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

Wordle 1,718 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
GENII
LINED
LINEN

Wordle 1,718 5/6*

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STEAL
FELON
ELFIN
LIKEN
LINEN

Wordle 1718 5/6

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SLANT
LOGIN
LIVEN
LIKEN
LINEN

Joining the LIVEN-LIKEN-LINEN club. Only the third re-used solution since CIGAR nearly a month ago: LINEN was Wordle #51.

Wordle 1,719 3/6 WEDNESDAY

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AUDIO
WHEFT
THEFT

Wordle 1,719 5/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :roll_eyes: Ai assist :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,718 4/6

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CRANE
SLOTH
DINKY
LINEN

It could also have been LIKED, i got lucky.

Wordle 1,719 4/6

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RATIO
CHUTE
THESE
THEFT

I forgot to post yesterday’s, so here are both. Two pars.

Wordle 1,718 4/6 β€” 2026-03-03 Tue

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
LINEN

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Wordle 1,719 4/6 β€” 2026-03-04 Wed

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
THEFT

Wordle 1,719 5/6*

\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\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 H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}

Wordle 1,719 4/6

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SLATE
GRIND
COMET
THEFT

Wordle 1719 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
THEFT

Wordle 1,719 4/6

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STEAM
ROUND
CLEFT
THEFT

Wordle 1,719 3/6

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HEART
SHEET
THEFT

Wordle 1,720 5/6

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

Wordle 1,719 4/6

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TRACE
TILES
TEETH
THEFT

I took quite a journey with this one. Don’t usually use -S plurals, but I wanted those WoFcons. Then I tried a double-double, which not only placed the E, but found a second T, leading to a fun par.

Wordle 1,719 4/6* 3/4/2026

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LINEN β†’ Slow start, and a wasted N, but I can try A and the last three WoFcons with
STARE β†’ And that’s something. TE- to start, and another vowel - perhaps a Y? Start throwing consonants at it to see what I get
TECHY β†’ Looks like THE- to start, THEME is out though, look through remaining consonants and don’t see much, but if I repeat the T…
THEFT
TEETH
was what Scoredle recommends for my third guess, and I gotta say that’s a masterstroke that I wish I had come up with. Wouldn’t have changed my score, any, but a much better play. Scoredle gets it in four after only getting four colored squares with its previous three guesses - a masterpiece of elimination.

Wordle 1,719 3/6

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Wordle 1,719 3/6*

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STEAL
TWEET
THEFT

Wordle 1,719 4/6

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YODEL
ANISE
RECUT
THEFT

Wordle 1,720 3/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
STEEP
SHEEP