# “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:** 18
**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 18, 2026, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/341 "2026-09-18T11:24:26Z")
Wordle 1,917 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE NOISY SNOWY ---
**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 18, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/342 "2026-09-18T11:36:16Z")
Wordle 1,917 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL POBOY SNOWY ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/343 "2026-09-18T13:23:56Z")
Wordle 1,917 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL SWOON SNOWY ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/344 "2026-09-18T13:42:53Z")
Wordle 1,917 3/6 — NYT Average 3.9 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE SOUPY SNOWY ---
**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 18, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/345 "2026-09-18T14:24:23Z")
Wordle 1,9 **18** 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😵‍💫 Ai assist 🙄 🦘 ---
**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 18, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/346 "2026-09-18T15:21:38Z")
Wordle 1,917 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SNOWY ---
**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 18, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/347 "2026-09-18T15:56:29Z")
Wordle 1,917 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SHINY SNOWY ---
**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 18, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/348 "2026-09-18T18:54:54Z")
Wordle 1,917 4/6 ⬛⬛🟦🟦⬛ ⬛🟦🟦⬛⬛ 🟧⬛🟧🟦⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MINOR TONAL SHONE SNOWY I really wanted at least two of the remaining WoFcons in my second word. I rejected a lot of options that had the O or N in a known wrong position. Then I finally settled on a word that _had the N in a known wrong position._ Dummy. I don’t think a birdie was in the cards anyway, but still. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/349 "2026-09-18T21:20:49Z")
> **Wordle 1,917 4/6\* 9/18/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > THETA → Third carryover whiff in a row. It’s been ten days since I had more than one letter from a carryover. Yes, I feel picked on. Finding no words that use O & U and three of the remaining four WoFcons, I figure I’ll go for two WoFcons to jump into a potential trap > **S** _O_U_N_D → Whew, no trap. And a good placement. But I would like to place that O, so I’ll double up with > **SNO** OP → With R & L still out there of the WoFcons, I can’t make a word that uses either of them. So I looked over the remaining letters and hit upon > **SNOWY** > > After a followup that is not in the top 120 from the carryover, I had 2/15 and 1/5 (where the other four guesses were bogus, so a virtual tap-in for par). Scoredle makes a 3-vowel followup, which allows it to double up on the known vowel on the third guess and leaves two guesses (one bogus) for a virtual tap-in par of its own. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/350 "2026-09-19T06:34:03Z")
Wordle 1,918 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CAUSE BAGEL HAVEN WAKEN ---
**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 19, 2026, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/351 "2026-09-19T07:11:37Z")
**Wordle 1,918 5/6 — 2026-09-19 Sat** ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** — _the Wordle could be axmen began enema maven vegan waken waxen; of these, previous Wordles have not been axmen began waken; of these the most likely Wordle(s) include began waken_ **BEGAN** **WAKEN** This was a tough one. I was worried that I’d end my streak. ---
**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 19, 2026, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/352 "2026-09-19T07:37:30Z")
Wordle 1,918 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPINE GOURD NEWLY WAKEN ---
**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 19, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/353 "2026-09-19T07:49:13Z")
Wordle 1,918 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} ---
**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 19, 2026, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/354 "2026-09-19T11:48:16Z")
Wordle 1,918 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL TASER WAKEN ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/355 "2026-09-19T11:56:38Z")
Yesterday: Wordle 1917 4/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE SWOON SNOWY Lost the coin toss at 3, _c’est la vie_. Wouldn’t have been SNOOP (Wordle 1232) or SPOON (Wordle 1220). Today: Wordle 1918 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT RIDGE WAKEN Could’ve also been unused OAKEN, PAEAN, or APNEA, so I was a bit lucky there. All the already-used possibilities except OCEAN (Wordle 797) had been used just in the past year or so, so I wasn’t worried about reuse. ---
**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 19, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/356 "2026-09-19T13:05:35Z")
Wordle 1,918 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL RAVEN WAKEN ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/357 "2026-09-19T14:06:50Z")
> **Wordle 1,918 3/6\* 9/19/2026** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > S_N_O_W_Y → Hey, two letters on the carryover. Maybe my moaning and groaning from yesterday helped. The W in particular is nice. I should try a WoFcon and two vowels, since I have not a one yet, and I see one word really quickly that hits it for me, even though it doesn’t use an E > T_WA_I **N** → Not bad. I think I need an E, since terminal-Y is out and that’s the only vowel left. I look at WREAN for a second before I decide I need to separate A from the hypothetical E, and then it’s quick work to > **WAKEN** > > My guesses were 37/62 and 7/7 (that’s right, the answer was dead last in Scoredle’s list!) so I don’t know if it was a very lucky day or if the algorithm simply did poorly on this particular first word/solution setup. I _felt_ like it was pretty skillful. The algorithm looks pretty skillful, though - finishes with a true tap-in birdie, so I guess I should take my morning as luck and just enjoy it. ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/358 "2026-09-19T14:08:53Z")
Wordle 1,9 **19** 3/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 💫 😇 no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/359 "2026-09-19T14:51:14Z")
Wordle 1,918 3/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟧⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE NAVEL WAKEN ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/360 "2026-09-19T14:51:41Z")
Wordle 1,918 3/6 — NYT Average 4.5 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE BREAK WAKEN [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=19)