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

Wordle 1,682 5/6
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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :innocent: no Ai :shovel: :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,681 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST - which leaves β€œu” for a vowel
BURST - well, that was stupid
STRUT

Another shoulda-woulda been a three if I hadn’t rushed it.

Wordle 1,681 5/6

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SLIDE
SCORN
SPRAY
STRUM
STRUT

I wanted to go with SMART at two, which would have led to a tap-in birdie. But for some reason I convinced myself to try check N before T.
I chose… poorly.

Wordle 1,681 4/6

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HEART
ROUST
SPURT
STRUT

Wordle 1,682 3/6 MONDAY

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AUDIO
FRAME
FREAK

Wordle 1,682 5/6

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RATIO
SHARE
CLEAR
BREAK
FREAK

Wordle 1,682 6/6*

\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[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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}

Wordle 1,682 3/6*

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Odium
Feral
Freak

Wordle 1,682 4/6 β€” 2026-01-26 Mon
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STEAL
BOUND
PRIVY
FREAK

Wordle 1,682 3/6 MONDAY

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SLATE
GRIND
FREAK

Wordle 1,682 5/6

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RADIO
STYLE
CREAM
BREAK
FREAK

Much easier than connections. :laughing:

Wordle 1,682 4/6

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CRANE
SLOTH
BAKED
FREAK

(Could also have been WREAK.)

Wordle 1,682 4/6

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BUYER
AROSE
TREAD
FREAK

Wordle 1,682 5/6

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HEART
RACER
EARLY
CREAM
FREAK

Wordle 1,682 6/6* 1/26/2026

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STRUT β†’ That’s a bit less than I hoped for, including a wasted T. But I can now check E & A with two more WoFcons and be done with the latter.
LEARN β†’ So R is the only WoFcon. I need to place some letters, so I’ll repeat the E with
EAGER β†’ So at least it’s not one of those β€œdoer” words. That’s good. But I still haven’t placed anything. ?REA? looks like a real trap in the making, but I have little choice but to go down it. Once more into the trap, dear friends…
CREAM β†’ Sure enough. At least DREAM isn’t possible. But that D leads me to
BREAD β†’ And now, looking at the remaining consonants, I have a 50-50 shot. Probably should have done more analysis a couple guesses back. Oh well, flip the coin and try
FREAK
β€œF or W?”
was not the question I thought that a loss or a win would hang on when I started this puzzle. And really, I should have started with that final letter, although that would have still meant four possibles over three guesses, so also could have been a loss - indeed, my 4th and 5th guesses each knocked out a possible without me noticing it at the time. Scoredle’s first three guesses cut the valid possibles down to five, arranged so that a loss was impossible (and indeed, Scoredle wins with a par).

Wordle 1,682 2/6*

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STEAL
FREAK

Two 2’s in a row!

Wordle 1,682 4/6

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CRANE
TREAT
DREAM
FREAK

Wordle 1,682 6/6

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MINOR
ALERT
CREAK
BREAK
WREAK
FREAK

Sheesh. I tried every possible wrong option before the right one.
At least there weren’t any more (no, Scordle, PREAK is not a word) or I’d probably be here crying about my streak ending.

Wordle 1,683 5/6
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No so easy today :thinking:

Wordle 1,683 X/6*

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STEAL
BISON
PUSHY
FUSSY
HUSKY
MUSKY

Well, dang, 443 day streak drops off the twig.