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#1797 THU 05/21/2026
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57 responses to “#1797 THU 05/21/2026”
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Posted with 9 minutes to spare before tomorrow’s game.
Wordle 1,797 5/6*
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ LEAST
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ANIME
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ABODE
🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩 ARGUE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGREEIt took a while but I had to argue myself out of a house before arriving at the solution!
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Wordle 1,797 3/6
🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 arose
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 alure
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 agreestarted with my most frequently used word and backed it up with my 2nd most frequently used starter word. I tried APREE but that was not valid.
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Hi everyone.
Wordle 1,797 3/6
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 Saner
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ Aired
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Agree -
Wordle 1797 5/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 sauce
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 abate
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 alone #112
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 afire
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 agree #70 -
First time using that start word and it worked out well. Was tempted to try the solve as my 2nd guess, but opted for a non-PU instead. That’s what I get for thinking.
Wordle 1,797 3/6*
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ ABLED 12
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ APNEA 7
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGREEWordleBot
Skill 59/99
Luck 71/99-
I would have done the same thing. Use a new word for second guess.
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Here a list of words that might be taboo in the playable words list.
BIMBO
BITCH
BUBBA
DILDO
FATSO
HONKY
PENIS
PINKO
PLEBE
PORKY
PORNO
PORNY
PRISS
QUEAN
SKANK
SQUAW
TUBBY
VROUW
WAZOO
WHORE
WUSSY-
Now JD…
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Where is George Carlin when you need him.
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I wasn’t aware of two of these words and had to look them up.
Unless there is a strong slang meaning I can’t find, from what I can discover VROUW stands out as not belonging on this list. That’s not to say I think it would ever be a solution word.
But it’s a Dutch word meaning woman or wife, depending on the sentence, similar to frau in German. It seems any taboo or offensive connotation it might have is extremely contextual. And any offensiveness would be found in its usage and by extension the user rather than in the word itself.
If all that is the case, VROUW is distinct from all the other words which more clearly seem as if they could be seen as pejorative or rude by some NYT readers.
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I read in one of the dictionary definitions that it could be considered offensive, but I’ll check again.
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SNAFU 659 04/09/23
on that note, i do find it interesting that this word made the cut.
i suspect most people aren’t aware it’s an acronym. 🤷♂️-
I am not aware of the acronym myself. I’ll have to look it up.
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I remember being surprised when SNAFU was the Wordle solution.
I suppose its usage has evolved to primarily being a noun that is little more than a synonym for a snag or difficulty.
FUBAR on the other hand, has not softened nearly as much.
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good points. it does indeed appear to have morphed in to a term of endearment. i do find that to be situationally humorous, it technically being a slam.
fubar on the other hand, perhaps due to it being an adverb, is a much tougher sell. just doesn’t roll off the tongue like snafu does. 😎
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You got penis but forgot pussy 🙄
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Right, an omission that must be corrected. I realized it myself a couple hours after I posted the list.
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Wordle 1,797 2/6
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Touchdown! 😎
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6 points for you! Congrats!
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Wordle 1,797 3/6
🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 ROATE
⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 PARSE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGREE (70)Another REPEAT and no ADD today.
I think she’s run out of ideas. I need to post that “Dear Tracy” letter now (even though I’m not done with the word usage analysis yet.
So ROATE narrowed down to only AFIRE and PARSE. Since I would rather have S P vs I F, I played PARSE.
The result ruled out both unused words.
Now I know it is either an ADD or REPEAT.
The only REPEAT possible was AGREE(40) and it a very early one also.
Possible ADDs were AERIE (which I considered playing and AURAE (a plural) and MORAE (also a plural)
I reckoned that she ran out of ideas for ADDs, so, I went with AGREE.
To me, this pattern looks like backwards F and C lying sideways.
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FIELD
CAUSE
AWOKE
AGATE
AGREE
I was expecting a repeat today so for a new challenge I intentionally stuck to prior solutions.
Tracy did not “disappoint” me on that🙄 but I am hoping for an interesting ADD or at least some of the “serendipity” that she promised us in the repeats-
I admire your attempt to inject some fun back into the NYT’s lame decision to start reusing words. Now that they’ve ripped the scab off the wound we have about another three weeks before they rip it off again.
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Wordle 1,797 4/6
⬛⬛🟦🟦⬛
⬛⬛🟧⬛⬛
⬛🟦🟧🟧⬛
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧STEAL and CURDY left 5 possible, 3 had been used, leaving HAREM and RARER. Guessing the latter made it clear that the answer was a reused word.
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Wordle 1,797 2/6
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ adieu
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 agreeIt was to my advantage to use adieu today 🎉🎉
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Certainly true! Congrats!
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I agree! 😁
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🟩🟨⬛⬛🟩 AROSE
🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 AFIRE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGREEI AROSE to become AWARE of A FIRE with AERIE AZURE flames and AGREEd again to douse it in three.
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Welcome to the After Party, Waiting!
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Wordle 1,797 3/6
🟩⬛⬛🟩🟨
🟩🟨⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩ASTER
ARCED
AGREE
Okay, a 3. There was a moment I thought I would have it in 2.-
ED ending words are rare on the answer list.
I thought I would get a 2 today too.
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Wordle 1,797 3/6
🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩AROSE
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩AFIRE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩AGREE, only option-
Welcome to the After Party, Patti!
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Thanks! And thanks for this list. My current streak is 1006 😊
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Wow! Very impressive streak!
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Wow! You solved that many puzzles? Imoressive without having FiveForks.com by your side.
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Wordle 1,797 3/6*
⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ TREAD
⬛🟨🟩⬛🟩 PARSE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGREE[Fire at the Hydroplane Races]
Was very tempted to use AERIE as third guess just to stick to unused words. But I figured it was too crossword puzzley and slightly obscure.
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Your process (except the start word) was exactly the same as mine!
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I too happily noticed the similarities in our thoughts and choices today when I read your solution post above.
Now, if I could just convince you about CRYPT. 😁
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You’re hilarious!
I think once they put me in the CRYPT, then I could be persuaded. LOL.
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Sounds a bit cryptic to me! Ha!
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Wordle 1,797 3/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 Stane
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ Loric
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Agree -
Wordle 1,797 5/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ LYMPH
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ORBIT
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 SAUCE
🟨🟨🟨⬛🟩 GRAZE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGREEStarted completely different as I usually do and it shows!
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Wordle 1,797 3/6
⬛🟨⬛🟩🟨 LATER
🟩🟨⬛🟩⬛ ARMED
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGREE
Went for it in two. Wasn’t thinking of a triple vowel repeat! Ugh! Oh well, got in three at least! -
Wordle 1,797 3/6*
⬛🟨🟨⬛🟩 orate
⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩 sabre, not new?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 agree,then old?-
Both our second choices better than a worn out triple vowel repeat! Still good we got in three…
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🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ REAST 70 wl
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 ALDER 1 wl
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AGREEAnother repeat : AGREE #70. It was the only choice after ALDER.
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REAST isn’t even a word. How are you allowed to play that?!
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But it IS a word according to OED. It’s not listed in M-W.
More importantly, it’s on the 10657 list (playable).
Same thing for ROATE which I start with every day.
I think NYT is either lazy in their editing of the playable words list (if they even touched it)
In other versions of Wordle, I can’t play ROATE.
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Upon closer inspection of the OED, REAST is a variation of rest or roost.
It is a word, but a rarely used variant of other words.
So, by itself, not really a word.
ROATE is the same story. It’s a variant of ROAT which is an obsolete variant of ROTE.
You can blame either Josh Wardle or Tracy Bennett for that one.
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I would like to add to JD’s answers that Wordle allows guesses for the first word that would not be allowed in the following ones. (I know that Proper Nouns such as CUBAN are excluded, though). Some adventurous players have even used Roman numerals for their first play!
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Wordle 1,797 2/6*
🟩🟨⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
pu 1424 vs pu 70 was not a hard choice, wouldn’t you 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩?-
wd Sean
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I’m guessing he used arode for starter?
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maybe arise?
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That’s a much better guess than mine…
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AROSE every time until it’s a 1
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Nice!
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Great!
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