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

Wordle 1,825 3/6*

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Maize
Eject
Entry

Wordle 1,825 4/6*

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Wordle 1,825 4/6

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STALE
TRIED
ERECT
ENTRY

Wordle 1,825 4/6

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HEART
STERN
ENTRE
ENTRY

Happy 5th Birthday Wordle :birthday_cake:
Wordle 1,826 4/6 urk! :woozy_face:

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :zany_face: Ai assist :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,825 2/6

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YODEL
ENTRY

Wordle 1,825 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
ENTER
ENTRY

Wordle 1,825 3/6

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WordleBot sez…

Skill 95/99
Luck 64/99

Wordle 1,825 3/6* 6/18/2026

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TOKEN → That’s not a bad start. Not quite good enough to go for two, though. I’ll do my usual add-a-vowel-and-however-many-WoFcons-I-can routine, which gives me a bogus word but what the heck
STANE → No help there! R & L are still out there, but they pair badly with T & N. I can look for another vowel out of U, I and Y, which lead me to see
ENTRY

My followup was a pretty-bad 79/93, but since the solution was 85/93, it made for a pretty good guess. On the birdie try, there were three valid words out of 14, but trying any of them them would have yielded a par, as long as the bogus words could be avoided. Scoredle takes a tough path and has four (or maybe 5?) valid words to chose from for its third guess; it misses the birdie but taps in the par.

Wordle 1,825 2/6*

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STEAL
ENTRY

So lucky! I just wanted to pick some WoFcons.

I’m joining the 2 Club today. Lots of 2s. Yay us!

Wordle 1,825 2/6 — 2026-06-18 Thu

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STAREpossible Wordles include entry exert inert litre metre metro overt retro retry terry there uteri; of these, prior Wordles do not include entry litre metre terry uteri; of these the most likely Wordles include entry
ENTRYBAM!!!

Wordle 1,825 3/6

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HEART
STORE
ENTRY

A good start, but couldn’t join the Deuce Club today.

TWERP and TWERK were also possible, both of which I saw and dismissed.

Wordle 1825 3/6

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SLANT
TUNER
ENTRY

I had the same two yellows with my starting word yesterday. There was a certain feeling of “wait, didn’t I just do this?” this morning.

Wordle 5-for-5 Challenge Complete :confetti_ball:
Wordle 1,826 5/6

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RATIO
BISON
DOILY
CHOMP
EMOJI

This gave me all kinds of trouble. I either had to start or end with I Was looking for I_O_E for a long time. Finally just went for some consonants.

Wordle 5-for-5 Challenge Complete :confetti_ball: FRIDAY
Wordle 1,826 3/6

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AUDIO
JOINT
EMOJI

Wordle 5-for-5 Challenge Complete :confetti_ball:
Wordle 1,826 4/6*

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Wordle 1826 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
EMOJI

Happy 5th birthday, Wordle. :slightly_smiling_face:

Wordle 5-for-5 Challenge Complete :confetti_ball:
Wordle 1,826 4/6 — NYT Average 4.1

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SLATE
FRIED
BEGIN
EMOJI

I don’t like that Wordle uses “fake” words. This one had me banging my head, as I wasn’t even sure EMOJI was a valid guess. Ultimately, it was the only thing I could think of and went with it. I feel like it should stick to words that have been in the vernacular for at least 100 years.

Wordle 5-for-5 Challenge Complete :confetti_ball:
Wordle 1,826 4/6*

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Aglow
Onset
Evoke
Emoji

Wordle 5-for-5 Challenge Complete :confetti_ball:
Wordle 1,826 4/6

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SLATE
ROUND
EPOCH
EMOJI