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

Wordle 1,768 4/6

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Since today is Earth Day, let’s try starting with
EARTH
SPOIL
Could be score, snore, swore. I could guess and wind up with a three or a five, or play
WOMEN
which gives me the N.
SNORE in four!

Excellent play by play analysis, @Shoeless !

Wordle 1,768 4/6

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HEART
EMERY
INURE
SNORE

Yesterday:

Wordle 1767 4/6

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SLANT
CLIME
CLOMP
CLUMP

Don’t ask me why I went with CLOMP at 3. Oddly enough, that was Scoredle’s choice too.

Today:

Wordle 1768 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
SNORE

Wordle 1,768 3/6*

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STEAL
SHRED
SNORE

Wordle 1,768 3/6

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YODEL
SHONE
SNORE

Wordle 1,768 4/6* 4/22/2026

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CLUMP → Whiff. Good first word second, coming up (but the L is already used, so I’ll throw in an R)
STARE → Could be SHIRE, but that’s about the only word with an I that goes there left. There are several with an O, fortunately my carryover word already eliminated SCORE and SPORE (and S’MORE??) and STORE is gone so I’ll try
SWORE → Ah, should have played out my WoFcon obsession
SNORE
SHORE
was also possible, so I made a 50-50 putt for par here. The followup guess for Scoredle was an anagram of my own, at which point it sought out the trap but had very bad luck, guessing the answer with its last out of 3 for a bogey.

Wordle 1,768 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SNORE

That was fast.

Wordle 1,769 4/6

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Wordle 1,769 4/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
PESTY
THEME
TWEET

Wordle 1,769 4/6

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RATIO
CHUTE
STENT
TWEET

Wordle 1,769 5/6*

\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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\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 E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}

Wordle 1,769 5/6 — 2026-04-23 Thu

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
BEGET
TWEET

Wordle 1,769 4/6

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NOISE
CLEAR
TWEED
TWEET

Wordle 1,769 4/6

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HEART
COVET
ISLET
TWEET

Wordle 1769 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
GIMPY
TWEET

Wordle 1,769 3/6

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YODEL
TUNER
TWEET

Again with two doubles!

Wordle 1,769 6/6

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Adieu
Tones
Tepee
Tweel
Tweer
Tweet

Given the amount of time I spend on Twitter, this one was rather embarrassing.

Wordle 1,769 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
DUVET
TWEET

A bit of luck on this one.

Wordle 1,769 3/6* 4/23/2026

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SNORE → That’s a solid starting word. But not so much today, other than eliminations. Need T and L and a stab at placing the E, I think I’ll try
FLEET → Huh. That was lucky. If I’m through with vowels, I think it might have to be
TWEET
CHEET
was an IMHO bogus alternative, but that may have been the best darn (nonwinning) followup I’ve ever tried. Even Scoredle agrees - it’s rated as a pretty solid 41/836, 95th percentile. Scoredle’s own guesses make par - it also tries to double up successfully on the second word, but misses the key WoFcon and needs another guess to take it to a (valid) tap-in.