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

Wordle 1,709 4/6

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BUYER
QUOIT
SUMAC
GUAVA

Wordle 1,709 3/6* 2/22/2026

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AWAKE → Oh my. ??A?A, gotta be. What words go on that pattern? PLAYA… but that’s an uncommon loanword, so
PLAZA → Hmmm… keep thinking… Huh, didn’t think there’d be a word with another vowel, but I can try
GUAVA
DRAMA, TIARA and LLAMA
were also valid possibles after the initial guess. The sheer volume of bogus possible guesses on this one were extraordinary - 68 after the first guess, 26 after the second. All those bogus words make it hard for Scoredle, which finishes with a bogey (which, to be fair, could have easily happened to me even if I had stuck only to the valid words).

Wordle 1,709 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
PLAUD
QUAFF - I figured this was a long shot, but didn’t see. . .
GUAVA

Wordle 1,709 4/6

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No yellow!

CRANE
HOIST
LLAMA
GUAVA

Wordle 1,710 3/6 MONDAY

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AUDIO
ANTIC
ATTIC

Wordle 1,710 3/6

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RATIO
ANTIC
ATTIC

Could not think of an answer after two. I went through all the remaining letters twice and I thought I looked for duplicates.

Wordle 1,710 4/6*

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\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}
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Stupid 3rd guess. :roll_eyes:
If wordle hard mode can tell me I must use a letter where it has
to be, why can’t it tell me I mustn’t use a letter where it can’t be ?
Bastard.

Wordle 1,710 4/6

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BUYER
PIANO
WAIST
ATTIC

Wordle 1,710 3/6

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SLATE
TAINT
ATTIC

Wordle 1710 3/6

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SLANT
RATCH
ATTIC

Wordle 1,710 4/6 — 2026-02-23 Mon

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
ATTIC

Wordle 1,710 3/6

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HEART
TASTY
ATTIC

Wordle 1,710 4/6

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PARSE
MOUTH
TITAN
ATTIC

Wordle 1,711 6/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :face_with_crossed_out_eyes: Ai needed :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,710 4/6* 2/23/2026

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GUAVA → So, kinda cool - one and only one A, and only three spaces left where it could go - one of which is covered in a really good first guess second
STEAL → and now there’s only one place the A could go. So I think of things with other letters, and I try something vowel-heavy
ATOMY → Where did that come from? Well, I started trying combinations of R, N and O first, then just went for whatever came to find. Ridding myself of two vowels isn’t that bad, though, because I decide to abandon WoFcons, try an I, and then see what was up
ATTIC

Well, I could have had a birdie, if I hadn’t gotten so darn desperate on my third guess, because the solution is the only valid possible left after two. Oddly enough, though, my guess for the third was Scoredle’s favorite for that situation, so it “looks” like the right play there according to the algorithm. Scoredle has it rough on this puzzle, though, finishing with a bogey after a 50-50 miss.

Wordle 1,710 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
TACIT
ATTIC

After all this time, I apparently still don’t understand the rules. Why was my third guess not a possible solution?

Because you’d already used the T in the fifth position.

Wordle 1,710 2/6*

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It was either ATTIC or ATRIA. I chose correctly.

Wordle 1,710 3/6

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CRANE
SHOUT
ATTIC

Because you knew T wasn’t the final letter. I was in nearly the same place you were, but was deciding between attic and tacky, and got lucky.

Wordle 1,710 4/6*

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Anime
Avail
Audio
Attic