# 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:** 24
**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 26, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/461 "2026-09-26T14:40:12Z")
Wordle 1,925 2/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ELEGY I just had a hunch that NYT would use ELEGY. And i got two 2s in a row for it! ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/462 "2026-09-26T15:02:34Z")
Wordle 1,925 3/6 SATURDAY ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FEELY ELEGY Missed yesterday as I was on holiday, goodbye streak. ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/463 "2026-09-26T15:06:40Z")
Wordle 1,925 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - not nice QUELL BLEED ELEGY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/464 "2026-09-26T15:10:50Z")
> **Wordle 1,925 4/6\* 9/26/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > COPS_E_ β†’ Well, that’s something to start on. I’ll mix in A and three WoFcons for a frequent first word second > _LE_ARN β†’ T is still out there, as are three vowels. I can try the former and one of the latter with > TI_LE_D β†’ No placements, getting kinda frustrating. There are two spots I haven’t tried the E yet, I can check both with > **ELEGY** > > From fear of a second straight loss to a solve in one guess. I probably should have tried a repeat letter sooner. After the followup, my guesses were 20/63, then 4/6 for the solve. There were still three valid possibles left, so it could have been bad. Scoredle solves in four with a much more methodical path leading to a true tap-in par. ---
**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 27, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/465 "2026-09-27T01:19:41Z")
Wordle 1,925 4/6 β€” NYT Average 4.2 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE FLIER ELBOW ELEGY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/466 "2026-09-27T04:59:09Z")
Wordle 1,926 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE SLOOP ---
**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 27, 2026, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/467 "2026-09-27T05:54:58Z")
Wordle 1,925 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 REIGN LODGE ELEGY The placed G was a great get, and LODGE was the second-best follow-up out of 44 (according to Scordle). The birdie was a tap-in, on what I would figure is a somewhat tricky word, so I feel petty good about this one. ---
**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 27, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/468 "2026-09-27T07:41:58Z")
Wordle 1,926 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POESY SPOON SWOOP SLOOP ---
**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 27, 2026, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/469 "2026-09-27T08:03:44Z")
Wordle 1,926 5/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,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 S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} ---
**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 27, 2026, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/470 "2026-09-27T08:13:36Z")
500! **Wordle 1,926 4/6 β€” 2026-09-27 Sun** πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **SLOOP** β€” _it could have also been spool_ [![](https://i.imgur.com/oHEObgn.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/oHEObgn.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/471 "2026-09-27T10:56:13Z")
Wordle 1926 3/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SLUMP SLOOP Could have also been SLEEP (Wordle 901) but unlikely. Current streak is at 1251 days. ---
**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 27, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/472 "2026-09-27T12:40:23Z")
Wordle 1,926 4/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SLIMY SLUNK SLOOP ---
**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 27, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/473 "2026-09-27T13:52:30Z")
Wordle 1,926 3/6 β€” NYT Average 3.9 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE SLURP SLOOP My 60th Sea of Greens ---
**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 27, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/474 "2026-09-27T14:09:55Z")
Wordle 1,9 **27** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 27, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/475 "2026-09-27T14:23:41Z")
Wordle 1,926 2/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL SLOOP ---
**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 27, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/476 "2026-09-27T15:00:08Z")
Wordle 1,926 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL SLOOP ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/477 "2026-09-27T15:35:29Z")
> **Wordle 1,926 3/6\* 9/27/2026** > > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > E **L** EGY β†’ Wasted an E, but a good placed L. Two vowels and two WoFcons, after a few scrambles I come up with > **SL** AIN β†’ Now I’m looking for something with both O and U, and T or R (or another L??) SLOUT, however, is in no way a Wordle word. After trying for other words with two good letters, like SLURM (h/t _Futurama_), I eventually dial my ambitions back to one of the letters I’m looking for, repeated > **SLOOP** > SLOTH, SLOSH, SLUSH, and SLURP all would have given me the two letters from the set I had been looking for, so in that sense it was a bad play. However, they would not have given me a birdie, so in _that_ sense it was a good play. And, it rated 2/22 (after a 20/334 followup) so it wasn’t horribly unskillful. Scoredle also finishes with a birdie, out of 17 possibles (5 valid, many of them on my 3rd guess list as well). ---
**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 27, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/478 "2026-09-27T16:24:23Z")
Wordle 1,926 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟦🟧🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SPOOL SLOOP My streak is now 2 because I forgot to check in on Friday, apparently. ---
**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 27, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/479 "2026-09-27T16:35:51Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Current streak is at 1251 days. Outstanding! Anyone else, long streaks? ---
**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 27, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/480 "2026-09-27T18:18:56Z")
Wordle 1,926 4/6 πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SHAVE SNORT SPOIL SLOOP I feel so broke up, I wanna go home. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=25)