A Wordle mystery

Wordle 1,130 X/6

There was a Wordle mystery that I needed to try to solve. On July 23, 2024, someone posted on a Facebook Wordle site this result:

Wordle 1,130 X/6

🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
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The correct answer was PRONG, which means the player had PRO as the first three letters on their first turn but never got the five-letter result, or even another letter, in six turns. For my own sake, I had to determine if this outcome was possible without using the same letter twice. This is in no way meant to mock or disparage the player. 
I went to Word Unscrambler and found these five-letter words starting with PRO:
Mystery solved!

Wow, it IS possible. In no particular order: PROOF or PROMO; PROBE, PRONE, or PROVE; PROXY; PROWL; PROPS or PROGS; PROUD. As it turns out, PROBE, PROVE, PROWL, PROXY, and PROUD were used, but the user likely did not know this. Several sites online, including WordFinder, reveal these words. 

I limited my choices to words I actually knew. One could trade out PROPS/PROGS in favor of PROAS, a word my spellcheck does not like; it doesn’t like PROSO, either. Other combos are likely possible.

One commenter recommended picking words ending in a list of letters, which might have helped. I rearranged them to a more memorable NERGY ST. I imagine the player likely did use words ending with E, S, and Y but not G.  

I might have added H. CH, GH, PH, SH, and TH, which are common word endings I tend to use. 

Author: Roger

I'm a librarian. I hear music, even when it's not being played. I used to work at a comic book store, and it still informs my life. I won once on JEOPARDY! - ditto.

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