# 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:** 25
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/481 "2026-09-28T04:41:02Z")
Wordle 1,927 6/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRUCE TRULY TRUST WHOMP TRUNK Couldn’t bear to type that name for guess five so substituted a sleuth word. Not sure if I missed any other options and just got lucky. ---
**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 28, 2026, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/482 "2026-09-28T08:06:26Z")
Wordle 1,927 6/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt \*}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt \*}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt \*}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt \*}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt \*} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} > [@psychobunny](#): > > Couldn’t bear to type that name I did, but I’ve censored it here to avoid fouling up the 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 28, 2026, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/483 "2026-09-28T09:13:06Z")
**Wordle 1,927 5/6 β€” 2026-09-28 Mon** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **BRUNT** **TRUNK** ---
**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 28, 2026, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/484 "2026-09-28T11:01:00Z")
Wordle 1,927 3/6 MONDAY ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRUNE TRUNK ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/485 "2026-09-28T11:01:22Z")
Wordle 1927 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT THINE TRUNK ---
**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 28, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/486 "2026-09-28T12:05:19Z")
Wordle 1,927 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TRUNK ---
**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 28, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/487 "2026-09-28T12:07:24Z")
Wordle 1,927 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ASTIR AMERICA-HATING FUCKSTICK TRUNK ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/488 "2026-09-28T12:39:44Z")
Wordle 1,927 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STONE BRUNT TRUNK ---
**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 28, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/489 "2026-09-28T12:52:36Z")
Wordle 1,927 2/6 β€” NYT Average 3.5 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE TRUNK My 17th Wordle in 2. There were still 102 words to choose from after my 1st guess. Took me by surprise, considering I only got a yellow T. ---
**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 28, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/490 "2026-09-28T14:14:47Z")
Wordle 1,9 **28** 4/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/491 "2026-09-28T14:34:34Z")
> **Wordle 1,927 3/6\* 9/28/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SLOOP β†’ Whiff. I’d like to try TRANE, but it’s not valid (or anything) so I go with a homonym > **TR** AI_N_ β†’ I expend some effort to see if TREN? is a word, then look at TRYN? the same way. Looks like it’s TRUN?, which may only be > **TRUNK** > But I (fortunately) missed TREND. By rights, should have been a four what with a true 50-50 par putt, and I would have gone the other way had I seen it. Scoredle gets two letters, unplaced, from its followup, but the third guess leaves it with a pure tap-in par. ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/492 "2026-09-28T15:03:08Z")
Wordle 1,927 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL BIGOT TRUMP TRUNK ---
**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 28, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/493 "2026-09-28T15:55:32Z")
Wordle 1,927 3/6 ⬜🟧⬜🟧⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE PRINT - my usual #2 word wouldn’t help at all TRUNK ---
**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 28, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/494 "2026-09-28T21:33:29Z")
Wordle 1,927 2/6 πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TOUGH TRUNK Lucky to place two letters on the opener, and lucky again to score the deuce with 9 or 10 legit words available. (And none of the other possibilities contained either N or K, so my choice was not even a very smart one.) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/495 "2026-09-29T05:30:21Z")
Wordle 1,928 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE SUMAC SCUBA ---
**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 29, 2026, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/496 "2026-09-29T05:54:05Z")
Wordle 1,928 4/6 **TUESDAY** 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO VAGUE UNMAN SCUBA ---
**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 29, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/497 "2026-09-29T07:03:18Z")
**Wordle 1,928 4/6 β€” 2026-09-29 Tue** πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **SCUBA** ---
**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 29, 2026, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/498 "2026-09-29T07:47:31Z")
Wordle 1,928 4/6\* \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[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/499 "2026-09-29T08:55:57Z")
Wordle 1928 3/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SABER SCUBA ---
**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 29, 2026, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/500 "2026-09-29T10:44:21Z")
Wordle 1,928 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL ASTIR SWANK SAMBA SCUBA [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=26)