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

Wordle 1,850 6/6 — NYT Average 4.1

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SLATE
STORM
STOCK
STONY
STOOP
STOUT

Another white-knuckler for me. Yikes.

Wordle 1,850 4/6*

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STEAL
STRIP
STUNK
STOUT

Wordle 1,850 3/6*

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Ghoul
Scour
Stout

Wordle 1,850 4/6

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RAISE
SOUTH could be scout, snout, spout, stout
PANIC not scout snout spout
STOUT

Wordle 1,850 4/6

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CRANE - hate it when that happens
HOIST
SPOUT
STOUT

Wordle 1,850 6/6

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READY
UNTIL
SCOUT
SPOUT
SHOUT
STOUT

Grrrr. Wasn’t thinking about a doubled letter, as usual.

Wordle 1,851 5/6

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Wordle 1,850 3/6* 7/13/2026

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CLACK → Whiff, and a wasted C, and if I combine O and E with three WoFcons, I can get
TRONE → Kinda glad I didn’t anagram TONER here - I ended up with the O placed. OK, let’s try the last WoFcon, try to place that T by doubling it up, and throw in another vowel for good measure
STOUT

A very lucky birdie, though I would note that the guess that clinched it was 4/56, so somewhat skillful too. Scoredle also gets a birdie; after its followup, the first four words are the trap that vexed so many today, so also skillful in avoiding a possible loss by jumping into that trap suffficiently early.

Wordle 1,851 5/6 TUESDAY

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AUDIO
FRAME
CHEAP
STEAL
STEAK

Wordle 1,851 4/6

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RATIO
STALE
STEAM
STEAK

I won the coin toss.

Wordle 1,851 2/6 — 2026-07-14 Tue

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STARE
STEAK

Wordle 1,851 5/6*

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\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[yellow,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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Wordle 1,851 4/6

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Yesterday:

Wordle 1850 4/6

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SLANT
WHORE
SCOOT
STOUT

After 2, the possibilities were down to SCOUT, SPOUT, STOUT, and SCOOT. The first three had already been used, but it felt like about time for another recycled solution, and STOUT (Wordle #65) was well within the ‘zone of reusability.’ I went with SCOOT anyway at 3, and settled for the 4.

Today:

Wordle 1851 2/6

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SLANT
STEAK

There were several other possibilities, but all but STEAK and SATYR had been used. As noted above, my hunches are unreliable, and in this case I overrode my gut telling me to go with SATYR and went with the more common choice.

One of Scoredle’s alternatives was ‘strag’ which I found amusing because it is the shorthand for ‘nonhitchhiker’ in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, mentioned in its entry on the subject of towels.

Wordle 1,851 3/6

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YODEL
URINE
STEAK

Wordle 1,851 2/6*

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I thought I had it in one!

STEAL
STEAK

Wordle 1,851 4/6 — NYT Average 3.7

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SLATE
MOVER
SWEAT
STEAK

I probably could’ve handled this better, and getting so many letters on your first hit can sometimes seem like a gift, but in this case, I could think of a thousand words those letters could make. So I went sleuthing a little with my 2nd guess, but probably could’ve chosen a better word for that. Anyhow, I got there without too much trouble.

Wordle 1,851 6/6

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PARTY
NOISE
STEAL
STEAM
STEAD
STEAK

Ugh. That’s what I get for doing Wordle before coffee.

Wordle 1,851 4/6

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HEART
STEAM
STEAL
STEAK

Wordle 1,851 4/6* 7/14/2026

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STOUT → OK, not bad, I definitely want to exercise E and A, so
STEAM → Not that. L?
STEAL → Nope. Mmmm, hungry
STEAK
STEAD
was also possible, along with a couple of bogus options, so I was substantially safe. Scoredle wins a 50-50 for bogey (the alternate being my second guess) so I suppose things could have gone worse.