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

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

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STEAL
REIGN
EMOJI

I almost picked EMOJI as my second word, but I wanted to pick another vowel plus WoFcons. C’est la vie!

Wordle 1,827 2/6

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Wordle 1,826 4/6

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HEART
SMILE
IMBED
EMOJI

Wordle 5-for-5 Challenge Complete :confetti_ball:

Wordle 1,826 4/6

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WordleBot sez…

Skill 86/99
Luck 54/99

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

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YODEL
SNORE
EMOJI

Wordle 1,826 4/6* 6/19/2026

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ENTRY → Well, that’s a start. I can finish off the WoFcons and try both A and a second E with
EASEL → Which was no help. OK, a word with no WoFcons. Probably should have thought two different vowels here, but I played a hunch that there would be at least one O with
EBOOK → I thought first about ways to put a U after that O, gave up, and saw a word quickly when I considered I and so tried
EMOJI

Followup was 4/103, third guess was 7/11 (how convenient!), and the fourth guess was a 50-50 putt witn only consonants (or I might have seen it)! Both Scoredle and I get the “sea of green” achievement; the algorithm’s third guess may have identified Josh Wardle’s favorite editor. Not bad for a 5th birthday party!

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

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

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TRUNK
SLICE
MIXED
EMOJI

Only one word left by the end, but dang, it took me a while to find it.
Turns out IBEAM is not a valid guess, but according to SunUp, EBOOK is. Go figure.

Anyway, whiff to par isn’t bad. I’ll take it.

Saturday
Wordle 1,827 6/6*

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Phew! (on hard)

LEANT
SPARE
BRACE
FRAME
GRAVE
DRAKE

Wordle 1,827 X/6

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RATIO
SHARE
CRANE
FRAME
BUDGE
DRAPE

Didn’t feel like doing it systematically. Had at least 6 options left after guess 4. At least my streak was only 400. My longest streak is still 720.

Wordle 1,827 3/6*

\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}
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I never posted for yesterday. Here is my yesterday:

Wordle 5-for-5 Challenge Complete :confetti_ball:
Wordle 1,826 4/6 — 2026-06-19 Fri

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
EMOJI

400 is my longest streak. Actually with today’s, now it’s 401 —

Wordle 1,827 4/6 — 2026-06-20 Sat

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STAREpossible Wordles include brace brake brave braze crane crave craze drake drape frame grace grade grape grave graze; of these, prior Wordles do not include braze drake grape graze; of these the most likely Wordles include
grape

GRAPE
BRAZE
DRAKE

Wordle 1827 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
GRAZE
DRAKE

I want a new duck, not a swan or a goose
Just a drake I can dress real cute, think I’m gonna name him Bruce
-Al Yankovic, “I Want a New Duck”

After 2, I came up with 9 possibles: BRAKE, BRAVE, DRAKE, DRAPE, FRAME, GRADE, GRAPE, GRAVE, GRAZE. Only DRAKE, GRAPE, GRAZE hadn’t been used, so I went with one of the latter two on 3.

Wordle 1,827 4/6*

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Under
Ready
Drape
Drake

Wordle 1,827 4/6

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COUNT
SHARE
GRADE
DRAKE

Wordle 1,827 3/6 — NYT Average 4.2

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SLATE
DRAPE
DRAKE

Wordle 1,828 5/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :roll_eyes: Ai assist :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,827 3/6*

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STEAL
APNEA
DRAKE

I didn’t really think APNEA would be the solution, but I’m going for a sleep study tonight to check on my own apnea! Had to try it.

Wordle 1,827 3/6

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YODEL
TREAD
DRAKE