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

The Game Room
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Wordle 1,817 2/6*

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STEAL
ALIGN

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Wordle 1,817 4/6

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AUDIO
STYLE
ALIBI
ALIGN

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Wordle 1,817 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
AVIAN
ALIGN

8784

Wordle 1,817 3/6

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SMILE
TRIAL
ALIGN

Could also have been ALIBI, which I didn’t see.

8785

Wordle 1,818 4/6

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RATIO
CHUTE
PETTY
TESTY

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Wordle 1,818 4/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
FERNY
JETTY
TESTY

8787

Wordle 1,818 3/6*

\bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}

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8788

Wordle 1,818 6/6 — 2026-06-11 Thu

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STARE
PUNCH — after the first guess results I thought it’d be better to play this word, usually my 3rd guess, instead of my usual doily; MISTAKE!
DOILY — it would have been better to play doily as my 2nd guess, not 3rd; from here there are 3 likely answers, maybe a 4th, but I think it’s likely to be zesty
ZESTY — wrongo!
TAFFY — a sleuth word, just to be sure I get this in 6 and not lose my winning streak
TESTY — bingo; my streak is 392 and continues!

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Wordle 1,818 3/6

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HEART
TEPID
TESTY

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Wordle 1,818 3/6 — NYT Average 3.7

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SLATE
ZESTY
TESTY

I usually go for a word that doesn’t have repeat letters. And it seems like I usually get that wrong.
But I’ll take the birdie.

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Wordle 1,818 5/6*

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Album
Frown
Piety
Jetty
Testy

8792

Wordle 1818 3/6

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SLANT
MISTY
TESTY

D/G/RUSTY and ZESTY had already been used.

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Wordle 1,818 5/6

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POISE
LUNAR
SEEDY
ZESTY
TESTY

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Wordle 1,818 4/6

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Wordle 1,818 4/6

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YODEL
ENTRY
PIETY
TESTY

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Wordle 1,818 4/6* 6/11/2026

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ALIGN → Carryover whiff. On the plus side, I know exactly what word will cover the rest of my WoFcons and the next two vowels (though I almost said “ROAST”, silly me!)
STORE → Great pickup! Can I place the consonants? I’m seeing a word right now that doubles up on each of them, so I’ll try it
TESTS → Ooh, so close
TESTY

It’s a little anticlimactic to see the four greens come up one by one and simultaneously realize you’re not going to get that fifth one - and know exactly which letter you should have gone with for the birdie. It’s scant comfort to know that that guess was 2/79 while the actual answer was 33rd in the same list. Scoredle also finishes with par, going with an anagram of my followup for its own and then missing out on a virtual 50-50 (plus three bogus words) for birdie.

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Wordle 1,818 3/6

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WordleBot sez…

Skill 95/99
Luck 63/99

Adieu
Story
Testy

8798

Wordle 1,819 4/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :innocent: no Ai :kangaroo:

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Wordle 1,818 2/6*

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STEAL
TESTY

Whoop! Thats two 2’s in a row!

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Wordle 1,818 3/6

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FIBRE
LEANT
TESTY

The word generator gave me a tough starter. At three, there were at least a dozen non-bogus words out of 71 possible guesses. I was just trying to place the T and stumbled into a birdie!