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

Wordle 1,786 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
MARRY
LARVA
PARKA

Wordle 1,786 4/6

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SLATE
RAPID
HARPY
PARKA

Wordle 1,787 3/6

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First!

CRANE
TOILS
NEWLY

Wordle 1,787 4/6

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RATIO
LUNES
BLEND
NEWLY

Wordle 1,787 4/6 MONDAY

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AUDIO
DERRY
NETTY
NEWLY

Wordle 1,787 4/6 — 2026-05-11 Mon

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
NEWLY

I don’t think I posted yesterday’s.

Wordle 1,786 4/6 — 2026-05-10 Sun

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
PARKA

Wordle 1,787 5/6*

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Wordle 1787 3/6

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SLANT
LOGIN
NEWLY

I forgot to play yesterday. Tried the time zone trick on my phone and it worked! I was able to play yesterday’s game with 20 minutes to spare in Samoa. However, I still lost my streak. Oh well.

Wordle 1,786 3/6

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SKATE
PANKO
PARKA

A very lucky second word nets me two uncommon consonants - placed! - and subsequently the birdie.

Wordle 1,787 4/6

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TERMS
PENAL
FELON
NEWLY

I didn’t realize it at the time, but all I had left after two were FELON and NEWLY. I lost a coin toss I didn’t know I was making. Still not a bad par in my book.

Wordle 1,787 3/6

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READY
POINT
NEWLY

Wordle 1,787 3/6

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YODEL
EARLY
NEWLY

How did you lose your streak?

Wordle 1,787 3/6

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HEART
NEIGH
NEWLY

Wordle 1,787 5/6

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SLATE
YODEL
REPLY
JELLY
NEWLY

Wordle 1,787 5/6* 5/11/2026

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PARKA → Whiff. Not entirely unexpected. Makes the followup an easy choice
STONE → That’s not bad. Add the last WoFcon, an I, and… maybe another consonant, maybe another N, maybe another vowel? In the event, I chose another consonant
LINED → So the L is a help. I had a tough time finding another word, so I decided it was time to locate at least one letter and tried
NELLY → which was so close to the solution
NEWLY

I got pretty lucky on the third guess (6/101), which is odd because it seemed like such an evolutionary change to what I had from the first two. Then, guess #4 was a 50-50, and my urge to place caused me to make the wrong guess, ending with a tap-in bogey. Scoredle’s third guess is a masterpiece - it doesn’t find the repeat letter it seemed to be looking for, but places the other letter which leaves but one slot left for the repeat, and that leaves six answers left of which five are firmly bogus.

Wordle 1,788 5/6

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Wordle 1,787 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
QUEEN
NEEDY
NEWLY

Well, that was ugly.

Same question as @puzzlegal - you’re showing a 3 for yesterday and a 4 for today, and I even went back and checked Saturday, when you got a 4. So when and how did you lose your streak?

Glad the time zone trick worked for you, regardless.

Wordle 1,787 3/6*

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STEAL
FELON. Scordle says only word available is…
NEWLY