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

Wordle 1,609 3/6

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STYLE
RIVAL
LURID

I almost put in LURID at two (honest!), but decided I wanted an A instead of a U. Still a nice birdie though.

Wordle 1,610 3/6

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SHAME
COUNT
CLUNG

Wordle 1,610 4/6

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RATIO
LUNES
FLUNK
CLUNG

Should probably have guessed it on three.

Wordle 1,610 4/6 SATURDAY

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AUDIO
PRUNE
CHUNK
CLUNG

Wordle 1,610 3/6 — Sat 15 Nov 2025-11-15
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STEAK
COLIN
CLUNG

Wordle 1,610 4/6*

\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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,610 3/6

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SLATE
BLIND
CLUNG
Color me boring, but I’ll just use the Best Starting Word™ every time!
After the Green L I quickly found 14 fitting words, 12 of which were already used.
I sifted methodically through another 14 fitting words, and again 12 were already used.
These repeated experiments show me that even if there are a thousand Wardle words still unused,
a large share of these are being rejected by the NYT editor.
Expect him to reset the game very soon.
The four words I was left with were Fluid, Blind, Blood and Bloom.
Any of them would guarantee a Three IF the word wasn’t a 5th word I’d overlooked,
Blind seemed best for “sleuthing” those unthought-of words.
Sure enough, the word was one I’d overlooked. (Were there others?)

ETA: Yes! Plonk, though it isn’t a Wardle word.

Wordle 1,610 3/6

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LEAST
POUCH
CLUNG

Wordle 1,610 4/6*

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STEAL
FLUID
CLUMP
CLUNG

Wordle 1,611 2/6

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How sweet was that !!! ???

Wordle 1,610 5/6* 11/15/2025

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LURID → Feel like I need to catch up on vowels, so I tried two more with
MULEY → I was feeling stubborn. And unfortunately I repeated the U placing. Duh. So, one more vowel, and a pair of the remaining WoFcons to get
SAULT → Still stuck on two letters. But since the L is likely before the U, probably no more vowels - so load up on consonants, including my last WoFcon with
CLUNK → Missed it by that much
CLUNG

I’ll put that bogey at the feet of my lousy follow-up guess, which put me on the ragged edge of disaster before I was bailed out by guess #4. As it turns out, Scoredle’s second guess uses two of the same letters as mine, but it it much better formed and propels the algorithm to a par.

Wordle 1,610 4/6

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BUYER
MIAOU
UNCUT
CLUNG

Wordle 1610 3/6

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SLANT
BLING
CLUNG

FLUNG had already been used.

Wordle 1,610 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST - okay, then ‘u’ it is
CLUNK - I have chosen. . .poorly
CLUNG

I was down to the same two words, but managed to pick the right one this time.

Wordle 1,610 4/6

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STOCK
CRANE
CLING
CLUNG

I thought I’d see more CLING-CLUNG combos here, but it seems the rest of you are smart enough to bring the I in sooner.

Wordle 1,610 5/6

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HEART
SPOIL
LUNCH (knowing no H, fishing for letters)
CLUNK
CLUNG

Wordle 1,611 4/6 SUNDAY

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AUDIO
DRIVE
FIELD
WIELD

Wordle 1,611 6/6

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RATIO
SHINE
PIXEL
YIELD
FIELD
WIELD

Three was a random shot for fun.