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

[Rebo]

@Bullitt

@puzzlegal

I wish we had a “like” button.

Yesss

Aw, gee whiz, guys!

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1661 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
FILLY

BILLY and WILLY are proper names, and I’d have ended even this limited association with the FTFNYT if they’d gone with BIGLY. So FILLY it was.

[puzzlegal]

Wordle 1,661 4/6

CRANE
HOIST
DIMLY
FILLY

[MrDibble]

Wordle 1,662 3/6 TUESDAY

AUDIO
POESY
OOMPH - Ha, just a test word and it was the answer

[puzzlegal]

Huh, according to the NYT wordlebot,

FILLY, BILLY, WILLY, AND DILLY

Were all legitimate answers. I would not have guessed that. (In fact, i didn’t.)

[puzzlegal]

Wordle 1,662 4/6

@MrDibble

Ha, just a test word and it was the answer

I’m not surprised they accept it as a test word, but I’m surprised they accept it as an answer.

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,662 4/6

RATIO
SHONE
POUCH
OOMPH

[pjd]

Here it is..
Wordle 1,661 6/6*

\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[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 G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

[pjd]

And today’s ..

Wordle 1,662 4/6*

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

[chela]

Wordle 1,662 4/6*

Latex
Prion
Soupy
Oomph

[Gordon_G]

Wordle 1,662 4/6 TUESDAY

SLATE
CRONY
OPIUM
OOMPH
After Crony, I thought of only 7 words, and that includes 3 already-used;
the unhyphenated spelling of Pop-up; and – although I didn’t think of it right away –
the informal Oomph. This left only Widow and Opium; the latter seemed a better
sleuth if there were another word hiding out of view.
Ans so we get another non-Wardle word.

[Shoeless]

Wordle 1,662 5/6

STEAL
ROUND
COCKY
BOFFO
OOMPH

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1662 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
OOMPH

@Gordon_G

Ans so we get another non-Wardle word.

It doesn’t surprise me that it’s a non-Wardle word. OTOH, it really doesn’t seem like a NYT sort of word!

I thought of going for the solution at 3 with HOKUM, which it turns out would have narrowed it down to just the solution at 4, but it would have been harder to see.

[MacDoc]

Wordle 1,663 4/6



no Ai

[Rebo]

Wordle 1,662 5/6*

STEAL
DROWN
FOGGY
COUCH
OOMPH

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,662 5/6* 1/6/2026

FILLY → Whiff, and a wasted L. The followup is a good first word second
ROAST → That was… less productive than I hoped. With S, R and F gone, it may be safe to jump into a potential trap
BOUND → And it was very safe, because that wasn’t the word. E is still out there, but I can’t see a word that uses it - so maybe a second O?
POOCH → That was it, but that was not where I expected the second O to be
OOMPH

The answer feels a bit slangy. Still, a tough one, given that my fourth guess had 32 possibles per Scoredle, with only my guess, the eventual answer, and KOPEK being valid IMO (though as a Devo fan I did notice that JOCKO was in the list). Scoredle also finished with a bogey, starting with a double-whiff (!), then trying a word that Feud fans on the dope will love, then one with the final unused vowel before tapping-in the answer.

[Chefguy]

Wordle 1,662 4/6

CRANE - two fails in a row for my standard start word
HOIST
DOUGH - then it has to end in ‘ph’
OOMPH

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,663 4/6 — 2026-01-07 Wed




{Day 24 of 30 from the Philippines}

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,662 5/6

HEART
SHINY
BOUGH
POOCH
OOMPH

[Carnacki]

I made a post, but it looked like I couldn’t figure out the spoilers. Deleted. Sorry if I spoiled for anyone!