# “Wordle,” a strangely compelling word game (Part 4)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [August 25, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553 "2026-08-25T21:34:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1 "2026-08-25T21:34:20Z")
Continued from **[“Wordle,” a strangely compelling word game (Part 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451)**
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/2 "2026-08-25T22:16:08Z")
Wordle 1,893 4/6
⬛⬛⬛🟦⬛
⬛⬛🟧🟦⬛
⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
BRAIN
STILE
FLICK
CLICK
I thought of CLICK before FLICK, but I always hate doubling up on an unused letter.
Turns out the only other option was CLIFF. Any of the three, if wrong, would have eliminated one of the other two. So I couldn’t do worse than par.
Oh, and YAY! I’m the first to reply in the new thread!
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/3 "2026-08-26T04:25:33Z")
Wordle 1,894 5/6
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
RATIO
SALON
BACON
CANON
CAPON
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### Author:  [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/4 "2026-08-26T05:44:00Z")
Wordle 1,894 3/6\*
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Inept
Pound
Capon
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### Author:  [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/5 "2026-08-26T06:54:29Z")
Wordle 1,894 3/6 **WEDNESDAY**
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
AUDIO
SOAPY
CAPON
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/6 "2026-08-26T07:45:21Z")
Wordle 1,894 3/6\*
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/7 "2026-08-26T08:02:12Z")
**Wordle 1,894 4/6 — 2026-08-26 Wed**
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
**STARE**
**DOILY**
**PUNCH**
**CAPON**
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/8 "2026-08-26T12:01:29Z")
Wordle 1,894 5/6
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
STARE
DOILY
BACON
CANON
CAPON
2nd five in a row 🙁
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/9 "2026-08-26T12:44:58Z")
Wordle 1894 3/6
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
SLANT
RIDGE
CAPON
Could’ve also been unused HANKY, which I saw, and NACHO, which I didn’t until afterwards. Went with CAPON over HANKY at 3 partly because we were recently in Cacapon State Park in WV, and because I thought already-used PANIC might be a possibility, since at Wordle 210 it was closely adjacent to the Zone of Reusability (1-199), and the letters in CAPON would more likely pick up anything I was missing.
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### Author:  [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/10 "2026-08-26T13:48:22Z")
> **Wordle 1,894 5/6\* 8/26/2026**
>
> 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
> 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜
> 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜
> 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
>
> **C** LICK → Placed C, good. Unique, also good. A, E and two of the four remaining WoFcons are called for
> **C** R_AN_E → Two WoFcons left, and I can cover them with
> **CA** _N_TS → Probably a bit unproductive, but I did place the A and like the eliminations. OK, N is at the end, so I can fill in with the Spanish-derived
> **CA** J **ON** → CANON is out, so looking at the remaining consonants I can see
> **CAPON**
>
> Followup was 29/501, then 6/17, 1/5 and 1/2 for the solve, although the bogey guess was a tap-in as the other possible was bogus. Scoredle starts well, falls into a trap and ends up with a double bogey, having to try one of the words I had already eliminated. Tough day for the algorithm.
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/11 "2026-08-26T14:15:12Z")
Wordle 1,894 4/6\*
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
STEAL
DRAWN
CABIN
CAPON
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### Author:  [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/12 "2026-08-26T14:18:48Z")
Wordle 1,894 3/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
YODEL
NITRO
CAPON
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### Author:  [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/13 "2026-08-26T14:37:52Z")
Wordle 1,894 6/6 — NYT Average 4.1
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟨🟩⬛
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
SLATE
AVOID
MANOR
WAGON
BACON
CAPON
I’ve never even heard of that word before, but now I’m hungry.
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### Author:  [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/14 "2026-08-26T15:12:02Z")
Wordle 1,8 **95** 4/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ☠ Ai assisted 🦘
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/15 "2026-08-26T15:37:12Z")
Wordle 1,894 4/6
🟧⬜🟦🟦⬜
🟧🟧🟦⬜⬜
🟧🟧⬜⬜🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
CRANE
CANNY
CABIN
CAPON
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/16 "2026-08-26T15:47:50Z")
Wordle 1,894 4/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
For some reason, I had today’s word in my head earlier this morning!
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### Author:  [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2026, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/17 "2026-08-27T05:12:07Z")
Wordle 1,895 3/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
RATIO
STUDY
UNCUT
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### Author:  [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2026, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/18 "2026-08-27T05:15:13Z")
Wordle 1,895 3/6 **THURSDAY**
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
AUDIO
SQUEE
UNCUT
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2026, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/19 "2026-08-27T07:36:37Z")
Wordle 1,895 3/6\*
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/20 "2026-08-27T10:55:22Z")
Wordle 1895 2/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
SLANT
UNCUT
Lucky, lucky, lucky! There were at least a half-dozen unused possibilities after 1, plus one previous solution with a double-digit number. I went with today’s solution on 2 because I figured it would maximize my chances of a 3, but it did better than that. 🙂
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