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

Wordle 1,809 4/6 β€” NYT Average 4.2

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SLATE
BASIN
BASIC
BASIS

Gah! I went from thinking I had it in 2, to placing par. Oh well.

Wordle 1,809 5/6

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HEART
AVOWS
LIMAS
PAINS
BASIS

Wordle 1,809 5/6*

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STEAL
CRASH
ARSON
GASSY
BASIS

I played this one so badly! ARSON couldnt have been correct as the R was already invorrect from CRASH. then GASSY was wrong because the 4th letter S was also incorrect from CRASH. Jeez.

Wordle 1,809 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
BASIL
BASIS

I feel pretty good about par after seeing others caught in a trap.

Wordle 1,809 3/6* 6/2/2026

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CHILI β†’ Carryover cyclops. L is out, so I have four choose three WoFcons, and… A or E? I saw TINES later, so I went with my first impulse
TRAIN β†’ Which was good. Separate the vowels, only S is left of the WoFcons - why not try two of them?
BASIS

A one-in-11 valids (out of 61 total) shot at birdie, validated by Scoredle’s making it the top guess for my third try (my followup was not in the top 120). I was thinking the same word with an E as the end letter, even though that’s a proper noun - but it led me in the right direction and I had already eliminated the other trap letters. Scoredle’s followup is even better - it leaves only 3 valids (out of 61 total) and sure enough the solution is again at the top - so Scoredle also birdies.

Wordle 1,810 5/6

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Wordle 1,810 4/6

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WordleBot sez…

Skill 90/99
Luck 49/99

Adieu
Story
Lotto
Notch

Wordle 1,810 3/6

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RATIO
OFTEN
NOTCH

@kaylasdad99 I am confused. I only played and posted # 1809 once (did get a sea of green badge, though).

Wordle 1,810 4/6 WED

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AUDIO
POESY
MORON
NOTCH

Wordle 1,810 4/6 β€” 2026-06-03 Wed

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
NOTCH

Wordle 1,810 5/6*

\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\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 A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}

Wordle 1,810 4/6

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STALE
MOUTH
BOTCH
NOTCH

Wordle 1,810 3/6

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HEART
THINK
NOTCH

Wordle 1,810 3/6*

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STEAL
ORBIT
NOTCH

Wordle 1,810 4/6 β€” NYT Average 3.9

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SLATE
TROMP
FUTON
NOTCH

Wordle 1,810 4/6* 6/3/2026

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BASIS β†’ Whiff. and a wasted S. Should have gone with TONER, but what I saw first was
TRONE β†’ Here I dug in for a while trying to find a word with L and either U or Y, got nowhere, then eventually reset and tried to fnd any word that used the letters I had
MONTH β†’ So with the two placed letters, N had to go in front and T in the middle, which made it easy to see
NOTCH

My alternate followup guess would have been better, per Scoredle (36/2563 vs. not in the 120) but it recommended my third guess (1/20) and the final was a tap-in. Scoredle takes a different follow-up, but its third guess differs by mine in only one letter, and while the par putt is 1/5, the other four possibles are thoroughly bogus.

Wordle 1,810 4/6

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YODEL
TORUS
VOMIT
NOTCH

My bad. I looked at @puzzlegal’s post and my brain saw @psychobunny

Wordle 1,810 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
TOUCH
NOTCH

Well, that was stupid. I had all five letters after two and got in a hurry.

Wordle 1,810 4/6*

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Renal
Undid
Phony
Notch