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

Wordle 1,880 5/6*

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Aloud
Fiery
Hissy
Zippy
Wimpy

Wordle 1,880 5/6

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HEART
SPOIL
PINKY
DIPPY
WIMPY

Wordle 1,880 4/6

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YODEL
AUNTY
RISKY
WIMPY

Wordle 1,881 2/6

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Wordle 1,880 3/6*

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STEAL
DROWN
WIMPY

Wordle 1,880 5/6* 8/12/2026

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FENCE → Whiff. Sets up a good first guess second…
ROAST → Double whiff!! So here, I tried to construct words that hall all of L, U, I, Y and one other constant - and failed utterly. So I threw out U on the basis that it would be easy to look at U words if I know that I and Y were out, and settled on
IMPLY → which might be one of my best transitional guesses ever - from double whiff to four letters, one placed. But since my knee has been a little sore lately, I naturally went for
GIMPY → before I tried
WIMPY

Despite my followup being an anagram of Scoredle’s recommendation, it is nowhere in the algorithm’s top 120. Then, my guesses went 43/169 and 2/4 (so close!) before the clincher. Scoredle uses the vowel I rejected for its third guess; it misses, but elimination and placing the last three letters gives it a sweet par.

Wordle 1,880 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
FIZZY
WIMPY

Wordle 1,881 5/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
FRAME
CRACK
CRAZY
CRASH

Wordle 1,881 3/6

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RATIO
SHARE
CRASH

Wordle 1,881 3/6*

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\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}

Yesterday:

Wordle 1880 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DUMPY
WIMPY

Today:

Wordle 1881 2/6

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SLANT
CRASH

Lots of possibilities after 1, but all but ABASH and CRASH had been used, and of the used possibilities, only ABASE and CRASS were in what I call the ‘ripe to reuse’ zone (Wordles 1-199). I still prefer unused over reused, and barring reuse of a later solution, worst case with CRASH would be a 3. Got the best case instead. :slight_smile:

Wordle 1,881 4/6 — 2026-08-13 Thu

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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
CRASH

Wordle 1,881 3/6

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PASTE
CLOUD
CRASH

Wordle 1,881 3/6 — NYT Average 3.4

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SLATE
CHASM
CRASH

Wordle 1,882 4/6

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Wordle 1,881 4/6

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YODEL
ASTIR
SWARM
CRASH

Wordle 1,881 3/6

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HEART
ROACH
CRASH

Wordle 1,881 4/6

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CRANE - oh good, a trap right out of the hole
CRAFT - as it turns out, if I’d used my usual “hoist”, I’d have gotten in three
CRAWL
CRASH

Wordle 1,881 6/6* 8/13/2026

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WIMPY → A not unexpected whiff, providing a classic followup
SLATE → If it’s not ASADA, that S is probably in fourth. I’ll check this (and a remaining WoFcon) with
GNASH → Oh good! Oh no! Paging Admiral Ackbar! There’s one word with a vowel I have to try now or it may haunt me in the endgame
QUASH → Probably a bad move, percentagewise, but it makes me feel better. One WoFcon left, let’s try it
BRASH → Sure enough. Last word. I don’t see any other possibles, so let’s try
CRASH

Scoredle recommended a third guess for me (placing the yellow) that would have been much better, giving me the three middle greens and thus eliminating my nervous fourth guess. Even with that, I had little hope for the par other than sheer luck after the carryover whiffed. Scoredle gets that par, but has to win the cointoss for it; the algorithm’s luck was my “Phew”.

Wordle 1,881 2/6*

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STEAL
CRASH