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

Wordle 1702 2/6

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SLANT
SKULL

As usual, a bit of luck involved to get a 2. There were seven or eight good unused possibilities, and the solution was my second guess because if it wasn’t the solution, it would do the best job of finding out which of the others was.

Wordle 1,702 4/6

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STALE
CHIRP
MOUND
SKULL

Wordle 1,702 3/6 — 2026-02-15 Sun

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STARE
DOILY
SKULL

Wordle 1,703 4/6

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

Wordle 1,702 4/6* 2/15/2026

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BLOOM → Hit on the sole WoFcon. Oh, and a wasted O. About what I could expect, I guess… but I can follow up with
LEARN → Got nothing from that. I can knock out two more vowels and try to place the L with
SILLY → Two Ls. At the end. And there’s gotta be a U. I can think of two homonyms that would work here, but one is a lot more common
SKULL

Sure enough, that par was a virtual tap-in. Scoredle goes to my third word with its second, which you’d figure might mean a birdie, but proceeds to try one word with an E and one with an A before it hits on the answer with a bogey. So my doubling up on vowels with my second guess paid dividends in the end.

Wordle 1,702 3/6

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HEART
SPOIL
SKULL

Wordle 1,702 3/6*

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Steal
Shill
Skull

Wordle 1,702 4/6

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CRANE
SLOTH
SILLY
SKULL

Wordle 1,702 2/6*

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STEAL
SKULL

Woo-hoo!

Wordle 1,702 4/6

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BUYER
MIAOU
STUNT
SKULL

Wordle 1,702 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
FUSSY
SLUMP
SKULL

Wordle 1,702 3/6

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PLANE
DRILL
SKULL

Doubling the L paid off. It was either SKULL with a K or SCULL with a C. I guessed right.

Wordle 1,703 4/6 MONDAY

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AUDIO
POESY
WORST
ROOST

Wordle 1,703 3/6

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RATIO
REPOT
ROOST

Wordle 1,703 4/6 — 2026-02-16 Mon

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STARE
DOILY
ROUST
ROOST

Wordle 1,703 4/6*

\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\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 S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}

Wordle 1,703 3/6 MONDAY

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SLATE
JOIST
ROOST

Wordle 1703 3/6

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SLANT
HOIST
ROOST

Could’ve also been ROUST; BOOST, JOUST, and WORST had already been used.

Wordle 1,703 5/6

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RADIO
CHUTE
ROTOR
ROBOT - stupid guess, not paying attention
ROOST

Wordle 1,703 3/6*

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STEAL
HOIST
ROOST