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

The Game Room
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STAIR
WISER
MISER

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Wordle 1,638 4/6

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RATIO
SHIRE
WISER
MISER

5843

Wordle 1,638 3/6 SATURDAY

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AUDIO
PRIME - very useful!
MISER

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I got nervous with this one…

Wordle 1,638 6/6 — 2025-12-13 Sat
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STEAL
BOUND
PRIVY — is likely miser riser wiser
WISER
RISER — I’m getting nervous now!
MISER — PHEW!!!

My streak stays alive at 212.

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Wordle 1,638 3/6

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SLATE
CHOIR
MISER
I wasn’t sure what the best #2 sleuth was. Perhaps it’s more urgent to eliminate
consonants than vowels, so Chirp or Crimp might have been a better choice.
Only Miser/Wiser/Riser seemed possible after the nice result with Choir..
Unfortunately all three are unused Wardle words. :frowning:
I could sleuth to guarantee exactly four as score. Or just start asking the possible
words for an average four, but risking five.
I decided to try to keep my string of birdies alive, and started with Miser partly not
to blame myself for not using Crimp or Chomp as #2.

5846

Wordle 1,638 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned}

5847

Wordle 1638 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DRESS
MISER

Could’ve been WISER, RISER, or perhaps RESEW. Went with the word that was a word of its own, no prefixes or suffixes.

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Wordle 1,638 4/6

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STEAL
ROUND
GRIMY
MISER

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Wordle 1,639 4/6
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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :innocent: no Ai :kangaroo:
Bit o work that

5850
Wordle 1,638 4/6* 12/13/2025

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TRUCK → Slow start, but not unexpected. E & A and two of the three remaining WoFcons makes
LEARN → Well, that’s some progress, eh? Oh, take off man!
HOSER → Good guess! I see WISER and…
MISER
RISER was not in my mind, so a six was definitely possible, though it wouldn’t have led to a loss. Scoredle takes a different path through the possible words but ends up with a par as well (though with a tap-in rather than a 1-in-3).

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Wordle 1,638 3/6*

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STEAL
RINSE
MISER

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Wordle 1,638 3/6*

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cress
Serum
Miser

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Wordle 1,638 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST - four letters is nice
RISER
MISER

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Wordle 1,638 6/6

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BUYER. (Looks trappy)
WAGER
OILER (Got another vowel, but it doesn’t look any less trappy)
RIVER
HIKER (C’mon, c’mon)
MISER (phew!)

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Wordle 1,638 3/6

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EQUAL
RINSE
MISER

The word generator handed me a Q, and netted nothing but an unplaced E. But it did eliminate A and one WoFcon, so not too bad a start.

Then the ol’ “first word second” worked better than I could have hoped, handing me a coin-flip birdie.

Fun one today!

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Wordle 1,638 3/6

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HEART
BONER
MISER

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Wordle 1,638 3/6*

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MUONS

MISTY

MISER

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Wordle 1,639 4/6 SUNDAY

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AUDIO
PRIME
BLINK
SWING

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Wordle 1,639 4/6

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RATIO
SHINE
SPINY
SWING

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Wordle 1,639 5/6 — 2025-12-14 Sun
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STEAL
BOUND
PRIVY
SHINY — not a smart guess; Y, you may ask? Exactly: Y.
SWING

:double_exclamation_mark: — Guys, tomorrow I’ll catch a plane to the Philippines where I’ll be vacationing for the next 4 weeks. Starting on 2025-12-16 Tue I’ll be like @MacDoc in Australia working on the puzzle for 2025-12-17 Wed.

I’ll mark my posts accordingly.