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

Wordle 1,636 2/6

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GUIDE
GUESS

The word generator picked a good one today! And I won the coin flip between GUESS and GUEST.

Nothing but dumb luck for me today as well. :grin:

Wordle 1636 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
GUESS

Wordle 1,637 3/6 FRIDAY

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AUDIO
PRUNE
TRUCK

Wordle 1,637 3/6

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SLIME
POACH
TRUCK

Wordle 1,637 3/6

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RATIO
TRUCE
TRUCK

Thought I was going to get the two.

Wordle 1,637 4/6 — 2025-12-12 Fri
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STEAL
BOUND
PRIVY
TRUCK

Wordle 1,637 4/6*

\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[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 W} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1637 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
TRUCK

TRICK had already been used.

Wordle 1,637 3/6

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SLATE
CRONY
TRUCK
My progress was very similar to RTFirefly’s but I asked Y instead of H.
I considered Choir, which would give me I compared with his N.

Wordle 1,637 5/6

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STEAL
PROUD
BRUNT
TRUTH
TRUCK

Wordle 1,637 4/6* 12/12/2025

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GUESS → It’s nice to pick up a rar(er) letter early, which nearly makes up for the wasted second S. With E gone, I should try an A and… can’t do three, so at least two WoFcons
FAULT → Placed the U, and a T pickup. With S gone, that T is probably not second, so try it in first, and we can try our last two WoFcons with
TRUNK → Missed it by that much
TRUCK

My third guess was about 12/17, near the end of the valid possibles, so rather lucky that it came together as it did for a tap in for par. Scoredle finishes in three with a tap-in of its own; its second guess was just that good.

Wordle 1,637 3/6*

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STEAL
BOTCH
TRUCK

NM…
More letters

Wordle 1,637 3/6

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HEART
TRICK ooh lucky second guess
TRUCK

Wordle 1,638 2/6
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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :sparkler: :innocent: no Ai :kangaroo:
Eagle flies out of the night… :musical_notes:

Wordle 1,637 3/6

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BUYER
VIRUS
TRUCK

Wordle 1,637 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
TRUCK

Wordle 1,637 4/6

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CALIF
PORCH
DUNCE
TRUCK

My third guess proves that I am indeed a DUNCE for not using the R.
On the other hand, had I gone with the better choice of TRUCE (Scordle’s pick), I’d have ended up with the same par. I just would have felt smarter about it.

Wordle 1,638 3/6

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