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

Wordle 1,808 4/6 — NYT Average 4.7

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SLATE
LURID
VINYL
CHILI

Wordle 1,808 3/6*

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STEAL
LYRIC
CHILI

Wordle 1,808 3/6

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HEART
WHICH
CHILI

Wordle 1,809 6/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :woozy_face: Ai assist :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,808 5/6

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READY
LIONS
FILTH
CHILL
CHILI

Dumb mistake at three, but I thought I’d managed to save par. I didn’t.

Wordle 1,808 4/6* 6/1/2026

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ETUDE → Whiff. Followup should have two solid vowels and three of the remaining four WoFcons, so
ROANS → Double whiff! L, and I and Y, and fill in a couple more consonants. A likely one, without repeated letters, looks like
MILKY → Well, that’s something. Looking at consonants, there’s a couple that can be used back to back, and perhaps it is binocular…
CHILI
CHILL and CLIFF
were both still out there, and one would have been eliminated via Scoredle’s preferred third guess (though mine was 5/112, so not bad). So I did get a bit lucky. Scoredle has a tough path through to the end; after its third guess, there are five valids (out of 8 total possibles) and it takes that fourth guess to cut it down to a tap-in bogey.

Wordle 1,808 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
CHILD
CHILL
CHILI

::grumble::

Wordle 1,808 5/6*

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Debar
Posit
Knick
Chill - started celebrating oops not
Chili

Wordle 1,808 4/6

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CRANE
TOILS
VILLI
CHILI

After the first two guesses, it could have been child, chili, or chill. I almost went with child, but decided to play for the guaranteed 4, instead.

Wordle 1,809 5/6

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RATIO
BASIL
BASIC
BASIN
BASIS

Well that was annoying.

Wordle 1,809 3/6

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Whereas i had very few likely options after my first two words.

Wordle 1,809 4/6

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AUDIO
RAVIN
BASIC
BASIS

Wordle 1,809 4/6*

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Wordle 1,809 4/6 — 2026-06-02 Tue

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCHpossible Wordles include amiss basis; of these, prior Wordles do not include basis
BASIS

Wordle 1,809 4/6

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YODEL
ASTIR
SWAIN
BASIS

But at least you got another sea of greens badge!

ETA: BTW, how is it you got to do 1809 twice (and how did you not get an ace the second time)?

Wordle 1,809 4/6*

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Tread
Smack
Amiss
Basis

Wordle 1809 3/6

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SLANT
PASSE
BASIS

OASIS had already been used.

Wordle 1,809 5/6

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PATIO
BASIC
BASIN
BASIL
BASIS

@psychobunny I feel your pain!

Wordle 1,809 5/6

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Adieu
Story
Chais
Lapis
Basis