Wordle 1,687 4/6*
STEAL
LOATH
BLOAT. Dammit! I used the A in the wrong place. I could’ve had a 3.
ALLOT
Wordle 1,688 4/6
no Ai 
Wordle 1,687 4/6
AVOID
ARGON
ALLOW
ALLOT
Even though I got no consonants at the start, a leading A and an O not in the middle narrowed things down considerably.
There were a lot of different paths to ALLOT, and I probably couldn’t have scored worse than a bogie if I’d tried.
Wordle 1,687 4/6*
Scary
Abode
Amigo
Allot
Wordle 1,687 4/6* 1/31/2026
JUMBO → Near-whiff. Got a couple good first words second here; perhaps STONE or STOLE or maybe
STORE → I wonder if that choice will cost me? I could go TONAL here to KO the last WoFcon, but I think I’ll try to place that T first
TOTAL → And I don’t place the T… but at least it’s narrowed down. With O in fourth, T must go at end, A first or second, L in third looks like
ALLOT
A pretty quick puzzle today. I wonder how long it’s been since I haven’t tried an N? It helped that I had such a WoFcon-less start, and doubled up to place the T. Scoredle loved my third guess (1/109) and the final was a tap-in. On its own, Scoredle hits a trap on the final letter with its fourth guess, and has bad luck with the next guess as well, resulting in a tap-in double bogey. I can sympathize.
Catching up again:
Wordle 1685 4/6
SLANT
CLAIM
BLARE
FLAKY
Wordle 1686 4/6
SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
JUMBO
GUMBO had been used already (just a few weeks ago!). Next week this would be a coin toss. Those of us who use a used-words list will see our scores increase somewhat.
I’m surprised it took this long for the FTFNYT to start re-using solutions. It’s about time, and then some. My main disappointment is that the odds are much longer against my starting word being a solution anytime soon.
Wordle 1687 3/6
SLANT
BLEAT
ALLOT
Another one where re-using solutions would make a difference. I came up with nine plausible solutions, but five had already been used, and my guess at 2 guaranteed a 3 if it turned out not to be the solution itself.
It’s gonna be a different world for some of us on Monday. But really it should never have gotten to the point where the used words list could play this big a role.
Wordle 1,688 5/6 SUNDAY
AUDIO
PRIME
CHIPS
SPILL
SPINY
Wordle 1,688 4/6
RATIO
SHINE
SLING
SPINY
Wordle 1,688 3/6
SCARY
SILKY
SPINY
Wordle 1,688 2/6 SUNDAY
SLATE
SPINY
Wow! I had the same G---- start on #1639 and my records show I asked
Spiny then. Just now I wondered “why repeat the S?” I’m not optimistic
enough to hope for an Eagle! But I figured I’d given some thought then,
so I just continued with Spiny again.
Wow.
Wordle 1,688 4/6 — 2026-02-01 Sun
STEAL
BOUND
SHINY
SPINY
Wordle 1688 3/6
SLANT
PIKEY
SPINY
Had no idea my second guess was a word until I tried it in Scoredle as I was looking for a good sleuth word.
Wordle 1,688 4/6
CRANE
HOIST
GULPY
SPINY
Wordlebot liked my play again, although it didn’t give me a perfect score.
Wordle 1,688 3/6
STEAL
POUND
SPINY
Wordle 1,688 3/6
BUYER
ALLOY
SPINY
If ever somebody makes Wordle a televised competition, I think you’ve got a good shot at being an analyst on ESPN.
Wordle 1,688 5/6
HEART
SPOIL
SPICY
SPIKY
SPINY
I’ll have to brush up on my high school Spanish: “Compencia de Wordle! Esta semana en ESPN8: El Ocho!”
Wordle 1,688 3/6* 2/1/2026
ALLOT → Whiff. But I know the perfect next word… wonder how Scoredle will like it?
REINS → Heck with Scoredle’s opinon, I like it! I think a Y ending is likely, and if that S first, I’m seeing
SPINY
SHINY and three words ending in G were also possible, so I had a whole lotta luck here, but I was safe from a loss. Scoredle tries an anagram of my second guess (said guess was 75/2803, so 96th percentile) but then has more luck than me, hitting the birdie out of six valid and 13 total possibles.
Wordle 1,688 3/6*
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