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

Wordle 1,759 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
PINEY
ELFIN

Wordle 1,759 3/6* 4/13/2026

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ALLEY β†’ One and only one L, placed, plus an E. With that start, I think I’ll try to double up on the E to place it, perhaps with another vowel and a WoFcon as in
ELITE β†’ Placed! And found an I as well, which must be 4th or last. Probably a third vowel, either U or O, if I is last, and that brings exactly no words to mind, but if I put it in fourth and run down my WoFcons I hit
ELFIN

A satisfying birdie. My followup was 9/122, so not bad on the scoreboard, and since the top 20 words per Scoredle were all valid, as well as many others, I felt it had a certain amount of skill. I was lucky to find a third letter when I made the second placement; the word ahead of mine in Scoredle order would have worked but left me with nothing to build on. On its own, Scoredle takes all three shots to place the E, finally finding it on the tap-in par try.

Wordle 1759 2/6

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SLANT
ELFIN

The BLOWN/FLOWN/CLOWN trio had already been used, leaving ELFIN and ELVEN. The latter struck me as more a Tolkienesque word than one that lived in the wild, so to speak. And just in case today’s solution were to be a repeat, ELFIN would ID or eliminate FLOWN. So the choice was easy.

Wordle 1,760 3/6 TUESDAY

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AUDIO
STEWY
CYCLE

Wordle 1,760 5/6

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RATIO
LUNES
FLECK
EXCEL
CYCLE

Wordle 1,760 4/6*

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

Wordle 1760 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
CYCLE

Wordle 1,760 3/6

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Well, i botched connections, but did well on wordle

CRANE
LOIUS
CYCLE

Lots of 3s so far today. Here’s another one.

Wordle 1,760 3/6 β€” 2026-04-14 Tue

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STARE
DOILY
CYCLE

Wordle 1,760 3/6

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RATIO
GLUEY
CYCLE

I think the solution isn’t very similar to other words, which makes it easier to isolate. Although the NYT average is 4.1, which is high-ish.

Wordle 1,760 4/6

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HEART
SPINE
GLOBE
CYCLE

Wordle 1,760 5/6

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Adieu
Omens
Reply
Chyle
Cycle

I had no idea my fourth word was even a word, lol.

Looks like everyone here who had either a C or Y in their first two words got a 3; those who had neither got a 4 at best.

C is the most common consonant in Wordle other than the WoFcons, which is why my standard second word has it. (I generally don’t get to Y until my third word.)

Wordle 1,761 3/6

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Wordle 1,760 3/6*

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STEAL
BIBLE
CYCLE

It was the Y not at the end that really threw me. I was trying to put it in one of first three spots and was trying just about every consonant I had left except, for some reason, the C. It took forever for the solution to click.

Wordle 1,760 4/6

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YODEL
NEWLY
STYLE
CYCLE

TBH, I gotta wonder what LOIUS means (or, alternatively, why the game accepted it as a guess).

Fat-fingered AGAIN!