# “Wordle,” 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:** 15
**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 14, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/281 "2026-09-14T12:02:10Z")
Wordle 1,913 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟨🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAIR IRONY REIGN RINSE ---
**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 14, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/282 "2026-09-14T12:03:46Z")
Wordle 1,913 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL URINE RINSE ---
**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 14, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/283 "2026-09-14T12:48:15Z")
Wordle 1,913 2/6 — NYT Average 3.2 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE RINSE My 15th Wordle in 2. After my first guess, there were still 33 words to choose from. ---
**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 14, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/284 "2026-09-14T14:14:54Z")
Wordle 1,9 **14** 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 14, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/285 "2026-09-14T14:39:11Z")
Wordle 1,913 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LONER RINSE ---
**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 14, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/286 "2026-09-14T14:40:08Z")
Wordle 1,913 2/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL RINSE Got so lucky! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/287 "2026-09-14T15:24:47Z")
> **Wordle 1,913 4/6\* 9/14/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FOCU_S_ → Preeminent first word second time! Plus, that terminal S is going to really KO a lot of bogus possibles… > _S_LAT **E** → Well, that’s something. Do I try a second E, or an I? If I have an -ISE ending, I can guess at least one remaining WoFcon… > P_RI_ **SE** → And so… ugh. I could have had it in three. > **RINSE** > > If only I had indulged my WoFcon obsession a little harder. Followup was 7/1066, then a mediocre 14/34 though it gave me a virtual tap-in for par. A bit tougher than it should have been given the letters involved. Scoredle goes off into the weeds a bit in the midgame, makes my third guess for its fourth, and finishes with a tap-in bogey. ---
**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 14, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/288 "2026-09-14T15:32:13Z")
Wordle 1,913 3/6 ⬜🟦⬜🟦🟧 🟦🟦⬜🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SNORE RINSE ---
**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 14, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/289 "2026-09-14T21:02:02Z")
Wordle 1,913 3/6 🟦⬛🟦🟦⬛ 🟦⬛🟦🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SCREW STERN RINSE A dumb mistake at two actually led to a tap-in birdie. Funny how that works sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/290 "2026-09-14T23:25:17Z")
Crazy luck on my first word essentially the same as 4 greens. Wordle 1,914 2/6\* 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEANT DEALT ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/291 "2026-09-15T04:16:39Z")
Wordle 1,914 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SLATE LEANT DEALT ---
**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 15, 2026, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/292 "2026-09-15T05:54:48Z")
Wordle 1,914 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO DRAPE DEATH DEALT ---
**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 15, 2026, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/293 "2026-09-15T07:26:56Z")
**Wordle 1,914 3/6 — 2026-09-15 Tue** ⬛🟨🟩⬛🟨 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **DEALT** ---
**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 15, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/294 "2026-09-15T07:56:23Z")
Wordle 1,914 5/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/295 "2026-09-15T09:17:21Z")
Wordle 1914 2/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT DEALT LEAPT had been used (Wordle 572). So had EXALT (#1068) which I didn’t see until afterward. ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/296 "2026-09-15T11:36:06Z")
Wordle 1,914 4/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NUDGE DEATH DEALT ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/297 "2026-09-15T11:51:38Z")
Wordle 1,913 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL WIELD DEALT ---
**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 15, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/298 "2026-09-15T12:20:22Z")
Wordle 1,914 2/6 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 15, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/299 "2026-09-15T12:20:45Z")
TRADE DEALT ---
**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 15, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/300 "2026-09-15T13:27:37Z")
Wordle 1,914 5/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BEAST MEANT LEAPT DEALT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=16)