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

Wordle 1,811 4/6*

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Gravy
Fatty
Alway
Alloy

Wordle 1,812 4/6

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RATIO
CLONE
LOGON
NOBLY

Wordle 1,812 4/6

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AUDIO
POESY
MOONY
NOBLY

Wordle 1,812 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}
\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}
\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 B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}

Wordle 1,812 4/6 — 2026-06-05 Fri

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STARE
DOILYpossible Wordles include coyly folly golly jolly lowly nobly; of these, prior Wordles do not include golly nobly
GOLLY
NOBLY

Wordle 1,812 3/6 — NYT Average 4.4

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SLATE
BURLY
NOBLY

I got pretty lucky with my second guess. Narrowed it down from 106 possible words to just the 1.

Wordle 1,812 5/6

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WordleBot sez…

Skill 88/99
Luck 40/99

Just seeing this now. I thought about that, but it is obscure enough to not readily give away any answers. It’s fine.

Wordle 1,812 6/6

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HEART
SPOIL
COULD
GOLLY
JOWLY
NOBLY

Wordle 1,812 4/6*

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Buyer
Tabby bot says I shoulda had it in three
Poboy
Nobly

POBOY

is a valid guess and you have a great vocabulary, but Wordle typically uses more common words as solutions.
Lol

Wordle 1,812 X/6* 6/5/2026

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ALLOY → Three letters found, one placed, and one known to not repeate - not a bad start! Since Wordle started out in Britain, I think I’ll try a word that skimps on letter coverage, but at least hits a WoFcon
LORRY → Nope - but placed the O! Let’s try one with an E next
HOLEY → Nope - and wrong, I knew the L couldn’t go there. Darn. I know where the L goes, anyway, so perhaps a double-O?
COOLY → Not that. Next, a word I think we already had, but perhaps its a repeat?
DOILY → Nope. Down to my last guess. And I’m at a loss. Am I about to meanly lose this?
SOULY

I did, and I blame impatience. I really made a botch of this, though, looking at Scoredle. It makes two different recommendations for the best guess over the course of five guesses after my carryover - and I hit neither of them. I even had a 50-50 between valid words for my final guess and I hit neither of them. Ugh. FTR, Scoredle gets a birdie, thanks to a 1-in-5-valids putt.

Wordle 1,813 4/6

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Wordle 1,812 4/6*

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STEAL
IMPLY
GOLLY
NOBLY

Wordle 1,812 4/6

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YODEL
WOOLY
GOLLY
NOBLY

Looks like GOLLY was a pretty popular guess.

Wordle 1,812 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
BONGO
NOBLY

Wordle 1,812 3/6

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CRANE
TOILS
NOBLY

Wordlebot sez 93/65

Posting about 8 hrs later than usual because this one just about broke my brain.

Wordle 1,812 6/6

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RADIO
STYLE
CHUMP
FOLLY
JOWLY
NOBLY

I couldn’t even come up with a guess for six with the remaining letters I had. Nothing made sense. I would use one unused letter as my starting letter, then cycle through the unused letters at 3 to try to make a word, then go to the next starting letter and do the same. I was sitting next to my wife (who got it in five) and when I got to nobbly she started punching my leg. It helps if you pronounce it correctly…

Wordle 1,812 2/6

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CABLE
NOBLY

A weird pair of consonants gave me a tap-in eagle! But damn, it took me forever to find it. Never worked this hard for a two before.

Wordle 1,813 4/6

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RATIO
SHORE
PORCH
MORPH

Wordle 1,813 3/6 SATURDAY

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AUDIO
POESY
MORPH - Hah, my Tony Hart fandom pays off.