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

Wordle 1,856 4/6

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YODEL
ASTIR
RUNUP
CHURN

Wordle 1,854 4/6

Wordle 1,856 2/6

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CRANE
CHURN

YEE-HAWWW!

Wordle 1,856 4/6

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TIRED
LUNAR
MOURN
CHURN

SPURN was the other possibility; I went with the one I saw first.

Wordle 1,857 4/6

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RATIO
SHIRE
LINER
DIVER

Wordle 1,857 3/6 MONDAY

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AUDIO
DRIVE
DIVER

Wordle 1,857 5/6*

\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[yellow,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 S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}

Wordle 1,857 3/6 — 2026-07-20 Mon

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STARE
DOILYthe Wordle could be dicer diner direr dirge diver; of these, previous Wordles have not been dicer direr diver; of these the most likely Wordles include diver
DIVER

Wordle 1,857 4/6 — NYT Average 4.2

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SLATE
EMBER
DRYER
DIVER

Wordle 1,857 3/6

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YODEL
AIRED
DIVER

Wordle 1,857 4/6

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PIANO
RIFLE
CIDER
DIVER

Wordle 1,857 5/6*

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China
Relit
Sired
Wider
Diver

Wordle 1,858 3/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :bird: :innocent: no Ai :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,857 6/6

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CRANE
HOIST
RIVER
LIVER
GIVER
DIVER

Happy fucking Monday.

Wordle 1,857 4/6*

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STEAL
DEIGN
DIODE
DIVER

Right there with you, @Chefguy !

Wordle 1,857 6/6* 7/20/2026

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CHURN → About as good as could be expected. To that R, I can add A & E and two WoFcons with
REALS → So I’m moving kinda slow here. I"ll check for O and an -ER word with a Steve Miller favorite
TOKER → Could be ?RYER, but I’m guessing it’s an I as the other vowel. PIPER would be a good word to check, but I can better cover consonants with
VIPER → Looking at the vowels, I see two words, so I think I’m safe
GIVER → That wasn’t it. Can I have a D?
DIVER

Scoredle had four words left - the solution, two words that were clearly bogus, and one that was a bit slangy (two of 'em are change for a ten) so I may not have been as safe as I thought. Third guess was 59/238, fourth 6/44 so fairly skillful getting to the endgame. Scoredle solves in four, picking the solution out of 14 possibles at that stage. Technically, an algorithm doesn’t really have “luck” but I think this nearly qualifies.

Additional fun: I apparently forgot to do the puzzle a couple of days ago, so I’m reset to 2 days. :confounded_face:

Wordle 1,857 5/6

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SPRAY
LINER
FETCH
BAWDY
DIVER

Grrr. A nasty trap, and I chose what turned out to be probably the least effective sleuth word I possibly could have.
A second sleuth word still didn’t nail it down. I had RIDER in the wings if necessary, but EIDER would have meant a fail.
I feel kind of lucky to walk away with only a bogey.

Wordle 1,857 4/6

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CRANE
SLOTH
DUMPY
DIVER

Wordle 1,858 3/6

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RATIO
SHINE
SHILL

Wordle 1,858 6/6 TUESDAY

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AUDIO
PRIME
CLING
SWILL
SKILL
SHILL

Haven’t had such a “Phew” in a while…and there were still possibilities on the table.