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

Wordle 1,617 3/6* 11/22/2025

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VOWEL → Whiff. Probably would have gone TRAIN here except that I was looking at the weather forecast, and so chose
RAINY → Middle I, interesting. Thought about going with an S here, or something with a U, but decided the T (and some other consonants) was a higher priority
THICK

So that last guess had eleven nonbogus possibles. I’m calling this as a lucky birdie. Scoredle gets a semilucky par on a 50-50 shot.

Wordle 1,618 4/6

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Wordle 1,617 3/6

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BUYER
AVOID
THICK

Wordle 1,617 3/6*

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STEAL
TUMOR
THICK

Wordle 1,617 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
THICK

Wordle 1,617 3/6

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HEART
THINK
THICK

Wordle 1,617 3/6*

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Yucky
Crack
Thick

Wordle 1,617 3/6

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SHELF
CHAIR
THICK

Plenty of threes today; I’m happy to be among them!

Wordle 1,618 4/6 SUNDAY

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AUDIO
PUNCH
FUNNY
BUNNY

Wordle 1,618 4/6

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RATIO
LUNES
FUNKY
BUNNY

Wordle 1,618 4/6 — Sun 23 Nov 2025-11-23
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
@psychoBUNNY

Wordle 1,618 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[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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \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 N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

Lucky !

Wordle 1,618 4/6

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TREND
COILS
FANNY
BUNNY

Wordle 1618 4/6

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SLANT
GRODY
PENNY
BUNNY

After 2, FUNNY and WHINY had been used, so I was left with PENNY, BUNNY, and NINNY, which I decided to do in that order.

Wordle 1,618 5/6

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ASTER
POUND
MILKY
FUNNY
BUNNY

Wordle 1,618 3/6*

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Elfin
Mound
Bunny

Wordle 1,619 4/6

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Wordle 1,618 3/6*

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SNIDE
TRUNK
BUNNY

Wordle 1,618 5/6* 11/23/2025

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THICK → As a Jethro Tull fan, I was hoping today would be BRICK. As a biker, I was hoping today would be THIGH. As it is, I whiffed. First word second time!
SNARE → Well, that’s something. I looked for a word with T and the last three vowels, couldn’t find one, and settled on
YOUNG → Which looks like a ?UNNY trap, but there’s only so much that can go in there. I’ll try F first
FUNNY → Should have trusted the B.
BUNNY
FUNNY-BUNNY
club is big today. Scoredle recommends the solution for my third guess, but then would have joined the club itself on guesses 4 & 5. On its own, the algorithm whiffs twice then gets only the last letter with its third guess, then hits the solution on a 1-in-6 putt for par - actually a better outcome than from its own start word, where it bogeys.

Wordle 1,618 6/6

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HEART
SPOIL
MUMMY
DUCKY
FUNNY
BUNNY