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

Wordle 1,644 3/6

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SLATE
CRONY
MYRRH
Same start as yesterday, except that the Green-Y changed to Yellow.
(Good news since Y anywhere but 5th is rare.)
After the birdie I asked Scoredle if I’d missed any words. Two:

  • ryugi – a Japanese proper name
  • ryiji – EITHER a misspelling of that Japanese name
    OR an alternate spelling of a Finnish rug style

Wordle 1,644 3/6*

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

!

Wordle 1644 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
MYRRH

I was all ready to go with HURRY, I almost didn’t check the used words list - what else could it be, right? Good thing I checked, and even then it took me a bit to see the solution.

Wordle 1,644 4/6

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STEAL
ROUND
PICKY
Hmm… no vowels except y, not at the end.
MYRRH

Wordle 1,644 4/6* 12/19/2025

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RUGBY → Ended our streak of Gs, started one of Rs… and a Y, but not at the end. Hmmm. Perhaps the Y is the only vowel in the midst of WoFcons?
TRYST → Nope. Where does that Y go? I thought of YORIC/YORIK on a lark (I had just read a review of Hamnet) which got me thinking of acting which got me thinking of Meryl Streep which got me thinking of
BERYL → Which I shouldn’'t have thought of since the B is excluded. Anyway, at least I placed the R. Then I hit a ten minute brick wall, until I thought of our holiday season
MYRRH

That second guess was 36/136 per Scordle, and of course my third guess was not even in the list, though it left me with only one nonbogus possible left. Scoredle also solves in par, with a straight tap-in putt.

Wordle 1,645 5/6
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Not sure why that was tricky :person_shrugging:

Wordle 1,644 3/6

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BUYER
DAIRY
MYRRH

Wordle 1,644 4/6

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HEART
SCORN
WHIRL
MYRRH

Wordle 1,644 4/6*

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STEAL
DROWN
FURRY
MYRRH

Wordle 1,643 6/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SHRUG - for placement, so AEIOU and sometimes. . .
MYRRH

Wordle 1,645 4/6 —tomorrow❗2025-12-20 Sat
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{Day 5 of 29, hello from the Philippines!}

Wordle 1,644 4/6*

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Derby
Lyric
Gyros
Myrhh

Wordle 1,644 4/6

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BLACK
INTER
ROWDY
MYRRH

I was really trying to find somewhere to put a U, and I have no idea how I missed SYRUP. But I’m glad I did.

Wordle 1,645 4/6

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RATIO
THICK
SHIFT
WHITE

Wordle 1,645 5/6 SATURDAY

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AUDIO
PRIME
KNIFE
SLICE
WHITE

Wordle 1,645 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,645 2/6

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SLATE
WHITE

Wordle 1645 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
WHITE

THEME and THYME had already been used.

Wordle 1,645 4/6

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STEAL
FOUND
PRICY
WHITE

Wordle 1,646 4/6
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