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

Wordle 1,634 3/6

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LEAST
POUND
SNIDE

Wordle 1,634 3/6

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SLATE
PRION
SNIDE
Slate once again proves its greatness with two Greens.
(Crane is almost as good – my default #2 sleuth is Crony.)
But now is not the time for a default sleuth. I prepared a list of
a dozen unused possibilities, found that N, I, R and double-E
were most likely, but since the second E could occur almost anywhere
there was no good way to look for it. Prion was the best sleuth I could find.

Wordle 1,634 2/6

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RINSE
SNIDE

Here’s to copycatting @Rebo! :slight_smile:

Wordle 1,634 3/6 — 2025-12-09 Tue
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STEAL
BOUND
SNIDE

Wordle 1,634 4/6

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HEART
SPIEL
SEIZE
SNIDE

Wordle 1,634 4/6* 12/9/2025

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GRAVY → Whiff. O, E, and three of the four remaining WoFcons… I have a choice between STOLE and
STONE → Did the right one. U is unlikely, so if I try an I to go with that terminal E for the middle, and move the N to the front… SNI?E, could be SNIDE or
SNIPE → It is
SNIDE
SINCE or SENSE
were also possibilities (I totally did not see that the middle letter could have been different), but it turns out that my guess put a par “in the bag” so to speak. Its hard to evaluate my second guess since literally every one of the visible possibles left after my opener has a terminal S, which we know is exceptionally rare in Wordle (and explains why Scordle prefers TARES to STARE as a guess when both are possible - this may be a flaw in Scoredle’s algorithm). But I think it’s rare to have no bogus words left after the third guess. Scoredle’s own solution gets a par, with its top third guess pick (out of over 20 valid possibles) leading to a tap-in.

Raining eagles :eagle:
Wordle 1,635 2/6

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Wordle 1,634 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST - which leaves only ‘snipe’ or ‘snide’
SNIDE - I have chosen. . .wisely.

Wordle 1,634 3/6*

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STEAL
SCREW
SNIDE

SNIDE was my other new start word! Damn.

Wordle 1,634 3/6

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PLANE
NURSE
SNIDE

20 seconds of fun. :grin:

Wordle 1,634 3/6*

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Swift
Snipe
Snide

Wordle 1,635 4/6 WEDNESDAY

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AUDIO
FRAME
CRANE
ERASE

Wordle 1,635 3/6

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RATIO
SHARE
ERASE

Wordle 1,635 4/6 — 2025-12-10 Wed
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STEAL
BOUND
PRIVY
ERASE

Wordle 1,635 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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,635 2/6

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SLATE
ERASE
This is the 6th game since I resumed using the Best Start™.
Three Eagles and Three Birdies. Over the six tries, Slate’s
average response has been 1.33 greens and 0.83 yellows.
No credit to me; Miss Slate gets all the glory. In this case
Pease is archaic, Usage and Cease already used.
What was left but Erase?

Wordle 1635 4/6

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SLANT
CRASH
GRASS
ERASE

Wordle 1,635 5/6

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BLOCK
TRAIN
GRADE
FRAME
ERASE

Bleh. At least the opening whiff kept the trap from becoming completely hopeless. Still a frustrating bogey.

Wordle 1,635 3/6

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STEAL
CEASE
ERASE
Went for two, didn’t quite make it but left me with one possible word.