# 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:** 14
**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 13, 2026, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/261 "2026-09-13T07:00:38Z")
Wordle 1,912 3/6 **SUNDAY** ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POUTY FOCUS ---
**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 13, 2026, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/262 "2026-09-13T07:04:20Z")
**Wordle 1,912 4/6 β€” 2026-09-13 Sun** πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **FOCUS** ---
**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 13, 2026, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/263 "2026-09-13T07:05:32Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I woiuld bet serious money that as long as the NYT is running this game, β€˜titty’ will never be a solution. Yep, agreed. ---
**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 13, 2026, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/264 "2026-09-13T07:50:07Z")
Wordle 1,912 2/6\* \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\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 S} Wo0T. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/265 "2026-09-13T10:25:58Z")
Wordle 1912 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE FOCUS The solution (Wordle 267) and DISCO (Wordle 768) were the only possibilities after 2, so I went with the earlier one. First recycled solution in 19 days. ---
**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 13, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/266 "2026-09-13T11:38:09Z")
Wordle 1,912 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL TORUS BOGUS FOCUS ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/267 "2026-09-13T12:29:37Z")
Wordle 1,912 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIL SOUND BOGUS FOCUS ---
**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 13, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/268 "2026-09-13T13:42:47Z")
Wordle 1,912 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL MOUSY LOCUS FOCUS ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/269 "2026-09-13T14:00:46Z")
Wordle 1,912 5/6 β€” NYT Average 3.8 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CRISP MUCUS HOCUS FOCUS ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/270 "2026-09-13T14:20:35Z")
Wordle 1,9 **13** 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/271 "2026-09-13T14:44:09Z")
Wordle 1,912 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL RISKY FOCUS ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/272 "2026-09-13T14:46:15Z")
> **Wordle 1,912 4/6\* 9/13/2026** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > NI_F_TY β†’ Two WoFcons and two vowels gone, and somehow I get an unplaced F. So E, A, and two more WoFcons with > **F** EAR **S** β†’ could have also been FERAL, but I’m glad I didn’t. Terminal S! O and U remain of the vowels. FOULS would get the entire set of letters I’m looking for, but I know it’s not a solve, so perhaps I’ll try > **F** L_O_S **S** β†’ An O, but not in the middle, so I do need to look for a possible U, and I think I can find one if I > **FOCUS** > > My guesses went 11/359, 1/21 and 1/3 (with the other two possibles bogus, so a virtual tap-in par). Scoredle cuts right to the chase - its followup is my third guess, but it rates the solution as only 6/15 for its third guess, despite it being the only nonbogus word, so it also settles for a par, despite a promising opening. ---
**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 13, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/273 "2026-09-13T16:00:47Z")
Wordle 1,912 4/6 🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST LOCUS FOCUS ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/274 "2026-09-13T18:52:00Z")
Wordle 1,912 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CABIN FORCE FOCUS ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/275 "2026-09-14T04:34:12Z")
Wordle 1,913 4/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO RIVER RIDGE RINSE ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/276 "2026-09-14T06:36:29Z")
Wordle 1,913 3/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 14, 2026, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/277 "2026-09-14T07:01:33Z")
Wordle 1,913 3/6 **MONDAY** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME RINSE ---
**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 14, 2026, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/278 "2026-09-14T07:57:06Z")
Wordle 1,913 4/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[yellow,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 F}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/279 "2026-09-14T10:18:31Z")
Wordle 1913 2/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT RINSE ---
**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 14, 2026, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/280 "2026-09-14T11:32:45Z")
**Wordle 1,913 2/6 β€” 2026-09-14 Mon** πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** β€” _the Wordle could be burse curse horse morse nurse prose purse reuse rinse rouse verse worse; of these, previous Wordles have not been burse morse rinse; of these the most likely Wordle(s) include rinse_ **RINSE** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=15)