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

Wordle 1,780 3/6

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Because it’s Star Wars Day, I started with
FORCE
STAIN
RISER

Wordle 1,780 5/6

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GHOST
SANER
MISER
WISER
RISER

Another #&%ing -ER word, and a #&%ing double R. They were just trying to piss me off today.

No strong opinion. I didn’t know you could create one with six letters

Wordle puzzle created by Johnt 4/6

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ACETIN
SOURLY
MESHED
DOPERS

Wordle 1,780 3/6

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YODEL
INSET
RISER

Wordle 1,780 5/6

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HEART
BONER
MISER
WISER
RISER second guess was closer than I thought

Wordle 1,780 4/6* 5/4/2026

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PUFFY → Whiff. The ultimate first guess second is teed up…
SLATE → Not bad. I would like to try SNORE here to KO the last WoFcons and throw in an O, but I need to move the S and E, so I try an anagram
RENOS → That leading R screams for a vowel in second, thereafter E and S in some order; RIES? goes nowhere but RISE? (but no N) must be
RISER

The third guess was key but Scoredle doesn’t put it in the top 120 possibles, so it’s hard to grade my attempt here. On its own, Scoredle misses a 50-50 for par.

Wordle 1780 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DRESS
RISER

After 2, WISER, MISER, PRESS, and REBUS had already been used, leaving DRESS, RISER, and RESEW. Glad RESEW wasn’t the solution!

Wordle 1,780 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SKIER - stupid
MISER
RISER

Wordle 1,781 X/6

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Wordle 1,780 3/6*

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STEAL
PURSE
RISER

@JohnT, got it in three.

Wordle puzzle created by Johnt 3/6

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POINTY
CEREAL
DOPERS

Wordle 1,781 4/6

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WordleBot sez…

Skill 87/99
Luck 47/99

Adieu
Story
Plant
Latch

Wordle 1,781 3/6

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RATIO
LATHE
LATCH

Very lucky to avoid the trap.

I don’t mind people creating their own wordles of various length but could we possibly do it in a different thread and save this one for the classic Wordle to avoid confusion? Just my opinion.

Wordle 1,781 6/6*

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

Wordle 1,781 3/6

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YODEL
SLANT
LATCH

If I’m being candid, I’d be more comfortable with it being a separate Thread Games thread.

Wordle 1,781 4/6 — 2026-05-05 Tue

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
LATCH

Wordle 1,781 4/6

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RAISE
POUTY
FATAL
LATCH

Wordle 1,781 5/6

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HEART
CATCH
WATCH
BATCH
LATCH

Wordle 1,781 4/6

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SLATE
FAULT
TALON
LATCH