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

Wordle 1394 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
LAUGH

Looks like the solution was the only real possibility after 2, with the possible exception of HALAL, which I’d think would be a bit too obscure.

Of course, I thought that about KRILL the other day, and we know how that turned out.

Wordle 1,394 4/6

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WATER
SPOIL
MADLY
LAUGH

Wordle 1,394 3/6*

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Bathe
Hairy
Laugh

I’ve been using CHOIR for my first word for a long time. Has it been shown what the absolute best opening words are?

Also, has CHOIR been the word yet? I have some memory of getting it in one guess before, but I don’t remember if it was CHOIR or something else I did that day.

Wordle 1,394 4/6

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HEART
APHID
SHOAL
LAUGH

Wordle 1,394 2/6*

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Summary

LEAST
LAUGH

Summary

CHOIR

has been used.

Wordle 1,394 3/6

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YEAST (Look for vowels.)
HAIKU (With these greens, I must try…)
LAUGH (…and I get my birdie.)

Wordle 1,394 3/6* 4/13/2025

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NURSE → The U, unplaced. Not the letter I’d have expected out of that start word. I thought about trying the A, but ended up putting the two remaining WoFcons at higher priority, hence
CLOUT → Not a lot of words start or end with U, so try the middle. (Yes, Aussies, I know ULURU, but that’s excluded by the unplaced L, and a proper noun). So, ??U?? and one L, need to try A, could be ?AU?? which strongly suggests
LAUGH
FAULT
is Scoredle’s second guess, which is a great one - leaves only the answer (and one bogus word). Scordle shows 18 possibles after my second guess, but they’re all bogus except for the answer and UVULA.

Wordle 1,394 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
LAUGH

Wordle 1,394 2/6

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LOUSE
LAUGH

Two twos in a row. Nice!

Wordle #798, to be specific.

Wordle 1,395 2/6
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Wordle 1,395 3/6

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RATIO
TRUCE
CREST

Wordle 1,395 3/6

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SHINE
FEAST
CREST

Wordle 1,395 3/6 — 2025-04-14 Mon
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LEAST
CRIMP
CREST

Wordle 1,395 2/6

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trans
crest

Wordle 1,395 3/6* 4/14/2025

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LAUGH → Whiff. Time for a good first guess second.
REIST → That’s… very good. ?REST, could be WREST or
CREST

Scoredle finishes in four - gets a 1 in 3 shot on the third, and guesses wrong on the coin flip I guessed right on (though there was another word to choose from).

Wordle 1,395 3/6*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,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 E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned}

Wordle 1,395 3/6*

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Argue
Erect
Crest