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

I feel redeemed after yesterday

Wordle 1,814 3/6

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CRANE
TOILS
THUMB

My third guess was lucky (there were 5 possibilities according to the bot. I saw 4 of them. But it was a good guess for eliminating others, too.

Wordle 1,814 5/6*

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rainy
Duvet
Touch
Thump
Thumb

Wordle 1,815 4/6

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Wordle 1,814 4/6 — NYT Average 3.8

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SLATE
TOUCH
THUMP
THUMB

Coin toss between THUMP & THUMB, and I lost.

Wordle 1,814 3/6* 6/7/2026

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MORPH → That’s an odd pairing. I’d like to try two vowels… maybe a WoFcon, if I can find one… and the H not at the end, but not an -RM ending of course… toy around for a while and see
HUMAN → Which fits the bill, but I wouldn’t expect U to hit but not A or N. Ah, well, think about a direct solve, perhaps, if I move the letters over one each, can’t be CHUMP - maybe CHUMS, but that can’t be the answer - or THUMP, but it could be
THUMB

My followup was 17/61, not bad overall but it left only three possibles, two bogus, so let’s call that a tap-in birdie. Scoredle also birdies the puzzle with a 1-in-4 putt, again the remainder of the possibles are bogus.

Wordle 1,814 4/6

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YODEL
ASTIR
UNCUT
THUMB

Won the coin toss.

Wordle 1,814 4/6*

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STEAL
DIRTY
THONG
THUMB

Wordle 1,814 3/6

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RATIO
DUSTY
THUMB

Wordle 1,814 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST - so the vowel is a ‘u’
THUMB

Took me forever to see that.

Wordle 1,814 4/6

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BUDGE
URBAN
SHLUB
THUMB

SHLUB was almost certainly not going to be the answer, but I figured it would get me there, which it did. A birdie was definitely in the cards, though, had I thought a bit longer.

Wordle 1,815 5/6

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RATIO
PANIC
BASIL
MAXIM
MAFIA

Wordle 1,815 3/6 MONDAY

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AUDIO
CHAIN
MAFIA

Wordle 1,815 4/6

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CRANE
TOILS
APHID
MAFIA

Wordle 1,815 4/6*

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Wordle 1,815 4/6 — 2026-06-08 Mon

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
MAFIAaffix was previously used

Wordle 1815 5/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
MAXIM
MAFIA

I don’t feel bad about this 5. Obviously I had eliminated more* than half the alphabet with my first three guesses, and didn’t have much to show for it. I thought of MAXIM, and though it had been used before, it was the solution to Wordle #50, so if they were going to recycle solutions two days in a row, then it was well inside the zone. MAFIA started life as a proper noun but is most often used these days as a common noun, but I wasn’t sure if that was enough to make it eligible. Apparently the answer is ‘yes’ so I can keep that in mind going forward.

*Eliminating U pretty much takes out Q with it, so 14 letters gone.

Wordle 1,815 5/6

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HEART
SALAD
MANNA
MAGMA
MAFIA

Wordle 1,815 4/6

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SUITE
CORAL
MANIA
MAFIA

Wordle 1,815 4/6

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YODEL
ASTIR
CABIN
MAFIA

Wordle 1,815 5/6 — NYT Average 4.6

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SLATE
APRON
MAGIC
MAXIM
MAFIA

I’ve been losing out on the coin tosses lately.