# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/421 "2026-09-23T15:33:37Z")
> **Wordle 1,922 4/6\* 9/23/2026** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > S_TO_KE β†’ Useful start. For some reason I didn’t see TONAL here, but it turns out that an anagram is also a bogus Wordle word > N **O** _T_AL β†’ I supposed I could have tried to place the T with TOTAL, but it turned out to be useful that I eliminated the N. I thought about ROUGH here, but noticed I hadn’t tried the T in first, so > _T_ **O** UG **H** β†’ Figured I’d bite the vowel bullet and go with no I, and with the H there no terminal Y, so there’s a -TH ending and I know where an R goes, and then I flashed back to the days of postfix notation and tried > **FORTH** > WORTH was also possible (along with three bogus possibles), giving me a 50-50 shot at a par. Scoredle really preferred the valid anagram for my followup (10 vs. 94/294) and the third guess was 9/53. Scoredle’s preferred followup doubles up on both of the known letters; after both letters are placed (and shown to be unique), its next word is one letter away from the solution (which, by the way, is second out of the 35 possibles) and leaves it with a tap-in par. ---
**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 23, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/422 "2026-09-23T15:53:35Z")
Wordle 1,922 4/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ 🟦🟧⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST WORTH FORTH ---
**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 23, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/423 "2026-09-23T20:12:36Z")
Wordle 1,922 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STORM ROTOR TORCH NORTH FORTH Funnily enough, the word generator gave me STORY yesterday and STORM today. Both yielded three letters, but alas, today’s were unplaced, and reluctant to be wrangled into position. WORTH would have gotten me a six, but I was not in danger of failing. ---
**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 24, 2026, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/424 "2026-09-24T06:21:15Z")
Wordle 1,923 4/6 **THURSDAY** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PERKY TESTY MESSY ---
**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 24, 2026, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/425 "2026-09-24T06:23:35Z")
Connections Puzzle #1201 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ Sub-30-seconds. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/426 "2026-09-24T06:55:06Z")
Wordle 1,923 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES SEEDY MESSY ---
**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 24, 2026, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/427 "2026-09-24T08:28:14Z")
Wordle 1,923 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} > [@MrDibble](#): > > Connections Wrong thread … ---
**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 24, 2026, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/428 "2026-09-24T08:56:39Z")
**Wordle 1,923 4/6 β€” 2026-09-24 Thu** πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **MESSY** ---
**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 24, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/429 "2026-09-24T10:48:52Z")
Gah, yes. ---
**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 24, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/430 "2026-09-24T11:58:31Z")
Wordle 1,923 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL WEEPY SEAMY MESSY ---
**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 24, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/431 "2026-09-24T12:58:41Z")
Wordle 1,923 3/6 β€” NYT Average 3.6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE RESIN MESSY ---
**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 24, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/432 "2026-09-24T14:15:08Z")
Wordle 1,923 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL COPSE MESSY ---
**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 24, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/433 "2026-09-24T14:25:44Z")
Wordle 1,923 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PEONY LEGGY MESSY ---
**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 24, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/434 "2026-09-24T14:48:47Z")
Wordle 1,9 **24** 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ 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 24, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/435 "2026-09-24T15:10:20Z")
Wordle 1,923 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜ ⬜⬜🟦🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST GUESS MESSY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/436 "2026-09-24T15:33:08Z")
> **Wordle 1,923 4/6\* 9/24/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FORTH β†’ Whiff. E, A, L, N, S, shuffle up and try > L **E** AN_S_ β†’ Not bad. I’ll try to place the S, try an I, I can do those with > _S_ **E** I **S** _M_ β†’ Hmm, _two_ Ses, one placed. And an M. Double up the S, M to the front, try terminal Y, what do we have? > **MESSY** > > Pretty fun puzzle today (for me anyway). My followup was in the top 120, despite being an anagram of Scoredle’s, then my third guess was 3/36 but was the first in Scoredle’s list to include the key letter that made the next guess a tap-in. Scoredle has bad luck today; its followup only cuts the possible set down to 58, then it doubles up on the wrong known letter (ending up with three possibles) and then has to try all of them to get a double-bogey finish. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/437 "2026-09-24T19:54:45Z")
Wordle 1923 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MESSY Could’ve also been DEISM. PESKY (Wordle 996) and GUESS (1636) had been used and were unlikely candidates for reuse; and the possibility of YIPES and/or YIKES (which didn’t even cross my mind until seeing them on Scoredle afterwards) being on the solutions list seems kinda iffy to me. ---
**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 25, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/438 "2026-09-25T00:27:23Z")
Wordle 1,923 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STING LASER PESKY MESSY Third day in a row I got a word beginning in ST from the word generator. Just an unplaced S this time, but good progress after that. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/439 "2026-09-25T04:13:29Z")
Wordle 1,924 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE COPSE ---
**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 25, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/440 "2026-09-25T07:16:47Z")
Barely made it. **Wordle 1,924 6/6 β€” 2026-09-25 Fri** πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** β€” _the Wordle could be goose house moose mouse noose posse; letters to eliminate are G H U M P; can try sleuth word(s) humps?_ **NOOSE** **HUMPS** **POSSE** **COPSE** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=23)