25L Wordle Heterograms
by @Dez in Portland, OR
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Heterograms in general contain no repeated letters (contrast "pangrams" which contain ALL the letters from some alphabet, possibly repeated).
The longest heterogram you can play in Wordle and still solve the game is comprised of five words consisting of 25 of the 26 letters in Wordle's alphabet. A moment's thought reveals that each of the 5 such words is also a 5-letter heterogram in its own right.
See the saga of my heterogram search backlinked from the final post here: https://nyti.ms/43wzd2h#permid=126192391
And a much-later postscript considering the possibility that CRWTH plus either GYMPS or KYNDS could combine with some word containing three of AEIOU (previously excluded from the search space by faulty reasoning) and two more words containing one traditional vowel each to form a heterogram. No additional such heterograms were found. More here: https://nyti.ms/3NKudSw#permid=130132129
Note: Playing one of these 25-letter sequences does not guarantee you will know the answer for sure on your sixth guess! It's possible to be left with more than one anagram of the solution, and only one guess remaining. An example is Wordle 0894 RESIN
- NYT Comments for that day here.
Five of the heterogram sets below leave it uncertain for that game whether the solution is RESIN
or RISEN
because neither the I
nor the E
appears in position 2 or 4 in the heterogram. See https://imgur.com/a/ygJ7rMk which shows a screen capture after guess five on #894, playing heterogram #2 from the list below.
Selected Links to Posted Plays
Note: only complete plays of all five words of a heterogram are included, and I reserve the right to cut off the lists at an arbitrary number of repeated plays of the same heterogram or by the same person. Pangram-fishing plays are also generally not included except possibly the first one for an individual person or heterogram.
By Heterogram (alphabetized)
- BEMIX CLUNK GRYPT VOZHD WAQFS - J
- BLING JUMPY TRECK VOZHD WAQFS - X
- BLONX CHAWK FRITZ GYVED JUMPS - Q
- https://nyti.ms/40X7FDg#permid=129398293 @Julia
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/3v9i7j @Granny Skier
- BLONX FRITZ GYVED JACKS WHUMP - Q
- BLONX FRITZ GYVED JUMPS WHACK - Q
- BLUNK CIMEX GRYPT VOZHD WAQFS - J
- BRICK GLENT JUMPY VOZHD WAQFS - X
- BROCK JUDGE MILTZ PHYNX WAQFS - V
- BRUCK GIZMO PHYNX VELDT WAQFS - J
- BRUCK GLENT JIMPY VOZHD WAQFS - X
- BRUCK GLITZ MOVED PHYNX WAQFS - J
- BRUCK GOVED MILTZ PHYNX WAQFS - J
- BRUNG CYLIX KEMPT VOZHD WAQFS - J
- BRUNG KEMPT VOZHD WAQFS XYLIC - J
- CHUNK FJORD GYMPS VIBEX WALTZ - Q
- https://nyti.ms/49lDZU6#permid=128936971 @Documentalista
- https://nyti.ms/3TIAIsK#permid=130108582 @Oscar180
- CLIPT JUMBY KRENG VOZHD WAQFS - X
- https://nyti.ms/49CihLJ#permid=129130380 @Dez
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/44h9oc @Spelling Marauder
- CROMB GIVED KLUTZ PHYNX WAQFS - J
- CROMB GLITZ JUKED PHYNX WAQFS - V
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/3u2tbr @Couchpumpkin
- CROMB JIVED KLUTZ PHYNX WAQFS - G
- https://nyti.ms/43wzd2h#permid=126192391 @Dez
- https://nyti.ms/3Hf10eR#permid=130444396 @WT (pangram)
- https://nyti.ms/3U0EDkS#permid=130556623 @Wordler (pangram)
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/3u2e1d @Couchpumpkin
- CRUMB GLITZ JOKED PHYNX WAQFS - V
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/47k5ut @Heather (now "The Heatherogram" per @WT)
- DRECK GLITZ JUMBO PHYNX WAQFS - V
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/3u7o0b @Couchpumpkin
- FJORD GLITZ PHYNX QUACK WEMBS - V
- https://nyti.ms/3RZQL44#permid=130102410 @WT
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/47k4le @MaryGtheKnitter
- FJORD GUCKS NYMPH VIBEX WALTZ - Q
- https://nyti.ms/3uToCT7#permid=129755956 @Wordler
- https://nyti.ms/3whINer#permid=131198637 @Spelling Marauder
- https://nyti.ms/49Z9Tph#permid=131278911 @Gray in SB
- https://nyti.ms/42YXv61#permid=131478375 @Eric B
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/3u4916 @Granny Skier
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/3umdr1 @ADKR
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/47iph7 @Gmb
- GLENT JUMBY PRICK VOZHD WAQFS - X
- JUMBY PLING TRECK VOZHD WAQFS - X
By Wordle
- Wordle
0749 COWER
- Wordle
0868 MANIA
- https://nyti.ms/49lDZU6#permid=128936971 @Documentalista
- Wordle
0877 GREEN
- Wordle
0882 THINK
- Wordle
0891 TAWNY
- Wordle
0895 TAKEN
- Wordle
0907 SPENT
- Wordle
0923 CHILD
- Wordle
0931 CABLE
- Wordle
0939 DOING
- https://nyti.ms/3Hf10eR#permid=130444396 @WT (pangram)
- Wordle
0944 THING
- https://nyti.ms/3U0EDkS#permid=130556623 @Wordler (pangram)
- Wordle
0971 ASCOT
- https://nyti.ms/3whINer#permid=131198637 @Spelling Marauder
- Wordle
0976 MATCH
- https://nyti.ms/49Z9Tph#permid=131278911 @Gray in SB
- Wordle
0984 DEVIL
- Wordle
1006 SHADE
- Wordle
1015 FORCE
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/3u2e1d @Couchpumpkin
- Wordle
1016 TABOO
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/3u2tbr @Couchpumpkin
- Wordle
1018 SERUM
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/3u4916 @Granny Skier
- Wordle
1020 CLIMB
- Wordle
1023 VOILA
- the first V pangram winner!- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/3u7o0b @Couchpumpkin
- Wordle
1041 INTRO
- Wordle
1044 PRUNE
- Wordle
1050 VALUE
- Wordle
1051 DECAL
- Wordle
1073 SKIER
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/3v9i7j @Granny Skier
- Wordle
1118 CAMEO
- Wordle
1146 SAUCY
- Wordle
1253 JELLY
- Wordle
1277 SCOWL
- Wordle
1305 FANCY
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/44h9oc @Spelling Marauder
- Wordle
1327 PEDAL
- Wordle
1333 SCORE
- Wordle
1363 CHASE
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/460qp9 @Miss Sunshine
- https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/461566 @Jaden
- Wordle
1427 FIFTH
- Wordle
1430 PITCH