“Wordle,” a strangely compelling word game (Part 4)

Wordle 1,895 3/6

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ROUND
STALE
UNCUT

Wordle 1,895 4/6 — NYT Average 3.8

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SLATE
TRUNK
DONUT
UNCUT

Wordle 1,895 4/6 — 2026-08-27 Thu
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
UNCUTthe only possible word

Wordle 1,895 3/6

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YODEL
ASTIR
UNCUT

Wordle 1,895 4/6

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HEART
GLINT
DONUT
UNCUT

Wordle 1,895 3/6* 8/27/2026

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CAPON → C is nice, as is N. I’m low on vowels, so trying both E and I here would be good, and I can slam the two known consonants together, use -NCE ending, tack the I on the front and add a very nice S and that gives me
SINCE → Hmmm. No help. Terminal Y? Uh, ?C?NY goes nowhere, NUCKY? no, UNCLY seems odd (and bogus at best). Perhaps only a U… or two…
UNCUT

I matched Scoredle’s two guesses on this puzzle precisely, so I’ll mark this one down as a skill win. There were about 30 valid words after my carryover, and the followup took it down to a tap-in.

Wordle 1,895 4/6*

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STEAL
PIVOT
GRUNT
UNCUT

Wordle 1,896 5/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :face_with_spiral_eyes: Ai assisted :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,895 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
UNCUT

Took some cogitating.

Wordle 1,896 4/6*

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LEANT
STEIN
TREEN
TWEEN
I had no idea of the existence of this word, the only reason I got it was because I thought the shortening of between to 'tween might have lost the apostrophe (like phone)

Wordle 1,896 3/6

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RATIO
TUNES
TWEEN

Wordle 1,896 3/6

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AUDIO
FERNY
TWEEN

Wordle 1,896 5/6 — 2026-08-28 Fri
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
EVENT
TWEEN

Wordle 1,896 3/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}

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Wordle 1896 3/6

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SLANT
FUTON
TWEEN

Wordle 1,896 4/6

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RAISE
CLOUT
DEPTH
TWEEN

Wordle 1,896 3/6 — NYT Average 4.0

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SLATE
TREND
TWEEN

Wordle 1,896 3/6

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HEART
STEIN
TWEEN

Wordle 1,896 4/6*

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STEAL
ERECT
TEENY
TWEEN

It’s used as a description for 11 and 12 yr olds (and 10?) because they’re between little kids and teenagers.