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

[puzzlegal]

Wordle 1,685 4/6

CRANE
SHOUT
AVAIL
FLAKY

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,685 4/6

RATIO
SHALE
CLANK
FLAKY

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,685 4/6 — 2026-01-29 Thu

STEAL
BOUND
PRIVY — pretty much, it’s likely flaky
FLAKY — yep

[pjd]

Wordle 1,685 4/6*

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

[Gordon_G]

Wordle 1,685 3/6 THURSDAY

SLATE
CLANK
FLAKY
I had the same start in #1612. I read the solution there.

[Shoeless]

Wordle 1,685 5/6

RADIO
GUEST
CHAMP
BLANK
FLAKY

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,685 3/6

HEART
FLASK lucky second guess
FLAKY

[MacDoc]

Wordle 1,686 3/6

Ai assist

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,685 4/6* 1/29/2026

CRUEL → Thought it was a whiff for a second. I would have had more flexibility had I whiffed, but now I can’t cover all three remaining WoFcons along with two vowels. First fill word I can think of that gets a new WoFcon and those two vowels is
LOATH → Going with the vowels was good - the rest, not so much. Still have S & N to try, and perhaps an I or Y - I quickly see
SLAIN → So - terminal Y, starting A, or nothing but more consonants? The last would be tough, with C already used and no WoFcons or H. What could I make if there was a terminal Y?
FLAKY
PLAZA made that last guess a 50-50, though that included 16 bogus words. My third guess was 24/92, so a fair number of eliminations there. Scoredle, OTOH, goes straight to a guess that hits the terminal letter, leaving a tap-in birdie to find the solution. A good day for the algorithm!

[kaylasdad99]

Wordle 1,685 4/6

BUYER
DOILY
SPLAY
FLAKY

[kaylasdad99]

@minor7flat5

What the heck is yrneh? That looks like “Henry” spelled backwards. But Scoredle seems to think that’s a Wordle word.

I dare you to make it your first guess tomorrow.

[SuntanLotion]

What are the odds?!

[Chefguy]

Wordle 1,685 4/6

CRANE
HOIST - ugh
QUAFF
FLAKY

[Wheelz]

Wordle 1,685 4/6

ALTER
SLAIN
BLACK
FLAKY

The word generator gave me two common vowels and three WoFcons. Nice!
Would have been even nicer to land a birdie or better off that start, but an easy tap-in par is fine.

[Rebo]

Wordle 1,685 3/6*

STEAL
ALIGN
FLAKY

Describes the preznit.

[MrDibble]

Wordle 1,686 2/6 FRIDAY

AUDIO
JUMBO

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,686 3/6

RATIO
BONGO
JUMBO

[Bullitt]

No AI here.

Wordle 1,686 4/6 — 2026-01-30 Fri

STEAL
BOUND
PRIVY — possibles include bough buxom gumbo jumbo; but previous Wordles have included bough gumbo; so the remaining possibles include buxom jumbo; of these the most likely include jumbo
JUMBO — yep

[pjd]

Wordle 1,686 4/6*

\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[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 L}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\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 U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt J}\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 B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}

[Gordon_G]

Wordle 1,686 4/6 FRIDAY

SLATE
CRONY
OPIUM
JUMBO
My guesses followed those in #1662 exactly.