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

Wordle 1,747 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
JIFFY
FILLY
FIZZY

Wordle 1,747 4/6

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CRASH
INTEL
WIMPY
FIZZY

I CRASHed out on my first word, and didn’t gather much INTEL with the second. Was my approach too WIMPY?

FIZZY was calculated to guarantee a bogey, but because of one word I missed, a six was still possible.
I was thrilled and surprised to sink my chip shot for par.

Wordle 1,748 2/6

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Wordle 1,748 3/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
POESY
SOBER

Wordle 1,748 3/6

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RATIO
SHORE
SOBER

After the required 4 cups of Manischewitz? Sure, whatever.

Wordle 1,748 3/6 — 2026-04-02 Thu

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STARE
DOILY
SOBER

Wow I hadn’t realized there have been that many. Thanks.

Wordle 1,748 4/6*

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\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}
\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\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 S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}

Wordle 1,748 2/6

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SWEAR
SOBER

Wordle 1,748 3/6

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SHOUT
PLAIN
SOBER
I thought about sober as my second word but decided to try to get or eliminate more letters. :angry:

Wordle 1748 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
SOBER

Other possibilities were SOWER (Wordle #42, so in the apparent zone of reusability), SORER (given PARER, hardly seems unlikely), and SERVO (seems kinda iffy). SOBER seemed to be the best bet.

Wordle 1,749 6/6

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Wordle 1,748 3/6*

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STEAL
SNORE
SOBER

Wordle 1,748 4/6* 4/2/2026

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FIZZY → Whiff to start sets up the quintessential first word second
SLATE → And that’s not bad. Two WoFcons remain; add an O and try… well, not SNORE because I know the E isn’t at the end, but
SENOR → SO?ER, pretty much has to be
SOBER
SOWER
was also a possibility, as were a couple other rather bogus-looking possibles. Scoredle also hits a par, but missed a birdie by that much - the eventual answer was second on its list for the third guess.

Wordle 1,748 3/6

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YODEL
TONER
SOBER

WoFcons paid off today!

Wordle 1,748 3/6

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SLAVE
STEER
SOBER

Scordle chose the same second word, out of 273 possibilities, so that makes me feel smart.

Wordle 1,748 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
PORES - well, that was stupid
SOBER

Wordle 1,749 2/6

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ASIDE
SINGE