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

Wordle 1,735 4/6*

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STEAL
PANSY
BASIC
OASIS

Wordle 1,735 4/6

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QUOTE
NOISY
VISOR
OASIS

Wow, lots of twos today!
I’ll take the four, given that I started with a Q. And I made a nice symmetrical design!

Wordle 1,736 3/6

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STEIN
SHIRK
SLICK

Wordle 1,736 5/6

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RATIO
SHINE
SPILL
SLIMY
SLICK

Wordle 1,736 6/6 SATURDAY

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AUDIO
PRIME
SHIFT
SWILL
SLING
SLICK

β€œPhew” indeed.

Wordle 1,736 4/6 β€” 2026-03-21 Sat

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
SLICK

Wordle 1,736 4/6*

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\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}

Wordle 1,736 3/6

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LEAST
SPOIL
SLICK

Wordle 1,736 5/6

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HEART
SPOIL
SLIMY
SLINK
SLICK

Wordle 1,736 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SPICY
SLICK

I lost the 50/50. But I’ve been lucky recently, so i suppose it balances out.

Wordle 1,736 4/6*

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STEAL
SLIMY
SLINK
SLICK

Wordle 1,737 4/6

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

Wordle 1,736 4/6

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YODEL
SLANT
SLUSH
SLICK

I was tired of getting birdies anyway.

Wordle 1,736 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SLICK

Wordle 1,736 4/6* 3/21/2026

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OASIS β†’ Not a second S, so that’s good, and the rarest of the three vowels. I do want to try E and a couple more WoFcons to go with those
STILE β†’ Placed the carryover letters and found an L, so I’ll call that a win and start trying consonants, with an N to try first
SLINK β†’ Gotta be
SLICK
GRACE
would make for an interesting lead-in to today’s solution, would it not? I see why my followup guess was downrated; there’s a nasty trap that Scordle played into that might have bitten me badly had one of its words been the solution. In the event, Scoredle’s followup leads it directly to my third and fourth guesses, so I do feel pretty good about how I played today.

Wordle 1,736 4/6*

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Kaput
Chick
Flick
Slick

Wordle 1736 3/6

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SLANT
PRIME
SLICK

Getting tired of all that winning? :wink:

Wordle 1,736 3/6

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WORLD
LEAST
SLICK

7, maybe 8 valid words left.
I will accept the good luck. :four_leaf_clover: