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

The Game Room
1961

Wordle 1,395 3/6

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ALONE
TIMER
CREST

Seven or eight valid words were available. The one I thought would cover the most options turned out to be the answer. Score one for lady luck!

1962

Wordle 1,395 2/6

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HEART
CREST

1963

Wordle 1,395 3/6

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CAPER
CRIME
CREST

1964

Wordle 1,395 3/6*

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LEAST
CHEST ← Lost the coin toss.
CREST

1965

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

CRANE
HOIST
CRUST - what happens when you get in a hurry
CREST

1966

Wordle 1,395 2/6

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YEAST (Nice! EXIST is gone, so ??EST. QUEST, GUEST and CHEST are gone, so…)
CREST (…and there’s an eagle.)

1967

Wordle 1,396 3/6
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Had a good shot at a two :wink:
Is it true the solutions never end in “s”?

1968

There are plenty of solutions that end in S. For instance, FLOSS (Wordle #31), CRASS (67), ABYSS (126), REBUS (196), etc.

What you won’t see is plurals formed by adding an S or ES to the end of a singular noun. That’s a stated rule, IIRC.

Also, an unstated rule that’s held up so far is that there aren’t any verbs that add an S for the third person singular only (e.g. I/we/you/they blow but he/she/it blows).

1969

Wordle 1395 4/6

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SLANT
GRIST
WREST
CREST

Guessed wrong on 3. C’est la vie.

1970

what about aches ?

thanks for clarification

1971

Not sure what the question is, it’s one of a number of words that I’d expect would be excluded for both reasons.

1972

so if I am reading this correctly

https://prowritingaid.com/does-wordle-use-plurals#:~:text=Nouns%2C%20verbs%2C%20adjectives%2C%20adverbs,it’s%20a%20five%2Dletter%20word.

aches could be a legit guess word.

but never a solution word.

1973

Wordle 1,396 3/6

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LEARN
HAVEN
ASHEN

1974

Wordle 1,396 3/6

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RATIO
SHALE
ASHEN

1975

Wordle 1,396 3/6

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Summary

stare
deans
ashen

What happened to the blur spoiler option?

1976

Wordle 1,396 4/6 — 2025-04-15 Tue
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LEAST
CRIMP
BOUND
ASHEN

1977

Wordle 1,396 3/6*

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

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1978

Wordle 1,396 3/6

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ALIEN
ASPEN
ASHEN

Dang, I thought ASPEN was my only choice. That H somehow escaped my notice.

1979

Wordle 1,396 3/6

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HEART
CHEAP
ASHEN

1980

Yeppers. As originally constructed by Josh Wardle, there were 14855 acceptable guesses, but just over 2300 words on his solutions list. So there are several times as many legit guesses as possible solutions. And those ‘s’ and ‘es’ plurals and third person singulars are all legit guesses. As well as a metric ton of words so obscure that this bookworm has never encountered them.