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

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1701 3/6

SLANT
CLIME
BLOOM

GLOOM had already been used.

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,701 5/6

RATIO
SHONE
FLOCK
GLOOM
BLOOM

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,701 4/6 — 2026-02-14 Sat

STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
BLOOM

[pjd]

Wordle 1,701 5/6*

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[MrDibble]

Wordle 1,701 4/6 SATURDAY

AUDIO
POESY
BROOM
BLOOM

[Gordon_G]

Wordle 1,701 3/6 SATURDAY

SLATE
BOUND
BLOOM

[Shoeless]

Wordle 1,701 3/6

RADIO
BLUES
BLOOM

[puzzlegal]

Wordle 1,701 3/6

Crane
Sloth
Bloom

There were still four options when i picked “bloom”. I got really lucky today.

[kaylasdad99]

Wordle 1,701 3/6

BUYER
BIOTA
BLOOM

[chela]

Wordle 1,701 4/6*

Cruel
Moldy
Gloom
Bloom
That’s one sad bouquet

[MacDoc]

Wordle 1,702 3/6

no Ai

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,701 4/6

HEART
SPOIL
BLOWN
BLOOM

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,701 3/6* 2/14/2026

MOOCH → Oh my. Looks like it ends with -OOM, so I can see four possibles right off the bat - [BG][LR]OOM - if so. And if -OOM, and one of those four possibles, I’ll have it on the third guess. So let’s give it a go…
BROOM → So must be
BLOOM
PROMO was the only other possible (per Scoredle) that I considered even a little bit valid after that first guess, and of course it wasn’t that. Scoredle made the same guesses I did, so we have identical birdies. Sometimes yesterday’s word just works as a start.

[Rebo]

Wordle 1,701 4/6*

STEAL
WRYLY
FLUID
BLOOM

[Chefguy]

Wordle 1,701 4/6

CRANE
HOIST
GLOOM
BLOOM - should have guessed this first, given the day

[Wheelz]

Wordle 1,701 4/6

ANGEL
LORIS
CLOUD
BLOOM

Some amusing bogus words from Scordle, including PLOOT, KLOOF, ZLOTY, BLOOK, and PLOWT.
But BLOOM was the only real word left.

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,702 3/6

RATIO
LUNES
SKULL

[MrDibble]

Wordle 1,702 4/6 SUNDAY

AUDIO
PRUNE
FLUTY
SKULL

[pjd]

Wordle 1,702 3/6*

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[Gordon_G]

Wordle 1,702 3/6 SUNDAY

SLATE
SWILL
SKULL
I had the same GY— start at #1649 and #1676 and followed with
Skull each time! Today I decided Swill was a slightly better sleuth.
Brilliant, Gordo!!