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

My wife reminded me that I hadn’t played yet today.
Thanks to her I’m able to continue my streak.
I likely would’ve forgotten.
Thanks babe!

Wordle 1,890 5/6 — 2026-08-22 Sat
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
PRANK
PRAWN

Wordle 1,891 5/6

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RATIO
SHORE
FELON
LODEN
OLDEN

I think I need to slow down a little.

Wordle 1,891 5/6 SUNDAY

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AUDIO
PODGY
REDOX
ORDER
OLDEN

Wordle 1,891 3/6*

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\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\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 L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}

!

Wordle 1891 3/6

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SLANT
ELVEN
OLDEN

Wordle 1,891 4/6

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CRANE
LOUSY
MELON
OLDEN

Wordle 1,891 2/6

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YODEL
OLDEN

My streak is 465. Today we drive the final 650 miles to home, completing our 3½-week, 6,500-mile motorcycle and car road trip. The two best days of a vacation are (1), your first day on a vacation — it’s a new adventure! And (2), your first night back home, finally back in your own bed.

Wordle 1,891 4/6 — 2026-08-23 Sun
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
OLDEN

Wordle 1,891 4/6

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HEART
SPINE
MONEY
OLDEN

Wordle 1,892 3/6

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Wordle 1,891 3/6* 8/23/2026

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PRAWN → Thought I had whiff for a second; was pleasantly surprised I didn’t. O and E should be my vowels; and two of L, S and T; seeing no particular word from those, I started putting up words at random and was pleasantly surprised to see one hit
LOSEN → So the O pretty much has to be in front, the L… right after it, then the middle can be filled with a
OLDEN

A very lucky 27/172 followup guess which left a tap-in for birdie. Scoredle is less lucky with its followup, and then misses the 50-50 between the remaining valids, settling for a par.

Wordle 1,891 3/6*

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STEAL
FELON
OLDEN

Wordle 1,891 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
XENON
OFTEN - well, that was stupid
OLDEN

Wordle 1,891 3/6

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STORM
NOBLE
OLDEN

I made a nice symmetrical pattern!

I was traveling and missed yesterday’s:

Wordle 1,890 3/6

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SLATE
PRANK
PRAWN

Wordle 1,891 4/6 — NYT Average 3.8

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SLATE
FLECK
ELDER
OLDEN

Wordle 1,892 3/6

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RATIO
REPLY
RUNNY

Wordle 1,892 5/6 MONDAY

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AUDIO
QUERY
RUGBY
RUSTY
RUNNY

Wordle 1,892 4/6*

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\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}

Wordle 1892
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SLANT
GRODY
RUNNY

Could’ve also been FERNY, I suppose.

Wordle 1,892 3/6

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TRAIN
SNORE
RUNNY