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

Wordle 1,803 5/6

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SPINE
SOLAR
SHUCK
STUDY
STUFF

There were remarkably few valid words left after two, and only two left after three. So yeah, my luck is running about the same as it has for a while.

Wordle 1,803 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
STUDY
STUFF

Back Wordles!

Wordle 1,800 5/6* 5/24/2026

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CHUCK → So I did this on my phone in “night” mode, and I didn’t see that the C was placed, so then I tried
LACER → And the E was nice, but when I realized it was off because of the mode, I moved things over to try another WoFcon
SPICE → and I should have tried SINCE to get that last N, so having realized that I went for
MINCE → And that was the one that clinched
NIECE

Pretty bad errors, but I’ll be the poor craftsman who blames his tools. Scoredle’s followup goes straight to the word I realized I should have tried with my third, and it leaves only the answer for a tap-in birdie.

Wordle 1,801 4/6* 5/25/2026

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NIECE → A wasted E, but otherwise an OK start. Three WoFcons and an A for followup
SITAR → I like those two new letters together, and I can try a Y with them via
MISTY → SunWife looked over my shoulder and said she saw
VISIT

My wife is my secret weapon in this game. My followup wasn’t in the top 120; my third guess a mediocre 20/35, but it left me with only the answer and one bogus word - but she saw it well before me. Scoredle’s followup left three possibles, one of them bogus - but it missed on the third guess and had to settle for a par of its own.

Wordle 1,802 5/6* 5/26/2026

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VISIT → Carryover whiff.
RENAL → Followup whiff. All WoFcons gone. O, what vowel would U choose, and Y? I can try only two of the three, so
BUMPY → Still have the O out there, and it goes well with the U, so I’ll look though remaining consonants and try
COUGH → Ah, missed it by one repeated letter
COUCH

After the futility of my first two guesses and the near-futility of the third, there were five valid possibles (out of 12), one of which was CHUCK from a few days ago, one was marginal (British slangey), and the other three were all mutually exclusive, so a five was pretty much a sure thing. Scoredle gets lucky, sinking a par from a choice between three sure-thing valids and three near-valids (out of 29 total possibles).

Wordle 1,803 5/6* 5/27/2026

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COUCH → Wasted C, and a lot of WoFcons still out there. With U in the middle, there may be no other vowels, so I’ll concentrate on the WoFcons
TRUNK → One out of three ain’t bad if you’re a baseball player, but not if you’re Meat Loaf. I see one word with the last two WoFcons, and god help me I’m going to try it
SLUTS → It’s getting late early. STU- almost writes itself, then it’s time to try what I can
STUMP → Not that. Double letter? Why not?
STUFF
STUDY
was out there, and Scoredle preferred it for my fifth guess, so I was lucky in a sense - though it was the only other valid word remaining. Scoredle has some bad luck - it went with a word with two other vowels for its followup, which in the event were wasted, then ends up with the same dilemma as I did for the fifth guess - and prefers the wrong guess, leaving the answer for its double-bogey.

Wordle 1,804 4/6

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WordleBot sez…

Skill 96/99
Luck 58/99

Adieu
Story
Ditto
Divot

Wordle 1,804 3/6

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RATIO
IDIOT
DIVOT

Wordle 1,804 3/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
DIODE
DIVOT

Wordle 1,804 4/6*

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LEANT
SPORT
DOUBT
DIVOT

Wordle 1,804 3/6*

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Wordle 1,804 3/6 — 2026-05-28 Thu

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STARE
DOILYpossible Wordles include ditto divot; of these, prior Wordles do not include divot
DIVOT

Wordle 1804 3/6

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SLANT
BRIDE
DIVOT

Could’ve also been IDIOT (not sure the NYT would have gone with an insult, though) or Wordle #44, DIGIT.

Wordle 1,804 3/6*

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Untie
Tipsy
Divot

Wordle 1,804 4/6

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TRAIN
SLOPE
IDIOT
DIVOT

Wordle 1,804 4/6 — NYT Average 4.1

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SLATE
TORCH
PIVOT
DIVOT

Been getting so unlucky on the coin tosses lately.

I don’t think it ever has.

Looks like I’m not the only one who considered the possibility:

ETA: Might want to spoiler my words in your post.

Wordle 1,804 4/6

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HEART
SPOUT
IDIOT
DIVOT

Wordle 1,804 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
PIVOT - shouldn’t have gone with the verb
DIVOT

Wordle 1,805 4/6

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Wordle 1,804 3/6

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YODEL
ADORN
DIVOT

Wordle 1,804 5/6* 5/28/2026

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STUFF → Well, that’s something - plus a wasted F. I’ll move the T over and try two WoFcons plus A & E
LATER → Whole lotta nothing. One WoFcon left, I could try it with all three remaining vowels if NOITY was a word - unfortunately it was not, so I ended up on
POINT → Which was productive, and made a Y unlikely. Distributed the vowels, picked a couple more consonants and tried
BIGOT → Running out of consonants, I pick two more and go for
DIVOT

After my followup (20/1404), Scoredle preferred my next two guesses, but then would have had me go for the bogus word on the 50-50 for bogey. On its own hook, Scoredle makes a placement play with its followup (which succeeds purely by elimination), then the third guess leaves a pure 50-50 par putt which it misses, finishing with a bogey of its down.