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

Wordle 1,778 5/6

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WordleBot sez…

Skill 93/99
Luck 36/99

Adieu
Story
Prink
Wring
Bring

Wordle 1,778 6/6

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RATIO
SHIRE
CRIMP
FRILL
BRINY
BRING

Got lucky with BRING/BRINK left at six.

Wordle 1,778 4/6 — 2026-05-02 Sat

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
BRING

Wordle 1,778 4/6*

\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,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 P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}

Wordle 1778 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
WRING
BRING

After 2, it was down to WRING (unused) and BRING (Wordle #164) so I went with WRING first. Since today it’s been exactly 3 months since the FTFNYT kicked off re-use of old solutions with CIGAR (Wordle #0) and this is only the eighth time since then that a previous solution has been re-used, going with unused possibilities first is still the way to go.

Wordle 1,778 3/6

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RAISE
GRIND
BRING

Wordle 1,778 4/6

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CRANE
TOILS
DEBUG
BRING

I thought including a D in my third guess would help split the field, but the wordlebot says that BRING (the one possible word that has both the G and the B that were just common among the possibilities) splits then just as well. So i wasted a guess.

Sea of Greens

Wordle 1,778 4/6*

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Leant
Crony
Wring
Bring

Wordle 1,778 4/6

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SLATE

PROUD

BRINK

BRING

This is my 43rd Sea of Greens.

Also, I tend to play the “Hard Mode” way, where I force myself to play the locked in letters. I find it more enjoyable (if not frustrating).

Wordle 1,778 5/6*

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STEAL
DOILY
CHIMP
WRING
BRING

Wordle 1,778 4/6

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YODEL
SATIN
WRING
BRING

Lotta WRINGs today.

Prink?

I’ve used it a a few times myself; it’s bogus (not a valid solution) but sometimes it has just the right set of letters you need to make progress. (It’s a synonym of primp or preen, to mention a couple of valid solution words).

Wordle 1,778 5/6* 5/2/2026

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PLUME → Whiff. With E and L gone, a lot of good first guesses are gone as well, so I had to try a few words before I got one Wordle would accept
TORAN → Only I and Y left of the vowels, and RINNY isn’t a word, so I had to go only for consonants with
DRINK → Seems a bit trappish, but a lot of the consonants are already gone, so I go with the first thing I see
WRING → Which somewhat pays off, in that it leaves a tap-in
BRING

Scoredle starts recommending the answer with my third guess, so I think my skill level here was not high. Clearly I should have trusted… well, you know. On its own key third guess, Scoredle misses the answer by the last letter, but then converts the 50-50 par putt.

Wordle 1,778 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
GRIND
BRING - got myself wrapped around the wring/bring trap for a bit

Wordle 1,778 4/6

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FLOAT
RINSE
GRIND
BRING

WRING or BRING, and I won the coin toss today.

Wordle 1,779 4/6

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Wordle 1,778 5/6

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HEART
CORNY
DRINK
WRING (I have plenty of company for this guess)
BRING

Wordle 1,779 4/6

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WordleBot sez…
Skill 87/99
Luck 45/99

Adieu
Stony
Plumy
Puffy

Wordle 1,779 6/6

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RATIO
LUNES
MUGGY
PUBIC
PUPPY
PUFFY

Another six. These are getting too close for comfort.

Wordle 1,779 5/6 — 2026-05-03 Sun

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
PUPPY
PUFFY