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

Wordle 1,822 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
BROIL

Wordle 1,822 3/6

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DRINK
IRATE
BROIL

BROIL was the first word that came to me at two. Then I thought it would be a good idea to check for both A and E instead. :man_facepalming:t3:
At least I narrowed it down to a tap-in birdie.

Wordle 1,822 3/6 — NYT Average 3.5

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SLATE
PROWL
BROIL

Wordle 1,823 4/6

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RATIO
SHARE
FLAME
AMAZE

Wordle 1,823 4/6*

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\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}

Wordle 1,823 4/6 — 2026-06-16 Tue

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCHpossible Wordles include agave agaze amaze awake weave; of these, prior Wordles do not include agave agaze amaze
AMAZEa lucky guess!

Wordle 1823 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
AMAZE

Having the structure of xxAxE after 2, especially with all the WoFcons plus C and H eliminated, reduced the possibilities way more than you’d think at first glance. No 2-consonant combos, so either cvAcE or vcAcE. And just about all of them had been used, except AMAZE and AGAVE. Easy choice.

Wordle 1,823 4/6

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Wordle 1,823 4/6

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YODEL
RINSE
HAUTE
AMAZE

Wordle 1,823 3/6

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SLATE
CRANE
AMAZE

Wordle 1,823 5/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :roll_eyes: Ai assist FFS! :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,823 4/6

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AUDIO
ASHEN
ALERT
AMAZE

Wordle 1,823 3/6*

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STEAL
DRAKE
AMAZE

Wordle 1,823 4/6*

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Issue
Plate
Frame
Amaze

Wordle 1,824 6/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :woozy_face: Ai assist :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,823 3/6

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CRANE
BLAZE
AMAZE

Wordle 1,823 4/6

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HEART
PLACE
SNAKE
AMAZE

I’m not a very good speller, so sometimes I’m surprised at what it accepts as a valid guess. For example, today it accepted “MARLE” as a valid word.

Wordle 1,823 5/6

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DANCE
STALE
QUAKE
FRAME
AMAZE

I was going too fast and didn’t realize how trappy this was.
IMAGE was still available, so a six was on the table but a fail was not.

Wordle 1,823 X/6* 6/16/2026

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BROIL → Whiff. A, E and three WoFcons remain. I can knock them all off if there is a bogus possible
STANE → There is. And now I’m in trouble. Big trouble. Uncomfortable-clothing-on-a-long-backpacking-trip trouble. Which leads me to the next word
CHAFE → Upon reflection, I realize I haven’t eliminated some posssible words that have repeated letters in them. So in keeping with the fabric motif, I go with
WEAVE → Which gets nothing. Perhaps I should have gone with a repeated A, which can be exercise with
AWAKE → but would have been better exercised with AGAPE or ADAGE, both of which don’t retry the W. Sigh. I think this is going to cost me. One guess left, and it could be one of them… or AMAZE. Oh, boy. 1-in-3 to stay alive, here we go…
ADAGE

Two misplays: switch up which letter to try to repeat first, and on the next guess don’t duplicate the already guessed letter. Indeed, if I had made the fifth guess fourth, I would have been safe. Scoredle goes the distance, but a loss was never in the cards for it. From 2 to loss - surely pride goeth before the fall.