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

Wordle 1,712 3/6*

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Wordle 1,712 4/6

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Wordle 1712 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
SHRED

Could’ve also been SHEER or SHREW, which I saw, or SHYER/SHIER, which I didn’t.

Wordle 1,712 4/6*

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Trump
Crazy
Loser
Shred

Wordle 1,712 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SHRED

I got really lucky, this could have been lots of other words.

The wordle bot lists:
SHEER
SHYER i was looking at shier
SHRED
USHER
SHREW
I also thought they might include sherd

Wordle 1,712 3/6

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STARE
SCREW
SHRED

Yeah, my green S and H kept it from being USHER, but other than that we had the same list.

Wordle 1,712 4/6

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YODEL
AIMED
CURED
SHRED

Wordle 1,712 4/6* 2/25/2026

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BUYER → That’s something to start. If I throw together two more WoFcons and an A, I can try the thoroughly bogus
RANES → which at least makes some progress. If R in second, S must be either first or middle - but SR- doesn’t work and I don’t think ARSED is going to be OK, so push R to third and throw a WoFcon T in second, which looks like
STREP → Can’t be SIREN, SURE?, SYRE?, SORE?, and I’ve just watched some snowboarding like I do every four years so let’s try
SHRED

The outcome was good, but the play was less than skillful - my third guess was dead last, 16/16 on Scoredle’s list of possibles, leaving me with a 1-in-4 putt for par, which I was lucky enough to make. After yesterday, I’ll take it. Scoredle’s outcome was worse - bogey - but it sunk a tap-in, after having five valids after its third guess, and eliminating them very methodically.

Wordle 1,712 2/6*

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STEAL
SHRED

Wowie! Wordle Bot said I had 58 words to choose from. Very lucky indeed.

Wordle 1,712 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
USHER
SHRED

Wordle 1,713 4/6

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Can I ask why you often refer to one of my prior posts in this thread?

Wordle 1,712 4/6

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CLEAN
STORE
SUPER
SHRED

I felt quite lucky to land a par, as it seemed I was just flailing at this one. But Scordle seemed to approve of my choices (based on its ranked order of available words), so I’ll take some credit I guess.

Wordle 1,713 4/6 THURSDAY
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AUDIO
FRAME
CACHE
LANCE

Wordle 1,713 4/6

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RATIO
NASAL
MANLY
LANCE

Wordle 1,713 4/6*

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Wordle 1,713 3/6 THURSDAY

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SLATE
ANGLE
LANCE

Wordle 1,713 4/6 — 2026-02-26 Thu

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
LANCE

Wordle 1,713 4/6

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HEART
SPEAK
AMBLE
LANCE

Forgot to play yesterday, streak back to 1.