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Stare, Colin, got it down to 4 words, 3 of which had been used. I believe there have been 3 Repeats so far in May, so I’m glad I went with Niece which was not previously used.
Sven
STEAL left 34 possible, 22 had been used. CURDY left BEECH, NIECE, and PIECE (used). The second seemed more likely.
Eric Ladner
Wordle 1,800 3/6*
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⬛🟩🟨🟩🟩
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WordleBot
Skill 98/99
Luck 80/99
NYT AVG. 3.9
STILE was a good start.
Then MINCE left only one possibility, and it hadn’t even been used!
Kim S
I was torn between NIECE and DUNCE. I opted for NIECE because I just returned from visiting mine where I introduced the 11-year-old to Wordle and sharing our daily results. I’m afraid she might struggle a little with today’s.
Wordle 1,800 2/6*
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 SAUCE 42
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIECE
WordleBot
Skill 78/99
Luck 91/99
Hi there!
Nice job!
JD
Great!
kralc
Wordle 1,800 3/6*
🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ creel
⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ beech
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 niece
…nearly jumped on a repeat of “eject” for round two. 🤔
Mike S
Wordle 1,800 3/6*
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ TREAD
🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛ CHEEP
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIECE
[The Zoo]
Jack klotz
Thanks for answering my wordle history questions. I was new to the game when the first a&b answers happened and always wondered about that…
Donna Schmidt
Wordle 1,800 3/6
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ adieu
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 piece
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 niece
Jack klotz
Wordle 1,800 3/6
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ LATER
⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 SCION
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIECE
Almost made me cry uncle! Everything else was a burned word…
JD
That’s how you know you’ve narrowed it down to one or two unused solutions.
The fewer there are, the harder it is to find the solution.
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ LEAST
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ WIRED (still available)
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 HINGE (pu)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIECE
I knew HINGE was prev used but it got me to the answer.
JD
Wordle 1,800 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ROATE
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 LIEGE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIECE
LIEGE narrowed it down to NIECE and SIEVE.
LIEGE will be my 2nd guess going forward for this pattern until I change it.
JD
I can’t decide what this looks like. An elf’s shoe? At least it’s all green.
Jack klotz
That is about the most efficient 3 I’ve ever seen. If you had started with liege would you have gone for a solve in two with all vowels?
Jack klotz
I guess in effect, you already did! Never mind. No coffee yet babble…
JD
No worries about the coffee!
Of course, you know that I would never start with a double E to start the puzzle.
It’s OK after E is already established.
Thank you very much for the compliment!
Jack klotz
I’m curious if you know why the list starts with cigar as #0? Also, the story behind the anomalous four days from February through May in ’22 with a & b answers. Was that the transition from the British version to the Times? I remember only mass confusion.
JD
Do you mean the Five Forks list? CIGAR is the first answer to the first Wordle puzzle and also the first to repeat on Groundhog Day this year.
The a and b answers are days where people had 2 different answers to the days puzzle.
Shouldn’t you have asked Jeb?
Not sure why you’re asking me.
Mike S
I’m sure it’s because you seem knowledgeable, JD
According to the internet, CIGAR was the test run word played only by a small number of people. That’s why it gets labeled #0.
The internet also suggests that the double word days were a result of NYT editing the word list to weed for obscurity (AGORA, HARRY) and for sensitivity (FETUS, BUTCH). The latter two were on back to back days and seem to have been close to the wire edits that were not caught when players had not refreshed their browsers. The first two may have been for similar reasons or just implementation glitches. At least, that’s the story. After all this, NYT smoothed out their system.
JD
Thank you Mike S
Jack klotz
I figured you are so knowledgeable about wordle you might know it’s history. Sorry to have bothered you with this. You are correct, I should have asked Jeb.
JD
No worries. Mike had a nice explanation.
Teelee
Wordle 1,800 3/6
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⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
ASTER
PENNY
NIECE
After the silly guess of PENNY using a double letter I decided to go for the double e in NIECE ,
Who’s that puppy on the grass there?
JD
You’re fortunate that N was in the answer.
Hi there!
Wordle 1,800 2/6
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 OPTIC
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIECE
NIECE has been on my radar for a while. Took a chance w 2nd guess and it worked!
39 responses to “#1800 SUN 05/24/2026”
Wordle 1800 4/6 5/24/26
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 sauce
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 bocce*
⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 fence
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 niece
*a bet on epic with my bocce-wordle playing sibs
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 Stare
🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 Colin
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Niece
Stare, Colin, got it down to 4 words, 3 of which had been used. I believe there have been 3 Repeats so far in May, so I’m glad I went with Niece which was not previously used.
STEAL left 34 possible, 22 had been used. CURDY left BEECH, NIECE, and PIECE (used). The second seemed more likely.
Wordle 1,800 3/6*
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⬛🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
WordleBot
Skill 98/99
Luck 80/99
NYT AVG. 3.9
STILE was a good start.
Then MINCE left only one possibility, and it hadn’t even been used!
I was torn between NIECE and DUNCE. I opted for NIECE because I just returned from visiting mine where I introduced the 11-year-old to Wordle and sharing our daily results. I’m afraid she might struggle a little with today’s.
Wordle 1,800 2/6*
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 SAUCE 42
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIECE
WordleBot
Skill 78/99
Luck 91/99
Nice job!
Great!
Wordle 1,800 3/6*
🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ creel
⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ beech
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 niece
…nearly jumped on a repeat of “eject” for round two. 🤔
Wordle 1,800 3/6*
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ TREAD
🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛ CHEEP
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIECE
[The Zoo]
Thanks for answering my wordle history questions. I was new to the game when the first a&b answers happened and always wondered about that…
Wordle 1,800 3/6
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ adieu
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 piece
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 niece
Wordle 1,800 3/6
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ LATER
⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 SCION
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIECE
Almost made me cry uncle! Everything else was a burned word…
That’s how you know you’ve narrowed it down to one or two unused solutions.
The fewer there are, the harder it is to find the solution.
Hi everyone 🙂
Wordle 1,800 3/6
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ Saner
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ Doily
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Niece
Wordle 1,800 4/6*
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ LEAST
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ WIRED (still available)
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 HINGE (pu)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIECE
I knew HINGE was prev used but it got me to the answer.
Wordle 1,800 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ROATE
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 LIEGE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIECE
LIEGE narrowed it down to NIECE and SIEVE.
LIEGE will be my 2nd guess going forward for this pattern until I change it.
I can’t decide what this looks like. An elf’s shoe? At least it’s all green.
That is about the most efficient 3 I’ve ever seen. If you had started with liege would you have gone for a solve in two with all vowels?
I guess in effect, you already did! Never mind. No coffee yet babble…
No worries about the coffee!
Of course, you know that I would never start with a double E to start the puzzle.
It’s OK after E is already established.
Thank you very much for the compliment!
I’m curious if you know why the list starts with cigar as #0? Also, the story behind the anomalous four days from February through May in ’22 with a & b answers. Was that the transition from the British version to the Times? I remember only mass confusion.
Do you mean the Five Forks list? CIGAR is the first answer to the first Wordle puzzle and also the first to repeat on Groundhog Day this year.
The a and b answers are days where people had 2 different answers to the days puzzle.
Shouldn’t you have asked Jeb?
Not sure why you’re asking me.
I’m sure it’s because you seem knowledgeable, JD
According to the internet, CIGAR was the test run word played only by a small number of people. That’s why it gets labeled #0.
The internet also suggests that the double word days were a result of NYT editing the word list to weed for obscurity (AGORA, HARRY) and for sensitivity (FETUS, BUTCH). The latter two were on back to back days and seem to have been close to the wire edits that were not caught when players had not refreshed their browsers. The first two may have been for similar reasons or just implementation glitches. At least, that’s the story. After all this, NYT smoothed out their system.
Thank you Mike S
I figured you are so knowledgeable about wordle you might know it’s history. Sorry to have bothered you with this. You are correct, I should have asked Jeb.
No worries. Mike had a nice explanation.
Wordle 1,800 3/6
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
ASTER
PENNY
NIECE
After the silly guess of PENNY using a double letter I decided to go for the double e in NIECE ,
Who’s that puppy on the grass there?
You’re fortunate that N was in the answer.
Wordle 1,800 2/6
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 OPTIC
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIECE
NIECE has been on my radar for a while. Took a chance w 2nd guess and it worked!
Great!
Love when that happens!
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ REAST 280 wl
🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 CLONE 5 wl
⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 DUNCE 1 wl
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NIECE
I was a DUNCE not to choose NIECE first. Still I’m okay with checkmate 4.
Good ☀️/🌃 to all!
LOL! Do you play chess?
No – too much strategy for me
Bummer, I’m always looking for someone to play that game.
I think it’s helped me with a lot of things in life.
I’m very into “game theory” and I try to apply it to every game I play.
I think 4 is a great solve in this situation!
mornin’ ⛅
Wordle 1,800 3/6
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ SEPIA
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 RINSE (was checking INCE words – then ooops reused S 🙄!)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
If I can’t get in 2 (or 1 even) – 3’s the next best thing… 😊
👏👏👏 Reuse of S can be a strategy, esp. if it works!
It certainly is!