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MissMillie

(39,780 posts)
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 06:15 AM 13 hrs ago

Wordle 1852 (Wed, 7/15) ***spoilers***

This one was NASTY


Wordle 1,852 5/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ audio
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ stern
⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 clash
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ washy
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 pshaw

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Wordle 1852 (Wed, 7/15) ***spoilers*** (Original Post) MissMillie 13 hrs ago OP
5 2naSalit 13 hrs ago #1
3. Buckeye_Democrat 12 hrs ago #2
This may be the high score today. Good job! n/t livetohike 12 hrs ago #6
VERY likely MissMillie 12 hrs ago #7
My husband cheats on Wordle. He gets hints from livetohike 11 hrs ago #17
Your husband is not alone True Dough 9 hrs ago #26
I don't think getting help is cheating Marthe48 9 hrs ago #28
This website I'm talking about will tell you what the start livetohike 7 hrs ago #32
I don't think I'd use it but handy to know about Marthe48 7 hrs ago #33
Connections drives me crazy sometimes. I'm with you on pop culture. livetohike 3 hrs ago #35
If I get the purple group Marthe48 2 hrs ago #36
Nope. 45 minutes 😠 underpants 12 hrs ago #3
It's a plural. LisaM 10 hrs ago #18
Yeah I looked it up afterwards underpants 9 hrs ago #24
You said it! Delphinus 12 hrs ago #4
5 - this took awhile livetohike 12 hrs ago #5
2 mnhtnbb 12 hrs ago #8
What she said! Liberal In Texas 11 hrs ago #12
Booo, put it in hard mode, where you are forced to use the letters that you've already found ... aggiesal 11 hrs ago #9
Hard mode is a choice, not required by rules. mnhtnbb 11 hrs ago #10
Of course it's a choice, but it makes playing more challenging. ... aggiesal 9 hrs ago #23
-2- Liberal In Texas 11 hrs ago #11
Wow!! n/t livetohike 11 hrs ago #16
Wow. underpants 9 hrs ago #25
! surfered 8 hrs ago #31
Four Colorado Liberal 11 hrs ago #13
3 nuxvomica 11 hrs ago #14
4 Casandia 11 hrs ago #15
I got it in five. LisaM 10 hrs ago #19
Me too surfered 8 hrs ago #30
4 Marthe48 10 hrs ago #20
Sure thing, True Dough 9 hrs ago #27
Dagnabbit Nittersing 10 hrs ago #21
4 hay rick 10 hrs ago #22
6. Whew! surfered 8 hrs ago #29
5 - Took a while Onthefly 6 hrs ago #34

2naSalit

(105,329 posts)
1. 5
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 06:32 AM
13 hrs ago

Wordle 1,852 5/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ADIEU
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ PARTY
🟩⬛🟨⬛🟨 POACH
🟩🟩🟨⬛⬛ PSALM
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PSHAW WHAT?



Connections
Puzzle #1130
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,563 posts)
2. 3.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 06:49 AM
12 hrs ago

Wordle 1,852 3/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ SLATE
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ OASIS
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PSHAW

WordleBot
Skill 95/99
Luck 62/99

MissMillie

(39,780 posts)
7. VERY likely
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 07:07 AM
12 hrs ago

The "results" page (at the time I saw it) said that 25 people got it in two guesses.

I'm calling B.S.

livetohike

(24,552 posts)
17. My husband cheats on Wordle. He gets hints from
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:28 AM
11 hrs ago

some website. He didn’t use it today though and he got it in 5.

True Dough

(27,860 posts)
26. Your husband is not alone
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 10:06 AM
9 hrs ago

Plenty of cheaters out there, over something this inconsequential! Crazy!

Marthe48

(23,911 posts)
28. I don't think getting help is cheating
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 10:27 AM
9 hrs ago

I use the past wordle lists. I don't out and out look for the answer, but I do all I can to keep my score down

If I were playing against people, I would avoid my aids. But I'm playing against a machine which doesn't care if I win or lose.

livetohike

(24,552 posts)
32. This website I'm talking about will tell you what the start
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 11:47 AM
7 hrs ago

letter is, if there are any repeat letters and even give you a hint of what the word is. Knowing the start letter is a big help especially if you already have some letters . My husband is playing against my sister and me .

Marthe48

(23,911 posts)
33. I don't think I'd use it but handy to know about
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 12:29 PM
7 hrs ago

I sometimes use hints for Connections. My intake of pop culture ended in the 90s, and I often have no idea of what Connections is asking for.

livetohike

(24,552 posts)
35. Connections drives me crazy sometimes. I'm with you on pop culture.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:40 PM
3 hrs ago

I also look at the hints in Connections. I almost never get the purple group and when the connection is revealed, sometimes I still don’t see it.

underpants

(198,081 posts)
3. Nope. 45 minutes 😠
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 06:50 AM
12 hrs ago

Wordle 1,852 X/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜float
🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜human
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜jihad
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜rehab
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨aghas - that’s a word?
🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜schav - I spent 15 minutes trying anything that it would take.

LisaM

(29,720 posts)
18. It's a plural.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:35 AM
10 hrs ago

"Agha" is a word (like the Agha Khan) and I know it from crossword puzzles. But Wordle doesn't do plurals. It seems like a good guess word, though.

Delphinus

(12,577 posts)
4. You said it!
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 06:57 AM
12 hrs ago

I got it in five, but I kept thinking to myself, that's not even really a word!

livetohike

(24,552 posts)
5. 5 - this took awhile
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 06:58 AM
12 hrs ago

Wordle 1,852 5/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ RAISE
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ COAST
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ASSAY
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ USUAL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PSHAW

mnhtnbb

(33,644 posts)
8. 2
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 07:13 AM
12 hrs ago

Wordle 1,852 2/6

🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜steal
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩pshaw

NY Times average 4.7 and Wordlebot in 4.

I suspect this requires an explanation. I've said previously that I use Try Hard guides to generate a list of possible word solutions, which I then check against a list of previous answers. Some people think that's cheating, but there are no rules against it. I also consider solving the puzzle an exercise in executive function, which requires using resources at hand for problem solving.
That said, after the first word, there were only two possible answers given the configuration of letters and elimination of others. One answer had recently been used, so I went with pshaw.

aggiesal

(11,079 posts)
9. Booo, put it in hard mode, where you are forced to use the letters that you've already found ...
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 07:33 AM
11 hrs ago

In this case, you would be forced to use the letter 'a' in your subsequent word guesses, instead of using non 'a' words to eat up letters.
"STERN" would have been flagged as an illegal word because it doesn't have the letter 'a' in it.
My sister would do the same.

mnhtnbb

(33,644 posts)
10. Hard mode is a choice, not required by rules.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 07:49 AM
11 hrs ago

Wordlebot does not function in hard mode.

aggiesal

(11,079 posts)
23. Of course it's a choice, but it makes playing more challenging. ...
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:55 AM
9 hrs ago

You can follow the Hard Mode rules on your own anyway.

Colorado Liberal

(664 posts)
13. Four
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 07:53 AM
11 hrs ago

Wordle 1,852 4/6
⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛CHEAT
🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛HUMAN
⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛JIHAD
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩PSHAW (and I'm still not convinced this is a real word)

nuxvomica

(14,415 posts)
14. 3
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 07:57 AM
11 hrs ago

Wordle 1,852 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ BREAK
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ HOIST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PSHAW

WordleBot
Skill 84/99
Luck 83/99


Connections
Puzzle #1130
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩

Skill 97/99
Uniqueness 1 in 122


Strands #864
“Rose-colored glasses”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵


[Bracket City]
July 15, 2026

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/

Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master)
🎹 Total Keystrokes: 44
🎯 Minimum Required: 44

Total Score: 100.0
🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

Casandia

(1,997 posts)
15. 4
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:00 AM
11 hrs ago

Wordle 1,852 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 flush
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ shack
🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ashes
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 pshaw

LisaM

(29,720 posts)
19. I got it in five.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:38 AM
10 hrs ago

I had to resort to putting in a word I knew was wrong just to place a letter (I had four of the letters) once the A was in place, I figured it out.

Marthe48

(23,911 posts)
20. 4
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:44 AM
10 hrs ago

Wordle 1,852 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ AURIC
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ GABLE
🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ SOAPY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PSHAW


I first read the word in Little House on the Prairie. Paw would say it occasionally.



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Nittersing

(8,629 posts)
21. Dagnabbit
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:59 AM
10 hrs ago

I saw a spoiler before I played.

It was a word my dear departed Mom used with some frequency.

Miss you Mom.

hay rick

(9,843 posts)
22. 4
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 09:11 AM
10 hrs ago

Wordle 1,852 4/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ TASER
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ SLAIN
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ABYSS
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PSHAW

Onthefly

(1,458 posts)
34. 5 - Took a while
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 01:08 PM
6 hrs ago

Wordle 1,852 5/6

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ House
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ Shark
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ Washy
🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 Awash
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pshaw

Psst: It’s pshaw. Something you don’t want to wear if it is wet.

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