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

Wordle 1,618 3/6

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BUYER
BUSHY
BUNNY

Wordle 1,618 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
PLUNK
FUNNY
BUNNY

Wordle 1,618 3/6

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CABLE
BURNT
BUNNY

Fortunate to get that B right away, and then the U at two (I was going for consonants).
Tap-in for the birdie!

Wordle 1,619 3/6 MONDAY

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AUDIO
POUND
DOUGH

Wordle 1,619 4/6

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RATIO
SHONE
HOWDY
DOUGH

Wordle 1,619 4/6 β€” Mon 24 Nov 2025-11-24
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY
DOUGH

Wordle 1,619 3/6*

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Wordle 1,619 3/6

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TREND
CHAOS
DOUGH
The only other word I could think of (Howdy) was already used.
Maybe I’ll continue this peculiar TREND for a while.

Wordle 1619 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
DOUGH

BOUGH had already been used.

Wordle 1,619 3/6

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LEAST
PROUD
DOUGH

Wordle 1,619 4/6

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BUYER
MIAOU
POUCH
DOUGH

Wordle 1,619 3/6*

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STEAL
DROWN
DOUGH

Wordle 1,620 3/6

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Wordle 1,619 4/6* 11/24/2025

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BUNNY β†’ A wasted extra N. Early U is nice, though. Had to think a bit about my good first word second, so
TRUES β†’ L is still out there. Add an… A or O? O tends to match up better in front of a middle U, so I’ll try that and fill in with other consonants
COULD β†’ Nice pickup on the D. GOUDA? Only word I can think of with D in fourth, but I’d prefer to try
DOUGH

For all my criticism of that start, it wasn’t too bad in the end. Scoredle has what I would consider a superior second guess, but has less luck with the third and ends up having to sink a 50-50 for par.

Wordle 1,619 4/6

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HEART
SLUSH
POUCH
DOUGH

Wordle 1,619 3/6

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DELAY
DRIFT
DOUGH

It looks kind of like I pulled off a miraculous birdie save… But of the 36 available words listed in Scordle, 24 are -S plurals, 8 are complete nonsense, and 3 are questionable at best (DUNNO, DUMBO, and DOGGO). DOUGH was pretty much a 4-footer on a flat green.

Wordle 1,619 4/6*

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Slant
Wreck
Piggy
Dough

Wordle 1,619 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
MOUTH
BOUGH
DOUGH

Yeesh.

Wordle 1,620 3/6 TUESDAY

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AUDIO
DRAPE
PLEAD

Wordle 1,620 6/6

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RATIO
SHALE
BLEAK
CLEAN
GLEAM
PLEAD

Didn’t realize there were that many options.