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

Wordle 1,804 4/6

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IMAGE
LORIS
PITON
DIVOT

Steady progress toward another par.
DIVOT was the only legitimate word left.

Wordle 1,804 5/6*

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STEAL
UNITY
BIGOT
PIVOT
DIVOT

You might prefer quordle. I think it uses the same dictionary for legal guesses as for legal words. Personally, i like that wordle answers are curated. And would be annoyed if they didn’t let me guess weird words when searching for letters.

Put me in the camp of preferring a much wider range of allowable guesses than legit answers. For instance, there are plenty of words that are known to people in a particular profession or avocation but aren’t well known to the public at large. They shouldn’t be solutions, but there’s no reason why they shouldn’t be allowable guesses.

Wordle 1,805 4/6

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WordleBot sez…

Skill 91/99
Luck 34/99

Adieu
Story
Chalk
Clang

Wordle 1,805 3/6

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RATIO
SHALE
CLANG

Pure luck.

Wordle 1,805 4/6*

\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[silver,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}

Wordle 1805 2/6

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SLANT
CLANG

It helped that BLAND, BLANK, FLANK, GLAND, PLANK, and PLANE had already been used (and none of them in Wordle’s first year), leaving a choice between CLANG and CLANK.

Wordle 1,805 4/6*

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Drawn
Knack
Chant
Clang

Wordle 1,805 3/6 — NYT Average 3.9

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SLATE
FLACK
CLANG

I had three words to choose from (figured it was CLA _ _ ) and chose the NG ending, cuz it felt more Wordle-y.

Wordle 1,805 3/6

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ROAST
GUIDE
CLANG

Wordle 1,805 3/6

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CRANE
CLANK
CLANG

after my first word, i think the only possibilities were clang, clank, and chant. I wanted to start with one of the CL words so as to know the answer if guess 2 was wrong.

Wordle 1,805 4/6 — 2026-05-29 Fri

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCHpossible Wordles include clang clank
CLANG

Wordle 1,805 4/6

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HEART
SLAIN
BLANK
CLANG

Wordle 1,805 4/6

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AUDIO
FRAME
SHANK
CLANG

Wordle 1,805 4/6*

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STEAL
ALIGN
GLAND
CLANG

Wordle 1,805 4/6

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YODEL
SLANT
CLANK
CLANG

Wordle 1,805 4/6

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CRANE
CHANT
CLANK
CLANG

I would have bet money that I would have had a two. Then doubled down on a three.

Wordle 1,805 4/6

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ROUND
SLANT
PECKY
CLANG

In hindsight, PLANK would have given me the tap-in par and a chance at a birdie. But my sleuth word also led to par, and PLANK was not the solution, so no harm done.

Wordle 1,805 4/6* 5/29/2026

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DIVOT → Whiff. With T gone, I’ll try three more WoFcons along with A & E and be ready for U or Y if neither hit
LEANS → Hey, not bad. Pretty much has to be ?LAN?, no R, D and the WoFcons gone (save for double N, unlikely), lot of words with K for that end letter (hope no more than four!) and one with leading C and two possible ends
CLANK → Ah, close.
CLANG

Happy with this four. My followup was nowhere near Scoredle’s top 120, but it eliminated enough that I was safe in the event of a trap, which I managed to avoid. Scoredle’s followup seems less productive, but the third guess takes it down to a virtual tap-in (only other possible is thorougly bogus).