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

The Game Room
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Wordle 1,629 3/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
LUPIN
TULIP

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Wordle 1,629 3/6

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RATIO
TEPID
TULIP

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Keeping the 3 streak going, started by @MacDoc…

Wordle 1,629 3/6 — Thu 04 Dec 2025-12-04
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STEAK
COLIN
TULIP

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Wordle 1,629 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 1,629 3/6

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TREND
HAILS
TULIP
The single-vowel start gives flexibility in choosing the #2 sleuth.
I then asked the only fitting word that occurred to me quickly.

ETA: Scrolling up, I’m happy to see I didn’t spoil the streak of Birdies.

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Wordle 1629 3/6

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SLANT
LITER
TULIP

Keeping the streak going. :slight_smile:

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Wordle 1,629 3/6

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LEAST
POUND
TULIP

ETA: My wife got it in three too!

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Wordle 1,629 4/6

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HEART
STING
TIPPY
TULIP

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Wordle 1,629 3/6*

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STEAL
CLOUT
TULIP

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I started a thread for a related Wordle-type game called Lewdle. All the answers have to be naughty!

Here’s a link to the actual game.

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Wordle 1,629 3/6* 12/4/2025

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HASTE → I was all ready to lead with a W if I got the last four green. Instead, I wanted to try O & I, and couldn’t find a good word with two WoFcons to go with that T, so I tried one other that I liked
PILOT → If I reflect both ends around the center, I get TOLIP, which certainly evokes
TULIP

Looks like a good day for birdies - mine was a tap-in as it turned out. Scoredle doesn’t quite join in the fun; it tried a near-anagram of my second guess for its own, but substituting N for L meant it didn’t have the key middle letter to ease its third guess - so it makes a tap-in par.

It looks like Scoredle’s list of possible words is sorted by fitness, which I just realized is a good way of evaluating the luck factor of a given guess. So, for example, my second guess today was 4/274, which means I picked the fourth best guess (per Scoredle) out of the 274 guesses it had. Maybe I’ll go back and see what my luck factors from past games was? Naw, but it’s something to look at going forward.

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Wordle 1,629 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
TIPPY
TULIP

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Wordle 1,629 3/6

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BUYER
QUOIT (I keep wanting Q to happen)
TULIP

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Wordle 1,629 5/6

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BIRTH
STINK
TACIT
TEPID
TULIP

I’m the worst of the bunch here today. Slow incremental progress, but I couldn’t catch a break until the P showed up. Some days are like that, I guess.

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Wordle 1,630 3/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :face_with_spiral_eyes: Ai assisted :kangaroo:

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Wordle 1,630 4/6 FRIDAY

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AUDIO
ATONE
AGONY
AMONG

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Wordle 1,630 4/6

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RATIO
CLOAK
AGONY
AMONG

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Wordle 1,630 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,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 B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ \end{aligned}

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@MacDoc got another 3 but we’ve got a string of 4s going…

Wordle 1,630 4/6 — Fri 05 Dec 2025-12-05
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STEAK
COLIN
UPDRY — possibles include among banjo mango; but previous Wordles have included banjo mango, so…
AMONG

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Yeah another three but Ai assisted - I completely flamed out on progress even after sleeping on it. :flushed_face: