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

Wordle 1,796 3/6*

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STEAL
ENEMY
WRECK

Wordle 1,797 3/6

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Wordle 1,796 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST - a dumb choice
ERECT
WRECK

Should have been a three at most.

Wordle 1,796 4/6

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STUDY
LINER
OPERA
WRECK

Weirdly, the word generator gave me an anagram of yesterday’s answer. Aaaand, a whiff!

Saved par after the slow start, so I’m OK with it.

Wordle 1,797 4/6

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RATIO
SHARE
ARGUE
AGREE

Wordle 1,797 3/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
ASTER
AGREE

Wordle 1,797 3/6*

\bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}

Wordle 1,797 4/6 — 2026-05-21 Thu

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCHcan be agree barge
AGREE

Wordle 1,797 4/6

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RADIO
QUART
CLEAR
AGREE

Wordle 1,797 4/6

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CRANE
that’s a lot of information. I attempted to rule out more common consonants, and maybe place the A.
DAMPS
Wordlebot says i should have tried i place the R, too, and recommend LAIRS, or maybe BARGE.
AFIRE
This is one of the possible words, and will single out all the others.
AGREE

wordlebot gives me an 87/47, because it doesn’t like my second word.

Today’s average is 3.8.

Wordle 1797 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
AFIRE
AGREE

Third guess was a brain fart: I kept on coming up with ideas after 2 that had an A in the middle spot, and I wound up focusing on that so much that I forgot to keep the R out of the fourth spot. Still, it placed the A, giving me a coin toss between AGREE (Wordle #70) and ARGUE (Wordle #73), with BARGE (Wordle #754) already eliminated. And I won the coin toss to save the 4.

Wordle 1,797 4/6 — NYT Average 3.8

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SLATE
ADORE
ARGUE
AGREE

Wordle 1,797 3/6*

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STEAL
AIRED
AGREE

Wordle 1,797 3/6

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HEART
RACER
AGREE

Wordle 1,797 4/6* 5/21/2026

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WRECK → Another -ER ending? Oh, say it ain’t so
SANER → It ain’t so. I’m guessing I’m done with vowels, so… finish up WoFcons?
ARTEL → Why did I try the R there again? Because of my WoFcon obsession, that’s why. Well, at least with the A placed, I know it’s not at the start, so must be middle, A?RE? looks like
AGREE
AIRED
was the other valid possible at the end. So a bit of a fumble, but I did have some good luck to make it a par. Scoredle has a tough time of it - places the consonant from the carryover, but wastes two other to make that placement, then takes a two-guess side quest through the Land of Bogus Words to finish with a bogey.

Wordle 1,797 3/6

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CRANE
BARGE - I normally use ‘hoist’ as a second word, but with two vowels solved. . .
AGREE

Wordle 1,797 3/6

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YODEL
ASTER
AGREE

Got my streak to 300!

Thought I posted earlier, but apparently not…

Wordle 1,797 5/6

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WordleBot sez…

Skill 55/99
Luck 60/99

Adieu
Stony
Appel (a mis-type which was actually a word)
Archer
Agree

Ummm… I’m not sure that’s a valid guess.

Duh, you’re right. The first ‘r’ is not in my guess.