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

The Game Room
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Wordle 1,672 3/6

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CRANE
RECAP
RACER

Thought sure I’d have a two after the opener.

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Wordle 1,673 3/6

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RATIO
SHIRE
FIERY

6443

Wordle 1,673 4/6 SATURDAY

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AUDIO
PRIME
INERT
FIERY

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Wordle 1,673 4/6 — 2026-01-17 Sat
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STEAL
BOUND
PRIVY
FIERY

6445

Wordle 1,673 4/6*

\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 D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\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 E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 1,673 4/6 SATURDAY

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SLATE
GRIND
VIPER
FIERY
Viper guaranteed Par among all unused words I knew except Fiver (slang).

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Wordle 1,673 3/6

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STEAL
IVORY
FIERY

6448

Wordle 1,673 2/6*

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Niece
Fiery

6449

Wordle 1,673 5/6

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HEART
SPERM
QUERY
EVERY
FIERY

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Wordle 1,673 5/6* 1/17/2026

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RACER → So there’s only one R, and it’s not an -ER ending. That’s not bad. I can try two more WoFcons and a vowel with
ENTRY → Good choice of vowel. Time to go hard on placing the E with
LEERY → successful placement, but that’s about it. Let me ask myself… ah,
QUERY → I can’t think of a word of ?OERY, but there is one with ?IERY
FIERY

I was thinking databases, but I should have gone with the book of Daniel. My third through fifth guesses are all per Scoredle’s recommendations, but that second guess… well, it’s not in the top 120 best, let’s just say that. Scoredle makes par with its choice, and even makes the right choice on its 50-50 putt for par, so give the algorithm its props once again.

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Wordle 1,674 4/6
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Bit of work on a rainy night

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Wordle 1,673 3/6

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BUYER
EMERY
FIERY

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Wordle 1,673 3/6*

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STEAL
ENEMY
FIERY

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Wordle 1,673 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
FIRED
FIERY

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Wordle 1,673 4/6

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WOULD
ASTER
REIGN
FIERY

Opening whiff led to a challenging par. Good mental workout today.

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Wordle 1,674 3/6 SUNDAY

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AUDIO
QUART
SUMAC

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Wordle 1,674 4/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[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 C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ \end{aligned}

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Wordle 1,674 2/6 SUNDAY

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SLATE
SUMAC
Sumac just seemed a good sleuth with Scuba and Sigma lurking.

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Wordle 1,674 3/6

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RATIO
SHALE
SUMAC

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Wordle 1,674 4/6

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BUYER
QUOIT
GUAVA
SUMAC