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

[pjd]

Wordle 1,783 5/6*

\bbox[yellow,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt J}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\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 U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,783 4/6* 5/7/2026

LIKEN → Slow start. I can check A and the last three WoFcons with
STARE → Placed the E, but no WoFcons to be found. I’d like to try an O, but there’s a word with U and a second E (which is still a possibility)
DEUCE → Good choice on U, and lucky D! Looks like ?UDGE word, I’ll trust the B and go with
BUDGE

There were four valid words to fill the trap with three guesses left, so it was not a sure thing that I got the win, much less a par. Scoredle makes a different path through the possibles, but ends up in the same place, getting a par with the same five words remaining before it converts.

[RTFirefly]

Yesterday and today: a pair of lucky 3s.

Wordle 1782 3/6

SLANT
NYLON
LIKEN

Could’ve also been LIVEN or LUMEN.

Wordle 1783 3/6

SLANT
CHORE
BUDGE

Things were narrowed down far more after 2 than one would expect. But still, even after eliminating used words, it still could have been BEIGE, EXUDE, FUDGE, FUGUE, or PEEVE in addition to the solution, so it certainly wasn’t a GIMME .

[cmyk]

Wordle 1,783 6/6

Cruel, cruel Wordle.

SLATE
PRONE
CHIME
JUDGE (shit.)
FUDGE (fuck.)
BUDGE (whew.)

[Shoeless]

Wordle 1,783 4/6

RADIO
PUDGY
FUDGE
BUDGE

Sea of Greens!

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,783 4/6 — 2026-05-07 Thu

STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
BUDGE

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,783 6/6

HEART
DOZEN
ELIDE
UNDUE
FUDGE
BUDGE

[MrDibble]

Wordle 1,783 3/6

Been a while…

AUDIO
BUDDY
BUDGE

[Wheelz]

Wordle 1,783 5/6

SHELF
TRONE
JUICE
QUAKE
BUDGE

I thought for sure we had a Q word, with that U in the second spot. But fortunately I’d burned the F already to avoid a trap at the end.

[Mark_Finn]

With two guesses to go, and three possible words that fit JUDGE, FUDGE, BUDGE I guessed JIFFY which eliminated the J and F words - leaving only the correct one.

[kaylasdad99]

Wordle 1,783 4/6

YODEL
REDUX
FUDGE
BUDGE

[Chefguy]

Wordle 1,783 5/6

CRANE
HOIST - oh, swell - at least a ‘qu’ word is ruled out
PLUME
FUDGE
BUDGE

[Rebo]

Wordle 1,783 4/6*

STEAL
DEMON
CRUDE
BUDGE

[MacDoc]

Wordle 1,784 3/6

Ai Assist

[JohnT]

Wordle 1,784 4/6

WordleBot sez…

Skill 89/99
Luck 54/99

Adieu
Gaunt
Supra
Umbra

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,784 4/6

RATIO
SHARE
MARRY
UMBRA

[MrDibble]

Wordle 1,784 3/6

AUDIO
SQUAW (surprised they still allow this one. And just realized SQUAB would have worked too and been more useful!)
UMBRA

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,784 4/6 — 2026-05-08 Fri

STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
UMBRA

[pjd]

Wordle 1,784 4/6*

\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\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 A}

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1784 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
FAIRY
UMBRA

After 2, I quickly saw DAIRY, FAIRY, MARRY, and PARRY. The latter two had been used, and not seeing any possibilities besides these four, I went with FAIRY at 3. The results from 3 eliminated all four of those possibilities. It turned out that the solution was the only remaining possibility, and it took some doing to find it.

I would quibble that it’s not a common word - seriously, when’s the last time you saw it used in a sentence? It’s the root of a number of more common words, like umbrella and penumbra, but I’d take umbrage at the notion that the solution itself is a common word.