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

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,858 3/6 — 2026-07-21 Tue

STARE
DOILY — the Wordle could be shill skill spill swill; of these, previous Wordles have not been shill
SHILL

[pjd]

Wordle 1,858 6/6*

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\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
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\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}

[RTFirefly]

Yesterday:

Wordle 1857 4/6

SLANT
CHORE
DIVEY
DIVER

The situation I was in after 2 pops up often enough to be aggravating - there are too many damned words that end in ER that don’t have any of those other eight letters, including more than 20 that haven’t been used yet. My sleuth word at 3 is the best I’ve been able to come up with for this situation, and obviously it worked out well yesterday. But I always breathe a sigh of relief if I manage a 4.

Today:

Wordle 1858 2/6

SLANT
SHILL

There were about a half-dozen unused possibilities after 1, and I got lucky.

[chela]

Wordle 1,858 3/6*

Ingot
Crimp
Shill

[Rebo]

Wordle 1,858 2/6*

STEAL
SHILL

[cmyk]

Wordle 1,858 6/6 — NYT Average 4.5

SLATE
SOLID
SPILL
SKILL
SWILL
SHILL

I got em all!

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,858 3/6

HEART
SHINY
SHILL

[puzzlegal]

Wordle 1,858 4/6

CRANE
TOILS
PAWKY
SHILL

that third one isn’t much of a word, but it’s in the dictionary and it eliminated all but one of the possibilities.

The wordlebot choice was whisk, which works as well as pawky and is a real word. It gave me full marks for my choice, though.

[MacDoc]

Wordle 1,859 3/6

Ai birdie!!!

[Chefguy]

Wordle 1,858 3/6

CRANE
HOIST
SHILL

Second word saved me from the trap.

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,858 6/6* 7/21/2026

DIVER → Slow start, let’s go with A and three WoFcons
SNAIL → So I’s in the middle, might have a double-L, this looks ike a trap in the making
SPILL → Sure enough. H, K, T… W, so I’m not safe. Nothing to do but try 'em and see
STILL → Nope
SKILL → 50-50
SHILL

Went from 1-in-4 chance of loss to 1-in-2, but pulled it out. Second six in a row, despite 46/1014 followup because it landed me directly in the trap. Scoredle also went the distance, but a better guess for its followup took out one trap word, and it was safe despite taking a double bogey.

[Shoeless]

Wordle 1,858 4/6

RATIO
GUIDE
SHINY
SHILL

[kaylasdad99]

Wordle 1,858 4/6

YODEL
KNURL
FATAL
SHILL

[Wheelz]

Wordle 1,858 4/6

SHOUT
SHARE
SHINY
SHILL

The SH right at the start was a stroke of luck and kept me out of the S_ILL trap. Nevertheless, there were too many options for an easy birdie. I feel good about the par in this case.

Sea of Greens (Oranges) #100!

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,859 4/6

HEART
SPURN
GLORY
LORRY

[MrDibble]

Wordle 1,859 4/6 WEDNESDAY

AUDIO
POESY
ROCKY
LORRY - this was just a feeler word for the position of the R. Lucky!

[Bullitt]

Wordle 1,859 3/6 — 2026-07-22 Wed



STARE
DOILY
LORRY

[pjd]

Wordle 1,859 X/6*

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\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}
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Bugger.

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1859 3/6

SLANT
CHORE
LORRY

Old man sittin’ by the side of the road with the lorries rollin’ by…

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,859 3/6

RATIO
SHORE
LORRY