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

Wordle 1,670 4/6

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CRANE
SHOUT
VIOLA
AVOID

Wordle 1,671 2/6
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Wordle 1,670 5/6* 1/14/2026

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GUMBO β†’ At least I got the most likely carryover letter. Let’s see if I can place it, along with trying E and three WoFcons
STORE β†’ Placement yes, everything else no. I can finish the WoFcon search and try a few consonant deep cuts with
FLOWN β†’ It strikes me there’s another vowel in there somewhere. But I’m running out of consonants… and guesses. I thought of CHOCK, but modified it to not double the C and try a vowel
CHOKY β†’ Nada. Oh boy, what’s left? A & I and some (high-point Scrabble) consonants. At least I know Q isn’t one of them. Can I find a word with both remaining vowels? Oh, I can..
AVOID
ADIOS
is the great starting word for today. My third guess was rather poor per Scoredle (38/103) and the fourth likely worse (20/38), but they did get me to the point that there was only one nonbogus word left. Scoredle finishes with a workmanlike tap-in par.

Wordle 1,670 3/6*

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STEAL
PRAWN
AVOID

Lucky guess!

Wordle 1,670 3/6

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HEART
SAPID an obscure word guess pays off
AVOID

Wordle 1,670 3/6

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BUYER
OASIS
AVOID

Wordle 1,670 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
AIOLI
AVOID

You and me both!

Wordle 1,670 2/6

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AUDIO
AVOID

Wordle 1,671 3/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
FRAME
CHASM

Wordle 1,671 4/6

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RATIO
SHALE
CHANT
CHASM

Stupid mistake.

Wordle 1,671 3/6

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SHORT
PHASE
CHASM

I’m now back home in California. Nice 2 @MacDoc !

Wordle 1,671 4/6 β€” 2026-01-15 Thu
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STEAL
BOUND
PRIVY β€” possibles include amass awash chasm; but previous Wordles have included amass awash
CHASM

Wordle 1,671 4/6*

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

Wordle 1671 3/6

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SLANT
CRASH
CHASM

Wordle 1,671 3/6*

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Impel
Mouth
Chasm

Wordle 1,671 3/6

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SLATE
CRASH
CHASM
Had the same start on #1642 and asked Crash then also.

Wordle 1,671 4/6

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STEAL
POUND
CRASH
CHASM

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Promising start, too many solutions. :hot_beverage:

Wordle 1,671 3/6

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CRANE
CLASH
CHASM

Lucky start.