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

The Game Room
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Wordle 1,827 5/6* 6/20/2026

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EMOJI → Well, that’s something. Add an A, three WoFcons and scramble to get
STANE → Oh no, not this one again. Two more WoFcons, which might be significant in that leading pair, so I can try them both with
GLARE → Guessing that R goes in second. I thought a while about leading vowels, and came up empty. Hope I’m right - that’s what sunk me on the last trap. Consonants only, now
BRACE → Nope. Two guesses left. Next?
DRAKE

Third guess was a pretty solid 4/77, fourth 7/14 and left me with a 50-50 for bogey, so I was safer than I felt. The algorithm has four valid possibles left after guess number four; it misses that putt but converts the double bogey.

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Wordle 1,827 5/6

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CRANE - Oh, crap, a trap.
BRAVE
TRADE
DRAPE
DRAKE

8943

Wordle 1,827 4/6

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STAND
GRADE
DRAPE
DRAKE

I thought I had a slam-dunk birdie (to mix sports metaphors). I even did a quick run through the alphabet; DRAKE registered as a proper name at first.
Still probably would have gone with DRAPE first anyway.

8944

Wordle 1,827 3/6

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HEART
BRAVE
DRAKE

8945

Wordle 1,828 3/6

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RATIO
AXIAL
ALIBI

8946

Wordle 1,828 3/6

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CRANE
TOILS
ALIBI

8947

Wordle 1,828 4/6*

\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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}

8948

Wordle 1,828 4/6 — 2026-06-21 Sun

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
ALIBI

8949

Wordle 1828 3/6

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SLANT
ALGAE :grin:
ALIBI

I was very disappointed, given current events, that my second guess wasn’t the solution. I’d say Make Algae Great Again! except it’s managing to do that without anyone’s help. :grin: :laughing:

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Wordle 1,828 4/6*

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yearn
Viola
Labis truly no idea
Alibi

8951

Wordle 1,828 4/6*

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STEAL
VALOR
CLANK
ALIBI

8952

Wordle 1,828 4/6 — NYT Average 4.0

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SLATE
ALOOF
ALBUM
ALIBI

8953

Wordle 1,829 2/6

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Wordle 1,828 5/6

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DRAIN
GAILY
ALIVE
ALIST
ALIBI

8955

Wordle 1,828 4/6

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HEART
CLOAK
ALIGN
ALIBI

8956
Wordle 1,828 4/6* 6/21/2026

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DRAKE → Kinda slow on the start but at least I don’t have to deal with that xxAxE trap again. Three WoFcons and an O, mix together to get
TONAL → Still not much. I can double up to try and place the L (and check Y) with
SALLY → Not just a name anymore! If L is first, A is last and I don’t see much with U or I in between, so try A first, L second and… well, two Is, but it’s worth a shot
ALIBI
ALBUM and ALPHA were still out there, so I got a bit lucky on that last guess. My followup wasn’t in the top 120, but that third guess was 1/177, so thanks for that, Scoredle! and it left me with that 1-in-3 for par. Scoredle ends up with a bogey, having a 50-50 for par but missing for a bogey.

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Wordle 1,828 3/6

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YODEL
SLAIN
ALIBI

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Wordle 1,828 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
DAILY
ALIBI

In-“spired”.

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Wordle 1,828 5/6

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Wordle 1,828 4/6

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LEARN
TAILS
ILIAC
ALIBI

I didn’t want to double up on a placed letter, but ILIAC was all I could see after looking way too long. The extra I ended up helping, but I probably should have seen ALIBI, as well as the other possible word, AXIAL.