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

Wordle 1,762 3/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
MUSIC
CUBIT

Initial word made that easy.

Wordle 1,762 5/6

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Eh, I’m not very good at this.

Adieu
North
Tulip
Mutic
Cubit

Wordle 1,762 6/6 — 2026-04-16 Thu

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
TUNICstupid, N
CUTINanother stupid guess, N again!
CUBIT

Wordle 1,762 3/6*

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\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}

Wordle 1,762 2/6*

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Audit
Cubit

Wordle 1762 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
CUBIT

One of my rare twos.

Wordle 1,762 2/6

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COURT

CUBIT

/spoiler

Wordle 1,762 4/6

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PASTE
OUGHT
QUILT
CUBIT

Wordle 1,762 3/6

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Weird to get the first and last letters like that, but it sure helped.

CRANE
HOIST
CUBIT

Wordle 1,762 4/6

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HEART
SPOUT
UNLIT
CUBIT

Wordle 1,762 3/6*

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STEAL
BIGOT
CUBIT

Wordle 1,762 4/6

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YODEL
WURST
QUINT
CUBIT

Wordle 1,763 5/6

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Yeah, but it couldn’t be any other word after those two.

Wordle 1,762 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
CUBIT

Wordle 1,762 3/6* 4/16/2026

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BEGUN → Wow, good carryover. Minus side, fewer slots to try the more common letters. I can try A and two WoFcons with
ABUTS → So I also have a T. Without a UN- prefix, the U pretty much has to go in second, B third, BT is pretty rare in the middle of a word so T first or last, TUBER is out and TUBO/TUBI go nowhere, so T last, ?UB?T with a vowel in fourth evokes
CUBIT
TUBBY and TURBO
were also possible on the last guess, so it was a 1-in-3 birdie putt, and a bogey was possible. I think this is another repeat word? Scoredle really didn’t like my followup, 77/85, but that third guess was 2/6, so a good recovery. Scoredle ends with a par - a little less lucky on its 1-in-3 birdie putt, but a good choice of word leaves it with a true tap-in par.

Wordle 1,763 4/6 FRIDAY

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AUDIO
BERRY
BETEL
BELLE
Double double. Tricksy.

Wordle 1,763 4/6

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RATIO
LUNES
ELEGY
BELLE

Wordle 1,763 4/6

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Adieu
Store
Blype
Belle

Another instance where I used a word that I didn’t know existed until Wordle told me it did.

Wordle 1,763 4/6 — 2026-04-17 Fri

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
BELLEinterestingly, this was the only possible word remaining

Wordle 1,763 5/6*

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\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
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