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

Wordle 1,864 4/6

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CRANE
TOILS
SOBER
POSER

Wordle 1,865 3/6

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HEART
RAZOR
SONAR

Wordle 1,865 4/6

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RATIO
FLORA
ARROW
SONAR

Wordle 1,865 4/6 TUESDAY

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AUDIO
SOAPY
SOLAR
SONAR

Wordle 1,865 4/6*

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Wordle 1,865 3/6 β€” 2026-07-28 Tue

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STARE
DOILY
SONAR

Wordle 1865 2/6

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SLANT
SONAR

SANDY, SEDAN, and SNEAK had already been used*; went with SONAR over SANER and SARIN.

*Though it’s been more than 2 weeks since we had a recycled solution; I’d say we’re overdue for one.

Wordle 1,865 3/6

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STORE
SAVOR
SONAR

Wordle 1,865 3/6 β€” NYT Average 3.4

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SLATE
SCRAP
SONAR

Wordle 1,865 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SONAR

Wordle 1,865 4/6*

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Ethic
Bawdy
Apron
Sonar

Wordle 1,865 2/6*

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STEAL
SONAR

Two 2’s in a row!

Wordle 1,866 3/6

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Wordle 1,865 3/6

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YODEL
ROSIN
SONAR

Wordle 1,865 3/6

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SPORT
SOLAR
SONAR

A lucky opening word left only a handful of possibilities.

Back from Alaska.

Wordle 1,859 5/6* 7/28/2026

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SHILL β†’ One and only one L, three WoFcons remaining, probably should have gone LEARN here but wanted the T for some reason
CLEAT β†’ Not that going for the T helped. Next I looked for a word with O and Y and for some reason settled on
POLYP β†’ So I know where the L goes, and the Y pretty much has to be at the end, so I looked for words with nonidentical letters in 3&4, found none and decided to try
LOBBY β†’ Since Scordle was initially British, I guess it’s
LORRY

27/786 followup, then 19/39 third guess, so seemingly getting worse. Lot of bogus words in the endgame, but one valid one that I missed, so a bit lucky. Scoredle hits a 1-in-4 valid for birdie.

Wordle 1,860 4/6* 7/28/2026

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LORRY β†’ Not a bad start, and didn’t waste the R, so it’s all good. I can try two more WoFcons plus an E with
STORE β†’ So move those three letters over one again and try with an A this time
GATOR β†’ So if I rotate twice and try an I, it could be
ORBIT

8 valids after my followup, and I picked the one that turned it into a tap-in par. Scoredle makes a 1-in-2 birdie putt.

Wordle 1,861 4/6* 7/28/2026

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ORBIT β†’ With that T, I can try my go-to first word second
SLATE β†’ Placed, but no other help. No vowels yet - I’d better try U and Y both, and with the N remaining of the WoFcons I pretty much have to try
NUTTY β†’ Missed it by that much
PUTTY

Scoredle claims six possibles after my third guess; I claim five of them are bogus. That first guess second rated 24/847, the third guess was 2/14 as you might expect. Scoredle plays to place the first word letter; when it finds it appears twice, it goes straight to the solution on a 1-in-2 shot for birdie.

Wordle 1,862 5/6* 7/28/2026

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PUTTY β†’ Whiff. I can do a good job on WoFcons and vowels both with
LANES β†’ R is still out there, and I’d like to place the A, so I saw
ALARM β†’ Two As. And the L is placed. Could I have another L?
ALGAL β†’ Nope. A must go on the end. It took me a while to figure out
ALOHA

Followup: 12/6444, third: 21/140, then missed the 1-in-2 to settle for a bogey. Scoredle makes a masterful third guess for a tap-in par.

Wordle 1,863 6/6* 7/28/2026

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ALOHA β†’ Promising start, a bit of a dud finish. I can try A and three WoFcons with
NEARS β†’ Well-placed, and two more letters to boot. Looks like a terminal E, and that R is probably second, which looks a little trappish, but here we go - first, try the final WoFcon
TRADE β†’ Nope. Lotta trap words here start with G, so I’ll try
GRACE β†’ Looking at consonants, I think I’m safe - Z and P are left, don’t see any others. Am I right?
GRAZE β†’ Not this time
GRAPE

I was wrong; missed the V - but it didn’t hurt me this time, despite the double-bogey. Scoredle finishes with a par by finding the 4th letter to defuse the trap with its third guess, then it has but one valid word left.

Wordle 1,864 4/6* 7/28/2026

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GRAPE β†’ Nice start. Why don’t I just put those three letters I know at the start, and see what develops?
PERIL β†’ Placed one, otherwise no help - but the placed letter helps eliminate other positions. I do like that -ER ending, let’s try
POWER β†’ Oh, so close, I feel like a
POSER

Followup 23/106, third guess 3/(3 or 4) valids, depending on one of the possibles Scoredle lists. So a bogey was in the offing, but I got lucky. The algorithm gets very unlucky on the exact same trap, finishing with a bogey.

Wordle 1,865 2/6* 7/28/2026

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POSER β†’ Hmm. SO??R, could be SOLAR or
SONAR

Won the coin toss. Two valid, five total possibles, so I got a little lucky. Scoredle makes the wrong choice, ends up with a birdie.

Wordle 1,866 5/6

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RATIO
LANES
CALVE
HALVE
VALVE

Didn’t see that trap.

Wordle 1,866 5/6 WEDNESDAY

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AUDIO
FRAME
CACHE
WASTE
VALVE

Wordle 1,866 5/6 β€” 2026-07-29 Wed

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
ALGAE
VALVE

Wordle 1,866 5/6*

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