# 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:** 2
**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:** [August 27, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/21 "2026-08-27T12:03:01Z")
Wordle 1,895 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROUND STALE UNCUT ---
**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:** [August 27, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/22 "2026-08-27T12:50:06Z")
Wordle 1,895 4/6 β€” NYT Average 3.8 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE TRUNK DONUT UNCUT ---
**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:** [August 27, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/23 "2026-08-27T13:07:48Z")
**Wordle 1,895 4/6 β€” 2026-08-27 Thu** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **UNCUT** β€” _the only possible word_ ---
**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:** [August 27, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/24 "2026-08-27T13:45:25Z")
Wordle 1,895 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ASTIR UNCUT ---
**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:** [August 27, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/25 "2026-08-27T13:59:21Z")
Wordle 1,895 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART GLINT DONUT UNCUT ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/26 "2026-08-27T14:01:21Z")
> **Wordle 1,895 3/6\* 8/27/2026** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _C_APO_N_ β†’ C is nice, as is N. I’m low on vowels, so trying both E and I here would be good, and I can slam the two known consonants together, use -NCE ending, tack the I on the front and add a very nice S and that gives me > SI_NC_E β†’ Hmmm. No help. Terminal Y? Uh, ?C?NY goes nowhere, NUCKY? no, UNCLY seems odd (and bogus at best). Perhaps only a U… or two… > **UNCUT** > > I matched Scoredle’s two guesses on this puzzle precisely, so I’ll mark this one down as a skill win. There were about 30 valid words after my carryover, and the followup took it down to a tap-in. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/27 "2026-08-27T14:32:26Z")
Wordle 1,895 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL PIVOT GRUNT UNCUT ---
**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:** [August 27, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/28 "2026-08-27T15:09:38Z")
Wordle 1,8 **96** 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« Ai assisted 🦘 ---
**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:** [August 27, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/29 "2026-08-27T15:40:10Z")
Wordle 1,895 3/6 🟦⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST UNCUT Took some cogitating. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/30 "2026-08-27T23:20:53Z")
Wordle 1,896 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEANT STEIN TREEN TWEEN I had no idea of the existence of this word, the only reason I got it was because I thought the shortening of between to 'tween might have lost the apostrophe (like phone) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/31 "2026-08-28T04:56:01Z")
Wordle 1,896 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TUNES TWEEN ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/32 "2026-08-28T06:46:35Z")
Wordle 1,896 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FERNY TWEEN ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/33 "2026-08-28T07:06:44Z")
**Wordle 1,896 5/6 β€” 2026-08-28 Fri** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **EVENT** **TWEEN** ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/34 "2026-08-28T07:41:20Z")
Wordle 1,896 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} ! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/35 "2026-08-28T10:38:37Z")
Wordle 1896 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT FUTON TWEEN ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/36 "2026-08-28T11:56:05Z")
Wordle 1,896 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE CLOUT DEPTH TWEEN ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/37 "2026-08-28T13:09:17Z")
Wordle 1,896 3/6 β€” NYT Average 4.0 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE TREND TWEEN ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/38 "2026-08-28T13:14:19Z")
Wordle 1,896 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STEIN TWEEN ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/39 "2026-08-28T13:58:38Z")
Wordle 1,896 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ERECT TEENY TWEEN ---
**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:** [August 28, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/40 "2026-08-28T14:02:29Z")
> [@Jegpeg](#): > > I had no idea of the existence of this word, the only reason I got it was because I thought the shortening of between to 'tween might have lost the apostrophe (like phone) It’s used as a description for 11 and 12 yr olds (and 10?) because they’re between little kids and teenagers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=3)