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

Wordle 1625 4/6
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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
MUGGY

Wordle 1,625 4/6

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TREND
COALS
WIMPY
MUGGY
The reports from #1625 are just coming in, but I see several of us who had
zero hits after two guesses. I then compiled a list of 7 Never-used words that
fit, and verified the doubtful cases in both dictionary and Wardle list.
Hippy, for example, is only an alternate spelling of the noun Hippie,
BUT is also an adjective in its own right (“Having large or prominent hips”).
I didn’t like Wimpy (“informal, often derogatory”) but of my seven candidates
it was the only one to guarantee Par (assuming the secret wasn’t some 8th word
I hadn’t thought of – which it did turn out to be.).
I found Muggy after Wimpy missed all the other candidates.
Muggy is the 4th non-Wardle solution presented in the last few weeks.

Wordle 1,625 6/6

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LEAST
POUND
QUICK
FURRY
BUGGY
MUGGY

Wordle 1,626 2/6

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Wordle 1,625 4/6

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HEART
SPOIL
DUMMY
MUGGY

Wordle 1,625 5/6*

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STEAL
DROWN
JUICY
BUMPY
MUGGY

Double blank was pretty discouraging!

Wordle 1,625 4/6

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RATIO
LUNES
BUMPY
MUGGY

Wordle 1,625 5/6* 11/30/2025

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GRUFF → That’s not a bad start - uncommon vowel and consonant (though both unplaced). I thought about trying an -ING ending, which led me right to
USING → Not much help there. T & L still left of the WoFcons, if I pair L with E and add a trustable B, I can get
BUGLE → Placed, but no other help. But I can now try T along with an O (and an H) with
OUGHT → Dangit. Double-G and a Y, perhaps, in which case
MUGGY

For my four non-starting guesses, Scoredle suggests BUGGY for the first two and the answer for the last two. Sigh - the power of trying to place a letter. But, when I let it answer on its own, it hits a mini-trap and finishes with a par. So it doesn’t humiliate me quite as bad as I feared. I feel very lucky that I had yesterday’s answer to start with - this could have been a really tough day if I hadn’t started with two letters to build upon.

Wordle 1,625 5/6 — Sun 30 Nov 2025-11-30
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRYpossibles include buffy buggy buzzy fuzzy gummy hubby huggy muggy mummy yummy; but previous Wordles have included buggy fuzzy gummy mummy; so the remaining possibles include buffy buzzy hubby huggy muggy yummy; of these the most likely include hubby huggy muggy yummy; letters to eliminate are B F Z H G M Y; can try sleuth word(s) bough?
BOUGH
MUGGY

Wordle 1,625 5/6

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BUYER
PUPPY (going big)
DUSTY (using up some WoFcons. This is definitely a trap.)
JUNKY
MUGGY

And so say many of us.

Wordle 1,625 6/6

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CRANE
HOIST
PLUMP
MUMMY
MUDDY
MUGGY

Wordle 1,626 4/6 MONDAY

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AUDIO
FRAME
TEACH
LEACH

Wordle 1,626 3/6

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RATIO
SHALE
LEACH

My Wordle streak is currently 200. My max streak was 267.

Wordle 1,626 3/6 — Mon 01 Dec 2025-11-01
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STEAK
COLINpossibles include laced lacey leach place; but previous Wordles have included place; so the remaining possibles include laced lacey leach; of these the most likely include leach; letters I could eliminate are D Y H P
LEACH

Wordle 1,626 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,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 R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\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 A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,626 2/6*

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Lumen
Leach

Wordle 1,626 5/6

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BUYER
GEOID
WEAVE
JEANS
LEACH

Wordle 1,626 5/6

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SPOIL
GREAT
ANKLE
LEAFY
LEACH

Wordle 1,626 3/6

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TREND
COALS
LEACH
The only(?) other fitting word was Place and it was Already-used.
I like starting with Trend/Coals. :-}

Wordle 1,626 3/6

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