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

Wordle 1,868 2/6

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Wordle 1,867 5/6*

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STEAL
FELON
FLIER
FLUKE
FLUME

Wordle 1,867 5/6

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YODEL
LITRE
SABLE
PLUME
FLUME

Wordle 1,867 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST - not much to go on, but they’re likely a β€˜u’ in there
EXUDE
FLUME - lucky guess

Wordle 1,868 4/6

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RATIO
CRUEL
NURSE
PURSE

Wordle 1,868 4/6 FRIDAY

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AUDIO
QUERY
RUCHE
PURSE

Wordle 1,868 3/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}

I won the coin toss.

Wordle 1,868 2/6 β€” 2026-07-31 Fri

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STARE β€” the Wordle could be curse horse nurse prose purse reuse rinse rouse verse worse; of these, previous Wordles have not been purse rinse
PURSE

Wordle 1,868 3/6

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RAISE
CURSE
PURSE

Wordle 1868 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
PURSE

VERSE and REUSE had already been used. The latter was the solution to Wordle #1449, so it probably won’t be REUSEd anytime soon. :wink:

Wordle 1,868 3/6 β€” NYT Average 3.5

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SLATE
HORSE
PURSE

Wordle 1,868 2/6*

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STEAL
PURSE

Sweet!

Forgot to post yesterday’s.

Wordle 1,867 5/6* 7/30/2026

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VALVE β†’ Wasted V. Move L, two WoFcons and and vowel, and for some reason I see I before O in a place where both could go
STILE β†’ Not much help there. R and N still out there, I can check one of them with
CLONE β†’ Pretty much has to be a U in there. Looking a little traplike, only one place for the R, but I don’t see a word with it, so
KLUGE β†’ Time to chase some consonants
FLUME

58/197, 2/50, then back to 10/16 and a 1-in-3-valid for the final putt, another possible which eluded my notice until I saw it on Scoredle. The algorithm finishes in 4, with a 1-in-2 shot at the final that was not a fluke.

Wordle 1,868 4/6* 7/31/2026

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FLUME β†’ Not a bad start. I’m a little consonant-poor, so when I see a word that covers three WoFcons I jump on it
NURSE β†’ Looking at the possibles, P or C?
CURSE β†’ Guessed wrong.
PURSE

Also a possible with B, but that is likely bogus. Scoredle gets the 1-in-3 correct on its first try, thus ending with a birdie.

Wordle 1,868 5/6

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HEART
LONER
CRUDE
SURGE
PURSE

Wordle 1,868 3/6

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YODEL
URINE
PURSE

Wordle 1,869 4/6

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Wordle 1,867 3/6

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AGILE
FLUTE
FLUME

I typed AGILE over my morning coffee yesterday. Didn’t immediately think of a good follow-up, so I set it aside for a bit.
Lying in bed at about 11:30 pm, I realized I hadn’t finished, so I grabbed my phone. 20 seconds or so later I had this birdie in the bag. Funny how that works sometimes.

Wordle 1,868 3/6

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LARGE
NURSE
PURSE

Another sea of whatever color you like, and a winning coin toss!

Wordle 1,868 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
PURSE

Wordle 1,869 5/6

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RATIO
LUNES
SKULL
SLUMP
SLUSH

I won yet another coin toss.

Wordle 1,869 3/6 β€” 2026-08-01 Sat

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STARE
DOILY β€” the Wordle could be scull skulk skull sluff slump slung slunk slush; of these, previous Wordles have not been scull skulk sluff slunk slush; of these the most likely Wordles include skulk slush
SLUSH