# “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:** 27
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/521 "2026-09-30T16:23:06Z")
> **Wordle 1,929 5/6\* 9/30/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SCUBA → Whiff. E, O and three WoFcons, coming up with one of my first words second > LON **ER** → I, Y (unlikely) or a second E for another vowel. I’ll try I, but guess that last WoFcon and another consonant that will make it easy if I hit the consonants but misguess the vowel > M **I** T **ER** → Ah, twasn’t METER. Three guesses left and a killer two-trap. I can see VIPER and [FGR]IVER, perhaps I should try one of the latter so the former is covered too > G **IVER** → Whew. Am I safe? I think so, if I don’t try a bogus guess out of frustration. Or, maybe I just miscounted. We’ll see soon… > **RIVER** > Sure enough, I had forgotten DIVER. The repeat letter makes this one tough, I think - I might have missed it had I seen what I forgot. My followup was 40/2435, so not bad, then 29/83, rather mediocre (on a guess where Scoredle dives into the trap immediately), This leaves 28 possibles remaining, at least 15(!) of which are valid, so from there on it’s a lot of luck, with three possibles and two guesses. Tough day. Scoredle, in attempt to place the letter it finds on its followup, guesses the solution on its very next guess (out of 131, about of of which are valid!), ending with a birdie. ---
**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 30, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/522 "2026-09-30T17:08:53Z")
Wordle 1,929 4/6 ⬛🟦⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟧⬛🟧🟧 🟧⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ORGAN LITER RUMPS RIVER A nasty trap! The only way out is to lay up and shoot for par. And the one-in-three chip-in lands me said par! ---
**Author:** ![mattgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mattgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattgg)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/523 "2026-09-30T18:19:07Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I just saw that. Has that ever happened? A post on Reddit listed six previous instances. Multiple sources say that it can only fail on hard mode. 668 HOUND - 18 Apr 2023 675 JOKER - 25 Apr 2023 1039 ROVER - 23 April 2024 1214 CORER - 15 Oct 2024 1310 ROWER - 19 Jan 2025 1503 FRILL - 31 Jul 2025 ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/524 "2026-09-30T18:20:11Z")
LOL, CORER got it too! Stupid freaking Wordle word. ---
**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 30, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/525 "2026-09-30T18:47:53Z")
Wordle 1,929 5/6 — NYT Average 4.8 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨🟨🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE FRIED MINER VIPER RIVER ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/526 "2026-10-01T04:14:29Z")
Wordle 1,930 2/6 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO RITZY I don’t think there were any other options after my opener. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2026, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/527 "2026-10-01T06:22:06Z")
Wordle 1,930 4/6 **THURSDAY** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME RISKY RITZY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/528 "2026-10-01T07:18:59Z")
Wordle 1930 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DIRTY RITZY ---
**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:** [October 1, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/529 "2026-10-01T07:52:35Z")
Wordle 1,930 5/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[yellow,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} ---
**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:** [October 1, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/530 "2026-10-01T08:53:52Z")
Guess #3 was really dumb. DUH. **Wordle 1,930 4/6 — 2026-10-01 Thu** ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **DIRTY** **RITZY** ---
**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:** [October 1, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/531 "2026-10-01T12:02:10Z")
Wordle 1,930 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL AUNTY RITZY ---
**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:** [October 1, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/532 "2026-10-01T12:43:47Z")
Wordle 1,930 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STRIP TRICK RITZY ---
**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:** [October 1, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/533 "2026-10-01T13:43:25Z")
Wordle 1,930 3/6 — NYT Average 4.2 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE TOUGH RITZY It said I made the top 11%, whatever that means, and I beat the Bot. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/534 "2026-10-01T14:03:36Z")
Wordle 1,930 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DIRTY RITZY ---
**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:** [October 1, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/535 "2026-10-01T14:12:16Z")
Wordle 1,9 **31** 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦😇 no Ai 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/536 "2026-10-01T14:19:13Z")
> **Wordle 1,930 2/6\* 10/1/2026** > > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **RI** VER → Huh. L, N, S, T from consonants, any vowel except for E. I try several different combos of these, and get a whole lot of nothing, until I think of RITSY which leads me to > **RITZY** > RISKY, RIGHT, RIGID, RIATA were also valid possibles, out of 47 total. A rare (and lucky) 2 for me. Scoredle finishes with a par, cutting down to 9 possibles and then a true tap-in. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/537 "2026-10-01T15:01:58Z")
Wordle 1,930 4/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟦🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST DIRTY RITZY ---
**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:** [October 1, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/538 "2026-10-01T16:41:07Z")
Wordle 1,930 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦 🟦🟦⬛🟦⬛ ⬛🟧🟦🟦⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 DEBUT TRAIN GIRTH RITZY The only legit word left at the end, but it took me a while to find it. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/539 "2026-10-02T04:11:06Z")
Wordle 1,931 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CRUEL SPURN USURY ---
**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:** [October 2, 2026, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/540 "2026-10-02T07:14:34Z")
Wordle 1,931 4/6 **FRIDAY** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRUNE CHURL USURY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=28)