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

Wordle 1,691 4/6

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SLATE
PRONG
CHIME
CHIDE

Wordle 1,692 3/6

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Wordle 1,691 4/6*

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STEAL
DRONE
GUIDE
CHIDE

Wordle 1,691 5/6* 2/4/2026

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WEIGH → That’s a good start. E to the end? If so, the H pretty much has to go second… add a couple WoFcons, the NYT won’t go for SHITE so
SHIRE → Placed everything, but struck out on the new stuff. L & N won’t go in front of the H, and I can’t think of something with T, so we’ll go non-WoFcon and use that L
CHILE → I can see two more words, so I think I’m safe. Par?
CHIME → Nope. Bogey, I hope
CHIDE
CHIVE
was a possible I had missed, so I might have ended with a double-bogey - I’m pretty sure the one other word Scoredle has on its list of possibles is bogus. On its own, Scoredle’s second guess is one letter off of mine (though mine was its second-best guess) but it misses with its third and ends in a par.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Wordle 1,691 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
CHIDE

That was quick!

Wordle 1,691 4/6

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FROWN
STALE
GUIDE
CHIDE

Rough start, but I wrestled it to the ground for a par.

Wordle 1,691 3/6

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Wordle 1691 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
CHIME
CHIDE

I’m obviously far from the only one who went with CHIME before CHIDE! I’m just glad CHIVE stayed in the spice cabinet.

Wordle 1,692 5/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
POESY
SPOON
SCOOP
SWOOP

Wordle 1,692 5/6

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RATIO
SHONE
SCOOP
SLOOP
SWOOP

Didn’t realize I was in a trap.

I needed 5 today.

Wordle 1,692 5/6 — 2026-02-05 Thu

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
SPOOK
SWOOP

Wordle 1,692 5/6*

\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[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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\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 P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}

Wordle 1,692 4/6

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SLATE
PHONY
SCOOP
SWOOP

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I rejected Chive because I don’t think I’ve ever heard the word!
IIRC I’ve only heard the plural form, Chives.

Wordle 1,692 5/6

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RADIO
GUSTY
SPOKE
SCOOP
SWOOP

Wordle 1,692 6/6

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HEART
SPOIL
SLOOP
SCOOP caught in a trap… can’t get out…
SNOOP
SWOOP

Wordle 1,693 4/6

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Wordle 1,692 6/6*

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STEAL
SHORN
SMOKY
SPOOF
SCOOP
SWOOP

It’s a lot harder.without a used word list!

This is why i don’t play “hard” mode. But today it wouldn’t have mattered.

Wordle 1,692 4/6

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CRANE
SLOTH
SPOOK
SWOOP