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

The Game Room
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Wordle 1,698 5/6

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Ugh, i missed that when i was strategizing.

CRANE
HALTS
ENEMA
BEGAN
VEGAN

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Wordle 1,698 4/6

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HEART
PENAL
SEDAN
VEGAN

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Wordle 1,698 3/6*

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STEAL
BEGAN
VEGAN

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Wordle 1,698 5/6* 2/11/2026

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SCENE → One and only one E, and a bunch of WoFcons to sort through. This a job for
LEARN → Looks like a ?E?AN trap. My first cut at it is
PECAN → and then I decided to sleep on it. Which in this case was not a good idea, because I woke up once last night with an idea in my head for a word, which I tried before I looked at it for real
RERAN → I had already tried the R, I didn’t need to try two of 'em! So, after some bad play, I looked harder and got some good luck
VEGAN

So that was humiliating and gratifying in equal measure, but at least I didn’t lose. Scordle finishes with a solid par, missing the birdie by one letter (and 5 places out of 28 possibles in its list at that point).

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Wordle 1,699 2/6

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Wordle 1,698 4/6

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QUOTA
RENAL
BEGAN
VEGAN

It was looking rather trappish, but I realized that after two, there were only four possible words left (PECAN, SEDAN, VEGAN, BEGAN). Two of them shared a letter, so the worst I could possibly do was a bogey.

I could have guaranteed a par with a good sleuth word, or take the 25% shot at a birdie (and 25% chance of bogey). I went for it and landed with a par after all.

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Wordle 1,698 4/6

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CRANE
SNEAK
VENAL
VEGAN

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BUYER
OMEGA
GLADE
VEGAN

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Wordle 1,699 4/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
PUNCH
TUBER
SURGE

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Wordle 1,699 3/6

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RATIO
CURSE
SURGE

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Wordle 1,699 2/6 — 2026-02-12 Thu

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STARE — possibles include – serve spree surge; and, previous Wordles have included – serve
SURGE

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Wordle 1,699 4/6*

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Wordle 1,699 4/6 THURSAY

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SLATE
PRION
SERVE
SURGE

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Wordle 1,699 3/6

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BUYER
SUPER
SURGE

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Wordle 1,699 4/6

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STARE
SPREE
SERVE
SURGE

Wordlebot says there were only four words possible after my first guess: surge, spree, serve, and scree. After my second guess, it says there was only one possible answer. When I guessed serve it said that wasn’t possible based on my previous guesses. Maybe I haven’t had enough coffee yet this morning but I’m not seeing how serve would have been eliminated by my first two guesses?

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Wordle 1699 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
SERGE
SURGE

After 2, could’ve also been SPREE or (already used) SERVE. Kinda disappointed that it wasn’t SERGE, because Groucho to Margaret Dumont: “Your eyes, your eyes, they shine like the pants of a blue serge suit. That’s not a reflection on you, it’s on the pants.” From The Cocoanuts, IIRC.

My streak is now at 10000000000. In binary, that is. 1024 in nonbinary. (pronouns they/them) :wink:

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Wordle 1,699 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SERVE
SURGE

Only one E

I made a similar error, considering words that had been eliminated, but got lucky that it didn’t add to my time, because i happened to pick a different possible word that narrowed it to one.

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Wordle 1,699 4/6

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HEART
BONER
DRESS
SURGE

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Thanks… like I said, I didn’t have enough coffee in me yet. :sleeping_face:

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Wordle 1,699 3/6* 2/12/2026

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VEGAN → Hey, a G. Nice to have… and do I have a second E?
GREEK → No, but I did pick up an R. (EGRET might have been a better word, with an additional WoFcon, I thought to my… regret.) E is more frequent at the end than the beginning, if there’s an -RGE ending but not -[AE]RGE,it’s mostly U for that vowel, so
SURGE

Kinda nice - and lucky - birdie. Last guess was out of six valid possibles, evenly split between the three remaining vowels, so while I might have gone the distance, it would have taken a horrid misplay to lose. Scordle misses a 1-in-3 for birdie, but assures the par with its choice.