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

Wordle 1,835 4/6

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HEART
OLIVE
EXUDE
EMCEE

Wordle 1,836 2/6

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Wordle 1,835 4/6

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YODEL
INSET
PUREE
EMCEE

Wordle 1,835 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
EDUCE
EMCEE

Wordle 1,835 5/6* 6/28/2026

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SCOOP → Slow start, wasted O, try A & E and two WoFcons along with the C to get
TRACE → Placed E is nice, cuts down on the spots for the C. I can try U and the last two WoFcons with
UNCLE → Placed the C and not much else. Probably no Y. I? Let’s try
FICHE → Probably a second E. Before the E? Or after? Or, I can try both with
EMCEE

Followup: 41/788, then 11/24 and 2/4, so after a pretty good followup, my guesses were thorougly mediocre - although each ranks higher than the solution. Scoredle’s third guess is the same as mine, though we got to that point via different routes; it then tries an elimination between two bogus words, completely ignoring the one valid solution in the set, and ends up with the same bogey as me.

Wordle 1,835 4/6

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CRANE
TOILS
DEUCE
EMCEE

Wordle 1,835 4/6

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WORLD
SAINT
MUCKY
EMCEE

A double whiff!
I’ll happily take the par after that.

Wordle 1,836 3/6

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RATIO
CRUEL
CRUDE

Wordle 1,836 3/6 — 2026-06-29 Mon

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STARE
DOILY
CRUDE

Wordle 1,836 3/6*

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\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}

Wordle 1836 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
CRUDE

Could’ve also been creme or curie (the unit of radioactivity); crepe, crime, and curve had been used.

Wordle 1,836 4/6*

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Ficus
Crumb
Cruel
Crude

Wordle 1,836 3/6

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YODEL
TREAD
CRUDE

Wordle 1,836 5/6

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HEART
LONER
CREPE
CRIME
CRUDE

Wordle 1,836 3/6

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CRANE
CRIME
CRUDE

Another Sea of Greens.

Wordle 1,836 3/6

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CRANE
IMPED
CRUDE

the bot doesn’t like my second word, because it couldn’t be the answer. But i thought CRIPE might be possible, and wanted to hit it, too.

Wordle 1,836 4/6 — NYT Average 3.5

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SLATE
PRONE
GRIME
CRUDE

My 48th Sea of Green.

Wordle 1,837 4/6

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Wordle 1,836 5/6* 6/29/2026

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EMCEE → Only one wasted E, so that’s a positive. I hope I don’t have an -ACE ending, but there’s only one way to find out
TRACE → Nope, a two-letter trap instead. One vowel, one consonant, so that’s working for me. Try with an O (and a WoFcon) for
CRONE → Nope. Is it an I?
CRIME → Well, it certainly wasn’t that, since I already had the M down. A mostly wasted guess. So then it’s off to U with
CRUDE
Middle I
for my fourth guess had two possible words, both bogus, so I should have gone right to the next vowel, which would have gotten me par. So, a misplay costs me a stroke. Or two strokes - Scoredle sinks the third try, with the only valid word out of seven at that point. Good day for the algorithm.

Wordle 1,836 2/6

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CRANE
CRUDE

Woot! Extremely lucky guess, and I think the first ‘two’ of the day here.