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

Yesterday:

Wordle 1882 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DIODE
GEODE

Had a choice at 3 between my 3rd and 4th guesses (both unused) and used BIOME (Wordle #82).

Today:

Wordle 1883 3/6

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SLANT
PULSE
LOOSE

Wordle 1,883 4/6

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RATIO
CLOUD
WHOLE
LOOSE

Wordle 1,883 3/6*

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STEAL
PULSE
LOOSE

Wordle 1,883 3/6 — NYT Average 3.6

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SLATE
PULSE
LOOSE

Wordlebot exactly matched my guesses today. First time that’s happened to me.

Wordle 1,883 3/6

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YODEL
LOUPE
LOOSE

Wordle 1,883 5/6

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HEART
SPINE
SOLVE
LOUSE
LOOSE

Wordle 1,883 4/6* 8/15/2026

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GEODE → Good - though trappish - start. No other E. Three WoFcons for the rest, first case I saw here is
STORE → L & N are left, with the S between O & E I’ll try
CLOSE → Good call. Gotta be
LOOSE

3/132, 4/12 and a tap-in par for the solution. Scoredle does even better, making a birdie. I’m wondering if they’ve tweaked the Scoredle algorithm to uprate valid words, because I’ve noticed lately they seem to be accumulating towards the top of the list over bogus words.

Wordle 1,883 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
MOUSE
LOOSE

Wordle 1,883 4/6

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CRANE
TOILS
LOUSE
LOOSE

Wordle 1,884 3/6

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

Wordle 1,883 4/6

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PRINT
SCALE
LOUSE
LOOSE

Wordle 1,883 5/6*

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prism
Chase
Tense
the Goose is
LOOSE

Wordle 1,884 5/6

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HEART
GAUZY
CLOAK
ACIDS
ASPIC

Wordle 1,884 3/6

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RATIO
SLAIN
ASPIC

Wordle 1,884 4/6 — 2026-08-16 Sun
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCHI have all 5 letters and the only possible word is aspic
ASPICWTF is aspic? ASPIC, as per a search… Aspic is a savory gelatin dish made from clarified meat, fish, or vegetable stock that solidifies into a clear jelly when chilled. It frequently encases pieces of meat, seafood, vegetables, or hard-boiled eggs. Historically used for food preservation before refrigeration, it remains a traditional holiday and deli specialty in various global cuisines.

Really?

Somewhere in Brooklyn, Josh Wardle’s stomach is curdling. Maybe Palak Shah‘s (his girlfriend’s) is too.

As per wiki, She (Palak Shah) reviewed the 12,000 five-letter words in the English language and narrowed them down to 2,500 commonly-known words that could be used in the daily puzzle. Really? Aspic is a commonly-known word?

Wordle 1,884 4/6*

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

Wordle 1,884 3/6 SUNDAY

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AUDIO
ATTIC
ASPIC

Wordle 1884 3/6

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SLANT
AROSE
ASPIC

A Dandy in Aspic was a popular movie in 1968. ‘Aspic’ does seem like a word that’s fallen into relative disuse in the time since, but I don’t think many people back then needed an explanation of the title. I certainly had at least a vague idea of what it was.

Wordle 1,884 3/6

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CRANE
TOILS
ASPIC

I won the 50/50.

My dad used to eat tomato aspic every time he was on a no-residue diet, which was fairly often, due to medical issues. I don’t know how generally known the word is, but it seemed pretty normal to me.

Wordle 1,884 3/6 — NYT Average 3.7

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SLATE
BASIN
ASPIC