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

[MissMillie]

This one was NASTY


Wordle 1,852 5/6

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

[2naSalit]

1. 5

Wordle 1,852 5/6

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



Connections
Puzzle #1130
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[Buckeye_Democrat]

2. 3.

Wordle 1,852 3/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ SLATE
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ OASIS
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PSHAW

WordleBot
Skill 95/99
Luck 62/99

[livetohike]

6. This may be the high score today. Good job! n/t

[MissMillie]

7. VERY likely

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

I'm calling B.S.

[livetohike]

17. My husband cheats on Wordle. He gets hints from

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

[True Dough]

26. Your husband is not alone

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

[Marthe48]

28. I don't think getting help is cheating

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]

32. This website I'm talking about will tell you what the start

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]

33. I don't think I'd use it but handy to know about

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]

35. Connections drives me crazy sometimes. I'm with you on pop culture.

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.

[Marthe48]

36. If I get the purple group

It's because they were the last four to pick lol

[underpants]

3. Nope. 45 minutes 😠

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]

18. It's a plural.

"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.

[underpants]

24. Yeah I looked it up afterwards

Pshaw 🙄

[Delphinus]

4. You said it!

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

[livetohike]

5. 5 - this took awhile

Wordle 1,852 5/6

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

[mnhtnbb]

8. 2

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.

[Liberal In Texas]

12. What she said!

[aggiesal]

9. Booo, put it in hard mode, where you are forced to use the letters that you've already found ...

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]

10. Hard mode is a choice, not required by rules.

Wordlebot does not function in hard mode.

[aggiesal]

23. Of course it's a choice, but it makes playing more challenging. ...

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

[Liberal In Texas]

11. -2-

Wordle 1,852 2/6
🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ STEAL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PSHAW

[livetohike]

16. Wow!! n/t

[underpants]

25. Wow.

[surfered]

31. !

[Colorado Liberal]

13. Four

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

[nuxvomica]

14. 3

Wordle 1,852 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ BREAK
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ HOIST
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PSHAW

WordleBot
Skill 84/99
Luck 83/99


Connections
Puzzle #1130
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Skill 97/99
Uniqueness 1 in 122


Strands #864
“Rose-colored glasses”
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[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
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[Casandia]

15. 4

Wordle 1,852 4/6

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

[LisaM]

19. I got it in five.

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.

[surfered]

30. Me too

[Marthe48]

20. 4

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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[True Dough]

27. Sure thing,

Half Pint!

[Nittersing]

21. Dagnabbit

I saw a spoiler before I played.

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

Miss you Mom.

[hay rick]

22. 4

Wordle 1,852 4/6

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

[surfered]

29. 6. Whew!

[Onthefly]

34. 5 - Took a while

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.

[Chipper Chat]

37. 5

Wordle 1,852 5/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜BACON
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜TRADE
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜SILLY
🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ASHEN
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩OH PSHAW