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

Wordle 1,646 5/6

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FRANK
STILE
BUILT
GUILT
QUILT

Gah.

Wordle 1,646 4/6* 12/21/2025

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WHITE → That’s not a bad start. Do I have any more vowels? Try an A, at least, and round up the usual WoFcons
SAINT → T placed, and substantial eliminations. I can get the last two WoFcons with
FLIRT → That L pretty much has to go between I & T… and then I can’t see another double-consonant starting pair, and I start thinking about ?OILT, but when I try U…
QUILT

I guessed the same second guess as Scoredle, but diverted with my third guess until that lucky 1-in-3 par putt.. After our second-guess agreement, Scoredle starts into the trap and has bad luck, ending with a bogey. I guess I survived after, uh, flirting with disaster.

Wordle 1,647 5/6
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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :innocent: no Ai :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,646 3/6

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CRANE - ugh
HOIST
QUILT - lucky guess

Wordle 1,647 4/6 — 2025-12-22 Mon
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{Day 7 of 30 from the Philippines}

Wordle 1,647 4/6

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RATIO
SHONE
POUCH
CONCH

Made a mistake on the third guess but it didn’t really hurt.

Wordle 1,647 5/6 MONDAY

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AUDIO
POESY
BOTCH
MOOCH
CONCH

Wordle 1,647 3/6 MONDAY

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SLATE
CRONY
CONCH
Conic already used; Codon not a Wardle word

Wordle 1,647 6/6*

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

Stupid 5th guess…

Wordle 1,647 4/6

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STEAL
ROUND
CONIC
CONCH

Wordle 1,647 3/6

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CRANE
SHOUT
CONCH

Wordle 1,647 4/6

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BUYER
OASIS
POOCH
CONCH

Legit 5 minute solve
Wordle 1,648 3/6
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with a complete wiff to start as well :clinking_beer_mugs:

Wordle 1,647 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
CONDO - well, that was stupid; forgot the ‘h’
CONCH

Wordle 1,647 4/6

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HEART
SPOIL
MOUND
CONCH

Wordle 1,647 3/6*

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STEAL
DROWN
CONCH

I had to choose between CONCH and BINGO. Those of you who know me as the Feud Mistress of long ago… I had to choose CONCH! And it worked!

Wordle 1,647 4/6* 12/22/2025

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QUILT → Whiff. With three WoFcons left and A&E to try, I’m surprised I didn’t see NEARS first, but I did go with its Wordle-valid anagram
REANS → Missed a double-whiff by that much. I noodled around again for a while before I realized I could try both O & Y and a couple more consonants with
HONKY → It’s a good thing I didn’t try NOOKY, or I wouldn’t have picked up the H that has to go at the end, then one letter fills in and maybe I should repeat it
CONCH

One other bogus possible on the fourth guess makes that a near-tap-in par. Scoredle basically does it all with eliminations today - double whiff to start, third guess gets only the second letter, but with just one valid word left it also logs a virtual tap-in par.

Wordle 1646 3/6

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[spoiler]

SLANT
LEGIT
QUILT

BUILT and PILOT had already been used. The G of LEGIT eliminated GUILT. (Wish it was that easy in real life!)

Wordle 1647 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
CONCH

Wordle 1,647 5/6

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BOUND
NOISE
WOMAN
HONOR
CONCH

Tough word. Kudos to everyone who did better than I did!