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

Wordle 1,774 3/6

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That was lucky!

CRANE
HILTS
QUACK

Wordle 1,774 4/6

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RATIO
SHALE
GAUDY
QUACK

Stupid mistake on three but still managed to get lucky for par.

Wordle 1,774 6/6

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Phew!

Adieu
About (duh)
Guard
Luaus
Guava (DUH)
Quack (lucky!)

Wordle 1,774 4/6*

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Wordle 1,774 4/6 β€” 2026-04-28 Tue

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
QUACK

Wordle 1,774 5/6

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YODEL
SATIN
AUGUR
QUAFF
QUACK

Wordle 1774 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
QUACK

I was surprised to find that QUACK hadn’t been used yet; the Q-words have all but been used up. (And one, SQUAD, has been re-used.) The only other possibility, ABACK (Wordle #110), had been used, but with a low number like that, it wouldn’t have surprised me if it had been the solution. But going with unused over used still seems to be the best bet.

Wordle 1,774 4/6

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RADIO
STYLE
PUNCH
QUACK

Wordle 1,774 3/6

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HEART
CLACK
QUACK

Wordle 1,775 3/6

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Wordle 1,774 3/6*

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STEAL
FRAUD
QUACK

Wordle 1,774 4/6

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NOISE
ADULT
QUARK
QUACK

Lost the coin toss, but not mad about a par after whiffing the opener.

Wordle 1,774 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
QUACK

Dumb luck.

Wordle 1,772 4/6* 4/28/2026

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WOMEN β†’ Slow start, not completely unexpected. Played around with possibles having A and three WoFcons, many of which were bogus, until I hit on
SALTO β†’ Which is something (and bogus, I think). O is probably in the middle, if I try to place the S and need somewhere for the L, looks like
FLOSS β†’ Ah, if only I wore lipstick instead of cleaning my teeth
GLOSS

A fine par for conditions (in a wilderness camp, with spotty cell service.) Scoredle (later) does a good job to place the O, but loses out on the WoFcons and misses a 50-50 putt for a tap-in bogey.

Wordle 1,773 5/6* 4/27/2026

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GLOSS β†’ Whiff. But, a pretty good setup for a topic I love
TRAIN β†’ I knew I wanted to try an E here, and SunWife thought of a good one while we were in cell coverage so I went for it
REMIX β†’ Got the R! Seems like it needs to go in the middle. I started throwing other random words at it and got one that hit
CERIC β†’ But it didn’t much help. I stared at it for a couple minutes before it hit me
EERIE

Roughly played, but I was on my phone. Scoredle also ends up with a bogey.

Wordle 1,774 4/6* 4/28/2026

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EERIE β†’ I’d have loved CREEP. Instead, two wasted Es. Followup is
TONAL β†’ Any WoFcons? Since I slept last night in a
SHACK β†’ Ahh, that’s nice. Not much left among consonant pairs, but I do see one I should check
QUACK
ABACK
was also out there, and I would have been taken that way if it was the solution. As it was, happy for a lucky recovery from a tough start. Scoredle also gets lucky with a 1-out-of-7-valid putt (maybe a chip?) for a par of its own.

Wordle 1,775 3/6

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RATIO
REACH
RURAL

Wordle 1,775 5/6

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Adieu
Story
Human
Gulag
Rural

Wordle 1,775 5/6 β€” 2026-04-28 Tue

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
AURAL
RURAL

Wordle 1,775 3/6*

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Wordle 1775 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
RALLY
RURAL

RIVAL had already been used.

Too bad Wardle didn’t start this game 11 days earlier than he did. Would have been cool to have Wordle 1775 on April 18.

Wordle 1,775 3/6

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RAISE
ROACH
RURAL