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

Wordle 1,844 4/6*

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STEAL
SLIMY
SLINK
SLING

Wordle 1,844 4/6 β€” NYT Average 3.8

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SLATE
SLUMP
SLINK
SLING

49th Sea of Greens

Wordle 1,845 5/6

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RATIO
SHONE
NOVEL
ENJOY
DEMON

I chased those letters all over the place.

Wordle 1,845 4/6

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AUDIO
DRONE
DOZEN
DEMON

Wordle 1,845 2/6

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Wordle 1,845 4/6*

\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[yellow,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 P}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}

Wordle 1,845 4/6

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STARE
POUND
ENDOW
DEMON

Wordle 1845 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DEMON

Most of the possibilities at 3 had already been used. Chose the solution over DOYEN and XENON.

Wordle 1,845 4/6 β€” 2026-07-08 Wed

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STARE
DOILY β€” can be either defog or demon
DEFOG
DEMON

I lost the coin toss.

LEMON
DEMON

Nicely done!

Wordle 1,845 4/6

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HEART
PEONY
FELON
DEMON

Wordle 1,845 4/6 β€” NYT Average 3.8

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SLATE
PROUD
CODEX
DEMON

Wordle 1,845 3/6*

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STEAL
REIGN
DEMON

Wordle 1,845 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
DEMON

Slaying the NYT puzzles today.

Wordle 1,846 3/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :roll_eyes: Ai bailout :woozy_face: :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,845 4/6* 7/8/2026

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SLING β†’ Well, that’s something. A, E and the last three WoFcons, if I shuffle them up and try random β€œwords” I can get
ANTRE β†’ I think there’s another vowel out there. U, Y, O, second E? I’m looking at non-WoFcons, mostly, so I’ll try a word with a terminal Y
BENDY β†’ Missed on the vowel, but picked up a letter and placed another. If I add an O in 4th, put D at the start and N must go last, it looks like
DEMON

I got lucky with my third guess - 54/75, but it left a single valid word (out of 4) for a tap-in par. The solution was 24/75 from that guess, so not a shoo-in playing by Scoredle’s algorithm. That algorithm had a great followup, and the solution was 2/28 for the third guess, leaving a tap-in (1 valid out of 6) for the par.

Wordle 1,845 4/6

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YODEL
DIODE
DEPOT
DEMON

Wordle 1,846 5/6

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RATIO
SHALE
PECAN
ENEMA
AMEND

Wordle 1,846 3/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
ARMED
AMEND