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

Wordle 1,928 4/6

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HEART
CLOAK
ACIDS
SCUBA

Wordle 1,928 3/6 — NYT Average 3.9

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SLATE
SCRAP
SCUBA

Wordle 1,928 4/6*

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STEAL
SHARK
SAVOY
SCUBA

Wordle 1,928 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SAUCY
SCUBA

Wordle 1,929 X/6

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Wordle 1,928 4/6* 9/29/2026

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TRUNK → Huh. S & L remain of the WoFcons, would like to try A & E, but the first thing I see with those consonants uses A and another U - but what the heck, let’s give it a go
USUAL → Oh, I could have gone with LOUSE instead. Oh, well, at least I did pick up the A. So if I swap that A and S, I can try a terminal E with
PAUSE → Huh. A?U?S, or S?U?A. At least that cut the possibilities down a lot. And three vowels in a row is unlikely, so let’s just look at the consonants. Eventually I get down to the bottom row and see
SCUBA

Followup was out of the top 120, but I think getting L out of the way was ultimately worth it (though I don’t think the wasted U was). Third guess was 3/33 with seven valids, so a bit mediocre - but it left only the solution and one bogus possible. Scoredle, less obsessive about WoFcons, gets one placed and two other letters with its followup, leading to a tap-in birdie.

Wordle 1,928 5/6

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FLOUR
STUNG
SHUCK
SCUZZ
SCUBA

Ugh. I’m mad at myself for not seeing the answer sooner, and mad at NYT for using an acronym.

After awhile, a word that started off its life as an acronym often becomes just a word in common usage. And gets used here. Like SNAFU (Wordle 659) or LASER (Wordle 1038).

Wordle 1,929 5/6

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RATIO
RINSE
RIDER
RIPER
RIVER

Wordle 1,929 6/6 WEDNESDAY

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Phew.

AUDIO
SPINE
FIXER
LITER
BIKER
RIVER

Wordle 1,929 5/6*

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\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\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 C}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}

Wordle 1929 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DIVEY
RIVER

Could have also been FIVER or GIVER.

Wordlebot failed today (#1929) on hard mode.

Wordle 1,929 6/6

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YODEL
TASER
WIPER
HIKER
MIXER
RIVER

Very lucky with guess #4. Even given guess #4, was still very nervous of losing this one. In the end, barely eeked this one out.

Wordle 1,929 6/6
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH — the Wordle could be biker fiber fifer fiver fixer giver jiver mimer mixer refix remix rerig rimer river wirer; of these, previous Wordles have not been biker fifer fiver giver jiver mimer mixer refix rerig rimer river wirer; of these the most likely Wordle(s) include biker giver mixer refix river; the most likely letters to eliminate are B K G V F X; all letters to eliminate are B K F V X G J M W; can try sleuth word(s) giver?
GIVER — the Wordle could be fiver jiver river viver wiver; letters to eliminate are F J W; can try sleuth word(s) fjord?
FJORD — hopefully its river
RIVER — phew is right! Cry me a river.

Added — Sorry, @MacDoc.
So far today’s 6 Group is @MrDibble, @kaylasdad99, @Bullitt.

I just saw that. Has that ever happened?

Wordle 1,929 5/6

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HEART
LONER
PIKER
MISER
RIVER

Wordle 1,929 3/6*

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STEAL
REIGN
RIVER

Wordlebot busted! I dont think I’ve seen that before.

Wordle 1,930 4/6

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Wordle 1,929 5/6

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CRANE
HOIST
DINER
WIPER
RIVER