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

Wordle 1,819 5/6 FRIDAY

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AUDIO
FRAME
AREAL
CREAK
BREAK

Wordle 1,819 4/6

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RATIO
SHARE
CLEAR
BREAK

Wordle 1,819 4/6

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WordleBot sez…

Skill 83/99
Luck 44/99

Adieu
Story
Reach
Break

Wordle 1,819 4/6*

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This game could have been disastrous. Fortunately I got it, and my streak continues and approaches 400, my longest to date.

Wordle 1,819 5/6 — 2026-06-12 Fri

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCHpossible Wordles include afear amber arear baker barge break eager faker freak gamer gazer maker rager raker rarer raver rebar rewax wafer wager waker waver wreak; of these, prior Wordles do not include afear arear break faker gazer rager raker rarer raver rebar rewax wager waker; letters to eliminate are F B K G Z V W X; can try sleuth word(s) befog wakfs bawks gawky
GAWKYpossible Wordles include baker brake break faker freak maker raker; of these, prior Wordles do not include break
BREAKbingo! My approach assumes no repeat Wordles, which of course can be dangerous

Wordle 1,819 6/6

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HEART
RACER
ARENA
DREAD
FREAK
BREAK

Wordle 1,819 4/6

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SLATE
RACED
FREAK
BREAK

Wordle 1,819 3/6*

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Enemy
Spear
Break

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Wordle 1,819 3/6*

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STEAL
BREAM
BREAK

I thought I had three 2’s in a row for a sec! But it was time for a repeat. BREAM is quite an unusual word for Wordle, anyway. (It’s a fish for those who don’t know.)

Wordle 1,819 3/6 — NYT Average 3.9

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SLATE
BREAD
BREAK

I was just using my second guess as a sleuthing word, and surprisingly hit 4 greens. I literally caught a BREAK.

Wordle 1,819 6/6* 6/12/2026

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[spoiler]
TESTY → Slow start, wasted T, LEARN would be my preferred followup but I need to move the A, so instead after mulling over less-perfect words I try
LARGE → So that’s not bad. N is still out there, but I’d prefer to try to place the other letters, including the R
DREAR → Success, but it’s starting to look trappish. I’m pretty sure its all consonants from here on out, so I’ll try
FREAK → Let’s see, B, C… and W. Oh, boy. 1/3 to lose here - assuming I haven’t missed any other words. Well, let’s give it a shot, one by one
CREAK → Nope. Just for the heck of it, I’ll trust the B
BREAK
BREAM & CREAM/spoiler] were also in there on my key fourth guess; had I seen them, it would have pushed me toward either my fifth or sixth guess so as to disambiguate, though I’d still have a 1/4 chance of a loss at that point. My first two guesses were each one letter different from Scoredle’s recommendations, yet I ended up in tough shape. Scoredle’s third guess is really good - out of perhaps 13 valid possibles, it hits the one that leaves a 50-50 putt for par (which it holes). This was a real thinker and a squeaker.

Wordle 1819 5/6
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SLANT
CHORE
PAGED
REBAR
BREAK

It was a tough decision after 3, and sometimes you make the wrong call. Such is life.

The possibilities at that point were REBAR, which hadn’t been used, and BREAK, FREAK, and WREAK, which were the solutions to Wordles 172, 1682, and 1225, respectively. I figured the latter two were too recent to be used, so it came down to BREAK (at 172, that would have been in the wheelhouse for reuse) and the unused REBAR. Flipped mental coin, lost. It happens.

Wordle 1,819 4/6

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YODEL
RINSE
ERUCT
BREAK

Wordle 1,819 4/6

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CRANE
DREAM
FREAK
BREAK - could also have been “wreak”

Wordle 1,820 4/6

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CRANE
TOILS
WELLY
QUELL

Wordle 1,819 4/6

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MINER
ALERT
BREAD
BREAK

Had I given more thought, and realized how many possible words ended in K, I probably would have birdied. But at the same time, I was lucky it wasn’t one of the other K words.

Wordle 1,820 3/6

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RATIO
LUNES
QUELL

Wordle 1,820 4/6 SATURDAY

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AUDIO
QUEST
QUEER
QUELL

Wordle 1,820 4/6 — 2026-06-13 Sat

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
QUELL

Wordle 1,820 4/6*

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