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

Wordle 1,695 4/6*

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Wordle 1,695 4/6 — 2026-02-08 Sun; Super Bowl LX Sunday!

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STARE
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PUNCHpossibles include ebbed edged egged embed; and, previous Wordles have included (none)
EMBEDa pretty good guess

Wordle 1,695 4/6 SUNDAY

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SLATE
GRIND
DOPED
EMBED
Almost scored a Birdie but worried that NYT had changed its policy
and I might be in the Hoped/Vowed/Puked/Dozed trap.

Wordle 1695 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
EMBED

Still no repeats since CIGAR.

Wordle 1,695 4/6

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RADIO
STUDY
BLEED
EMBED

Wordle 1,695 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
DIMLY
EMBED

This is why i never play in “hard” mode. That doesn’t seem like a fun constraint.

Wordle 1,695 4/6

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HEART
PLIED
COOED
EMBED

Wordle 1,695 3/6* 2/8/2026

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BLEAT → That unexpected B is nice. And one vowel and two WoFcons eliminated. Maybe this is my slumpbuster. I wonder if I have a repeated E here, though those are usually third and fourth. Still, worth a shot to place the E, so
REBEL → Too late I realized I didn’t have an L, but somehow I think it was still worth it! E?BE?, looks like
EMBED
EBBED
was also possible. Feels good to be back under par. Scoredle also birdies, with 22 possibles to choose from on its final guess but the same pair of valid words as I had.

Wordle 1,695 4/6*

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STEAL
DRONE
MEDIC
EMBED

Wordle 1,695 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
QUELL
PEPPY
EMBED

Four words and still only one letter. That’s a first.

Wordle 1,696 5/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :innocent: no Ai :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,695 3/6

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BUYER
LIBEL
EMBED

Wordle 1,695 5/6

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INDEX
DOPER
LACED
EDGED
EMBED

Wordle 1,695 3/6*

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Crept
Evade
Embed

Am I the only one still posting?

Maybe. A lot of people are distracted by the Hyperbole, I’m sure. Also something about a naughty rabbit.

Wordle 1,696 4/6 MONDAY

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Spent some time on discovery words but worth it.

AUDIO
POESY
CHORE
CELLO

Wordle 1,696 3/6

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RATIO
GUMBO
CELLO
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Wordle 1,696 4/6*

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Wordle 1,696 3/6 — 2026-02-09 Mon

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STARE
DOILYpossibles include cello hello jello; and, previous Wordles have included hello
CELLO

Got lucky.