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

The Game Room
8281

Wordle 1,789 5/6

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CRANE
TOILS
DUMPY
DODGY
DOWDY

I was hoping for no yellow. :wink: And a 4. But this is okay. Wordlebot scores me 95 skill and 22 luck, and my fourth guess was guarantee to give me the answer in 5.

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Same here.

Wordle 1,789 6/6 — 2026-05-12 Tue

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STARE
DOILY
DOGGY
DOOZY
DOWNY
DOWDY

8283

Wordle 1,789 X/6*

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

Not phew.
Bastard.

8284

Wordle 1,789 4/6

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DOZEN
DOILY
DOWRY
DOWDY

I smelled an ace for a hot second there!
Doubling up on the D did not occur to me. I suppose I should be happy with a par on this one, even after the good start.
My 90th Sea of Greens, for whatever that’s worth.

8285

Wordle 1,789 6/6

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ASIDE
CONDO
MOLDY
HOWDY
ROWDY
Running out of guesses!
DOWDY

Whew! Another sea of greens. What annoys me is I thought of dowdy way up at 3 and didn’t play it.

8286

Wordle 1,789 5/6

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YODEL
TODAY
DOWNY
DOWRY
DOWDY

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Not that much, since it looks like a sea of orange from here.

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Wordle 1,789 5/6 — NYT Average 4.9

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SLATE
PROUD
IDIOM
DODGY
DOWDY

8289

Wordle 1,789 4/6

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HEART
SPOIL
WOUND
DOWDY

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Wordle 1,789 X/6* 5/13/2026

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CLOCK → OK, that seems about right. Pity about the wasted C. A good followup with three WoFcons and an E would be
TONER → Four vowels left. I should try terminal-Y, and perhaps another one- first I can see is
SOUPY → but could have done an A there instead of U. Oh, no, what a trap. Three guesses left, lots of consonants out there, most double up between the O and Y, oh, this is bad. Let’s take some potshots in the dark. Huh, WOODY is not a Wordle word. OK, let’s try
FOGGY → Nope
HOBBY → One left. Triple up?
MOMMY

Fifty-fifty among valids at the end, there, and I got the wrong one - though I was so fixated on double letters I probably never would have seen it. Scoredle makes a par by ducking its third guess (just one letter off the answer) that leaves just a tap-in.

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Wordle 1,789 3/6*

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STEAL
DROWN
DOWDY

8292

Wordle 1,789 5/6

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Wordle 1,790 5/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :roll_eyes: :innocent: no Ai :kangaroo:

8294

Wordle 1789 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
DOWDY

DODGY had been used already. Could’ve also been DOGGY, but that’s not my style. :smiley:

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Wordle 1,790 6/6

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Phew!

CRANE
SLOTH
PARED
GAWKY
WAFER
WAVER

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Wordle 1,790 6/6*

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Another Phew!
Several other options that could have fit but had to go with the more common words and hope for the best (one of which puzzlegal managed to avoid)
Note I am playing hard mode

LEANT
 SPEAR
RACER
WAGER
WAFER
WADER

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Wordle 1,790 3/6

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WordleBot sez…

Skill 64/99
Luck 76/99

Adieu
Favor (kinda duh)
Waver (lucky)

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Wordle 1,790 6/6

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RATIO
LARGE
SANER
CHIMP
WAKFS
WAVER

I had absolutely no business getting this one. After three sleuth words desperately seeking letters I was still left with WADER, WAXER, and WAVER. I guessed right by pure luck but this really should have been a disastrous fail.

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Wordle 1,790 4/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
FRAME
WATER
WAVER

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Wordle 1,790 X/6*

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\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}

Bastard. Second fail in 2 days. Sod that.