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

Wordle 1,766 5/6

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CRANE
SLOTH
DOGMA
EVADE
WEAVE

The average today according to the NYT wordlebot was 4.7, which is really high.

Wordle 1,767 3/6

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RATIO
LUNES
CLUMP

Wordle 1,767 4/6

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AUDIO
PRUNE
SLUMP
CLUMP

Wordle 1,767 4/6 β€” 2026-04-21 Tue

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
CLUMP

Wordle 1,767 4/6

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Adieu
Storm
Plump
Clump

Wordle 1,767 6/6*

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Wordle 1,767 4/6

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YODEL
GUILT
SLURP
CLUMP

Wordle 1,767 3/6

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CRANE
TOILS
CLUMP

I got lucky today. But also, today’s average is 3.7, down from yesterday’s 4.7

Wordle 1,767 4/6

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HEART
SPOIL
PLUNK
CLUMP

Wordle 1,767 4/6

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RAISE
POUND
THUMP
CLUMP

Wordle 1,768 2/6

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Wordle 1,767 5/6* 4/21/2026

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WEAVE β†’ Whiff, and a wasted E. Time for one of my popular first guesses second
ROIST β†’ Double whiff! Feel like I should try U and Y both here, along with N and L; I see one word, but it may mean a wasted L
NULLY β†’ Not completely wasted, at least. With no N, UN- is an unlikely prefix, so I’m thinking U in the middle. If I fill in other consonants around it, I can try PLUCK or
PLUMB β†’ Ah, so close
CLUMP

A tap-in bogey. Third guess was 63/168, kinda mediocre but it set up a good 3/11 that made the tap-in possible. Scordle’s followup was impressive - cut the possible list down to cardinality 8, which made its fourth guess a virtual tap-in (1-in-2 but the alternative guess was bogus).

Wordle 1,767 3/6*

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STEAL
FLUID
CLUMP

Wordle 1,767 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
CLUMP

Wordle 1,767 4/6*

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Edify
Occur
Caulk
Clump

Wordle 1,768 4/6 WEDNESDAY

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AUDIO
POESY
SCORE
SNORE

Wordle 1,768 6/6

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RATIO
PROSE
SHORE
SCORE
SWORE
SNORE

Wordle 1,768 3/6

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Adieu
Store
Snore

I lost the coin toss.

Wordle 1,768 3/6 β€” 2026-04-22 Wed

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STARE β€” possibles include score shire shore snore spire spore swore; of these the previous Wordles were score shire shore spire spore;
that leaves the not previous possibles include
snore swore

SWORE
SNORE

Wordle 1,768 4/6*

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