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

Wordle 1820 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
QUELL

Wordle 1,820 4/6

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SAINT
COUPE
RULER
QUELL

Wordle 1,820 4/6*

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Awful
Skull
Quill
Quell

Wordle 1,820 5/6 — NYT Average 4.0

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SLATE
FELON
EXCEL
DWELL
QUELL

I find QU words boring and lazy. Gets me every time.

Wordle 1,820 5/6

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WordleBot sez…

Skill 90/99
Luck 31/99

Adeiu
Story
Begun
Plume
Quell

Wordle 1,820 4/6

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

Wordle 1,821 3/6

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Wordle 1,820 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST - uh-oh
BELLY
DWELL
QUELL

Wordle 1,820 5/6

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HEART
NOISE
GLUED
FUELS
QUELL

Wordle 1,820 3/6

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YODEL
STEAL
QUELL

Wordle 1,820 3/6*

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STEAL
KNEEL
QUELL

Wordle 1,820 5/6* 6/13/2026

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BREAK → OK, not bad. I’d favor three WoFcons and one new vowel here, and I can get that with
STENO → Hmmm. Try an L for that last WoFcon… U, I, Y or a second E? With how that E is positioned, I wonder if a second E isn’t most likely… so I can try
BLEED → and why did I repeat a B that I know isn’t there? Sigh. OK, need a lot of consonants here, I’m halfway through with only two letters known, one placed! I see one that’s a bit archaic, but what the heck
WHELM → Placed the L. Two guesses left. Not much I can put in front of the E as a consonant pair… but that U gives me ideas. Can I afford to try a double-L?
QUELL

As bad as my third guess was - and it was bad - it at least left me with only four words left, two likely bogus - and after the fourth guess, only the solution remained. Recovering to save bogey isn’t exactly the ideal situation, but I’ll take it. It’s a tough puzzle for the Scoredle algorithm as well; despite doing a lot with eliminations and getting it down to 12 possibles after the followup, it also stumbles to a bogey.

Wordle 1,820 3/6

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SWEAR
KNELT
QUELL

FIELD and YIELD were also possible; each would confirm or eliminate the other, making either a better choice than mine. But I didn’t consider the IE pairing, and got a bit lucky.

Wordle 1,821 4/6

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Wordle 1,821 3/6

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Wordle 1,821 4/6

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RATIO
CHAIN
AFFIX
SEPIA

For a second I forgot that there were other vowels.

Wordle 1,821 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}

Wordle 1821 4/6

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SLANT
SABER
SHEAF
SEPIA

Lost the coin toss at 3 (SPEAK had already been used).

Wordle 1,821 3/6*

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STEAL
SAUCE
SEPIA

Wordle 1,821 4/6

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PIANO
APHID
LAPIS
SEPIA