# β€œWordle,” a strangely compelling word game (Part 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **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\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/201 "2026-09-09T08:07:26Z")
**Wordle 1,908 4/6 β€” 2026-09-09 Wed** πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **BURST** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/202 "2026-09-09T11:16:00Z")
Wordle 1908 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT WREST BURST Other possibilities: ROUST (unused), ROOST (Wordle 1703, too recent), and FIRST (Wordle 56, prime recycling territory). Figured BURST or FIRST guaranteed a 4, went with the previously unused choice. Still a bit surprised it wasn’t FIRST, it’s been \>2 weeks since the last recycled solution. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/203 "2026-09-09T12:03:54Z")
Wordle 1,908 2/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE BURST ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/204 "2026-09-09T12:09:46Z")
Wordle 1,908 3/6 β€” NYT Average 3.6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE TUSHY BURST ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/205 "2026-09-09T13:11:13Z")
Wordle 1,908 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL MISTY BURST ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/206 "2026-09-09T14:22:28Z")
Wordle 1,908 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ASTIR STRUM BURST ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/207 "2026-09-09T14:41:16Z")
Wordle 1,908 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STRUT BURST ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/208 "2026-09-09T14:50:29Z")
> **Wordle 1,908 4/6\* 9/9/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > LIVEN β†’ Opening whiff, which sets up an outstanding first word second > _R_OA **ST** β†’ Now that’s what I’m talkin; about! Still no vowels. If the R is in second, it could be CRUST or > T_R_Y **ST** β†’ Probably should have gone with CRUST. Anyway, now it’s ?URST, which (barring the archaic CURST) should be > **BURST** > DURST, HURST or WURST were also out there, and the last might even be valid. So probably not an optimal par, but really close to Scoredle’s recommendations - heck, my followup was an anagram of the algorithm’s preferred guess. Scoredle gets a birdie, which could have been a bogey if one of the two possibles that had the last four letters of the solution in the first four slots had in fact been the solution. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/209 "2026-09-09T15:29:18Z")
Wordle 1,908 3/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - which only leave a β€˜u’, so. . . BURST ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/210 "2026-09-09T18:03:36Z")
Wordle 1,9 **09** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« Ai assisted πŸ™„ 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/211 "2026-09-10T04:26:05Z")
Wordle 1,909 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRUCE DRYLY ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/212 "2026-09-10T05:14:57Z")
Wordle 1,909 3/6 **THURSDAY** ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO DENET DRYLY ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/213 "2026-09-10T07:32:50Z")
Wordle 1,909 4/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,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 B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} (AI helped a bit…) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/214 "2026-09-10T08:58:57Z")
**Wordle 1,909 3/6 β€” 2026-09-10 Thu** β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **DRYLY** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/215 "2026-09-10T10:15:04Z")
Wordle 1909 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DRYLY Could’ve also been WRYLY (almost went with that), GIRLY, or RILLY; BURLY, DRILL, FRILL, GRILL, KRILL, and LURID had already been used, none early enough to make them likely candidates for reuse. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/216 "2026-09-10T11:13:45Z")
Wordle 1,909 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POINT READY DRYLY ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/217 "2026-09-10T11:37:01Z")
Wordle 1,909 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL DAILY DRYLY ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/218 "2026-09-10T12:01:46Z")
Wordle 1,909 5/6 β€” NYT Average 4.0 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE GHOUL BILLY WRYLY DRYLY ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/219 "2026-09-10T14:33:45Z")
Wordle 1,909 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BROIL couldn’t make a U work so I was left with… DRYLY ---
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