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

Wordle 1,613 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
OPINE

In with the cool kids for a change.

Wordle 1,613 4/6*

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STEAL
DERBY
VOGUE
OPINE

Wordle 1,613 4/6

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BELOW
STORE
VOICE
OPINE

Left the N untried for too long.

Wordle 1,614 4/6 WEDNESDAY

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AUDIO
FRAME
RAMEN
MAKER

Wordle 1,614 6/6

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RATIO
LAYER
GAWPS
FLACK
HIMBO
MAKER

Horrible trap! I had 32 possibilities after two and knocked out 21 with GAWPS. I then went with two additional sleuth words. I only saw two options after four but went with the sleuth word to make sure I didn’t miss anything. Whew indeed!

Wordle 1,614 X/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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned}

Bastard.

Wordle 1,614 5/6 β€” Wed 19 Nov 2025-11-19
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY β€” possibles are baker faker maker raker waker; can eliminate letters B F M R W; perhaps try sleuth word(s) FARMS?
FARMS
MAKER

Wordle 1,614 5/6

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LEAST
CHEAP
BADGE
WAFER
MAKER

Wordle 1,614 3/6

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HEART
BREAK
MAKER

Wordle 1,615 4/6

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

Wordle 1,614 6/6* 11/19/2025

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OPINE β†’ Slow start, half of vowels gone - time for a good first word second
LEAST β†’ That’s not much, but a second vowel points to no more of them. I need to try an R… I can move the EA over, put the R in front of them and try
WREAK β†’ Oooh, good luck with the K. But now I’m staring a trap in the face, and nothing to do but jump in and hope
BAKER β†’ Perhaps I shouldn’t have trusted the B
FAKER β†’ Or the F. M is left… or a second R… I’d rather go down with the first than the second, so
MAKER

My third guess turned out to be a real stroke of luck - without that key letter, I would have had little hope in the endgame. Scoredle finishes in five, converting its final guess with about a 1-in-6 shot.

@BobLibDem : Were you thinking of anyone in particular when you made your guesses? :slight_smile:

Wordle 1,614 5/6

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BUYER
OILER
TASER
FAKER
MAKER

I’ve been meaning to ask you: WTF is an UPDRY?

Not when I made them, but three (then) young ladies came to mind afterward.

Wordle 1,614 4/6

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OCEAN
LEAST
BAKER
MAKER

I had little choice but to step into the _A_ER trap. Got lucky by finding the K as I did so.

I think it’s like UPDOG?

Wordle 1,614 5/6

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CRANE
RELAY
PARER - trying to anchor some letters
SAFER
MAKER

Wordle 1,614 4/6*

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STEAL
RAVEN
WAGER
MAKER

Wordle 1614 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
GRUMP
MAKER

AMBER had already been used.

Wordle 1,614 6/6*

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Joist
Quell
Weary
Agree
Razed
Maker

I need to reuse that sw.