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

Wordle 1,892 3/6

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YODEL
AUNTY
RUNNY

Wordle 1,892 ⅚ — NYT Average 3.8

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SLATE
PROUD
CURVY
RUGBY
RUNNY

Wordle 1,892 4/6 — 2026-08-24 Mon
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
RUNNY

Wordle 1,893 4/6

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Wordle 1,892 3/6* 8/24/2026

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OLDEN → So need to try A, and maybe another vowel, and two of three remaining WoFcons, so that looks like
NASTY → Good pickup/placement. Now I need to place the N, try an R, and either U or I, and there’s one word that does all three well
RUNNY

Followup did not make the top 120 out of 803, and my final guess was a very pedestrian 29/43 - but I got pretty lucky, on the whole, for that birdie. Scoredle’s followup tries to agressively place that first letter, succeeds but ends up in a trap that it cannot get out of - leading to a failure with four (!) guesses remaining on the board. Tough day for the algorithm.

Wordle 1,892 4/6​:white_large_square::white_large_square::white_large_square::yellow_square::white_large_square:
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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square:HEART
BROIL
RUDDY
RUNNY should’ve gotten a 3, RUNNY is far more common than RUDDY

Wordle 1,892 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
RUNNY

Wordle 1,892 4/6*

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STEAL
DRAWN ← I typoed. My usual 2nd word on a whiff is DROWN. It would have given me the O.
MINOR
RUNNY

Wordle 1,893 5/6

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HEART
SPOIL
FLUID
BLINK
CLICK

Wordle 1,893 5/6

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RATIO
SHINE
CLIMB
CLIFF
CLICK

Missed the 50/50 for par.

Wordle 1,893 4/6 TUESDAY

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AUDIO
PRIME
CHINK
CLICK

Wordle 1,893 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}

Wordle 1,893 4/6 — 2026-08-25 Tue
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
CLICK

Wordle 1893 3/6

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SLANT
CLIME
CLICK (Wordle 134)

Only other possibility was CLIFF (Wordle 1680), so easy choice.

Wordle 1,893 5/6

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RAISE
POINT
QUICK
FLICK
CLICK

Sea of Greens #157

Wordle 1,893 3/6 — NYT Average 4.1

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SLATE
FLUMP
CLICK

Got lucky. Still had 14 words to choose from.

Wordle 1,893 3/6*

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Barge
Comic
Click

Top 19%

Wordle 1,893 5/6* 8/25/2026

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RUNNY → Whiff, and a wasted N, but it all sets up my quintessential first word second
SLATE → One WoFcon, no vowels so far. Looks like I’m going consonant-heavy - so one that can go in front of that L, and two more that can go behind a single middle vowel
BLOCK → Mostly success, but I guess that middle vowel is an I. Loved watching Election so I’ll try
FLICK → Mmm. Needed a repeat letter - right?
CLICK

After a followup that is not in the top 120 out of 5043, my next three guesses were all As Recommended By Scoredle™. Feels like a high-skill puzzle today, despite taking a bogey. Scoredle’s followup is similar, and it goes through much the same vowel & consonant process as I did, but it ends up with a trap at the end of the word and goes the distance, though it was in no danger of a loss.

Wordle 1,893 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
CLIFF
CLIMB
CLICK

Wordle 1,893 4/6*

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STEAL
FLUID
BLING
CLICK