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

Wordle 1,649 4/6

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:green_square::white_large_square::green_square::green_square::yellow_square:
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RATIO
SHONE
SCOOP
SPOOL

Wordle 1,649 4/6 WEDNESDAY

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AUDIO
POESY
SPOON
SPOOL

Wordle 1649 3/6

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SLANT
SKULL
SPOOL

Wordle 1,649 3/6 XMAS EVE

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SLATE
SKULL
SPOOL

ETA: Is there an echo in here?

Wordle 1,649 6/6

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RAISE
POUND
SCOOP
SPOOF
SPOOK
SPOOL
Yeesh! :grimacing:

Wordle 1,649 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,649 4/6

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:orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::orange_square:

TRULY
PANEL
SPOIL
SPOOL

How rude, SPOILing my birdie like that.

Wordle 1,649 2/6*

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STEAL
SPOOL

Woo-hoo, it’s been a while!

Wordle 1,649 3/6

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SLATE
SPILL
SPOOL

Wordle 1,649 4/6*

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Antsy
Poser
Spoil
Spool

Wordle 1,649 3/6

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HEART
SPOIL my go-to word when HEART comes up empty pays off!
SPOOL

Wordle 1,650 4/6
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:white_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::white_large_square:
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :innocent: no Ai :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,649 4/6

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BUYER
AMINO
STOOP
SPOOL

Wordle 1,649 5/6* Christmas Eve 2025

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GLINT → Slow start. There is a good first word second I can use here, so
LASER → That’s some progress. I wonder if I can try all the remaining vowels with one word?
SOULY → Wordle says yes, regardless of how bogus said word might be. With that middle O, there could be a double, or nothing but vowels left, and I see a good word for the middle
SCOWL → Ah, it was a double.
SPOOL

My second guess wasn’t on Scoredle’s list of the 120 best follow-ups; my third guess was was about 70/109. Is it any wonder I bogeyed the hole (though I did have a 50-50 chance at par)? Scoredle on its own gets a birdie, winning the same 50-50 putt that I missed one guess later. Ah, well.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!

Wordle 1,650 4/6 — 2025-12-25 Thu
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{Day 10 of 30 from the Philippines}

Wordle 1,649 4/6

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CRANE
SHOUT
PLOOK
SPOOL

That third word is totally bogus, but it included exactly the letters i wanted, and wordle accepted it.

Wordle 1,650 4/6

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RATIO
SHIRE
CRISP
PRISM

Wordle 1,650 3/6 THURSDAY - MERRY XMAS

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AUDIO
PRIME
PRISM

Wordle 1,650 4/6

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CRANE
SHOUT
DIMLY
PRISM

Wordle 1,650 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[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 A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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 M} \\ \end{aligned}