was a tough word to come up with!
BOUGH was a minor mistake, as I tend to stay in hard mode when I can; but it helped me save par nevertheless.

(I started playing around with my options in Scordle, and it turns out after my first two words it would have been difficult to not get a par! It was just a matter of thinking of GIZMO, which took a while.)

[Gordon_G]

@Rebo

STEAL
DROWN
GUMBO
GIZMO

Excellent word today!

Once again, Rebo’s clues were almost identical to mine!

Our #1’s are anagrams; #3’s same except for initial letter.
I thought of Drown for #2 but preferred C,Y to D,W
so went Crony. (It became irrelevant since all 4 of those letters were misses.)

RTFirefly: Don’t forget to add Gizmo to the list of non-Wardle words NYTimes has used.

[Chefguy]

Wordle 1,606 4/6

CRANE
HOIST
LIMBO
GIZMO

[kaylasdad99]

Wordle 1,606 4/6

BUYER
OASIS
PIVOT
GIZMO

[MacDoc]

Wordle 1,607 5/6

no Ai

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1606 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
GIZMO

Even Scoredle says there was only one possibility after 3, but it took me forever to find it.

Now yesterday’s sucky result:

Wordle 1605 5/6

SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
FATTY
TABBY

[MrDibble]

Wordle 1,607 3/6 WEDNESDAY

AUDIO
DRUPE
DEUCE - AFAIK, the only possible choice

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,607 4/6

RATIO

LUNES

EXUDE

DEUCE

[pjd]

Wordle 1,607 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 D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,607 4/6 — Wed 12 Nov 2025-11-12




STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
DEUCE

[Gordon_G]

Wordle 1,607 3/6

SLATE
ROUND
DEUCE

[Shoeless]

Wordle 1,607 4/6

TRADE
LODGE
DUNCE
DEUCE