# 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:** 31
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/601 "2026-10-06T14:37:32Z")
> **Wordle 1,935 3/6\* 10/6/2026** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _M_OCHA β†’ Slow start, but nice to carryover a rare(r) consonant. Realy want some vowels here, so I’ll split the new letters 2-2 between vowels and WoFcons > _L_ **IM** ES β†’ Hey, nice lucky guess. I don’t see any words of the form ?IMIL, but I do see a good one from ?IMLY, so > **DIMLY** > > Followup was 4/351, so better than I thought. Its anagram was just before it in order, but would have left me with three yellows, so I got lucky on the one I picked. In the event, I was left with a true tap-in. Scoredle places the first found letter from the carryover with its followup, but makes no further progress, giving it 31 possibles to choose from on its third guess which at least leaves it with a 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:** [October 6, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/602 "2026-10-06T15:15:22Z")
Wordle 1,935 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL FLUID DIMLY ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/603 "2026-10-06T16:06:40Z")
Wordle 1,935 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TRAIN SLIDE DILLY DIMLY My seventh consecutive four. I’m nothing if not consistent. ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/604 "2026-10-06T16:18:48Z")
Wordle 1,935 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟧⬜ 🟧🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST FLUID IDYLL DILLY DIMLY Having a brain fart day. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/605 "2026-10-07T04:47:36Z")
Wordle 1,936 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHORE PROBE PROVE ---
**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 7, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/606 "2026-10-07T06:26:02Z")
Wordle 1,936 4/6 **WEDNESDAY** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POESY PROBE PROVE ---
**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 7, 2026, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/607 "2026-10-07T07:14:56Z")
**Wordle 1,936 4/6 β€” 2026-10-07 Wed** β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **PROVE** ---
**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 7, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/608 "2026-10-07T07:39:02Z")
Wordle 1,936 5/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,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 P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} πŸ™„ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/609 "2026-10-07T11:15:41Z")
Wordle 1936 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE PROVE After 2, I saw a number of possibilities, but they’d all been used except GROPE. I really didn’t want to go with that, and I was hoping some NYT editor would say β€œmaybe some other time (or maybe not), but definitely not _now_”, but one of the previous solutions was PROVE (Wordle 163, well within the reusable zone) so I went with that, an especially easy call since it had been two weeks since the last time a solution was reused. Turned out I overlooked one prior solution (ERODE, Wordle 131) which it could just as easily have been. So I got lucky. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/610 "2026-10-07T11:16:28Z")
Wordle 1,936 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPICE PRONE PROVE ---
**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 7, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/611 "2026-10-07T11:55:41Z")
Wordle 1,936 4/6 β€” NYT Average 4.2 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PRIDE NOBBY PROVE After I guessed PRIDE, I realized the next guess could be PRONE, PRUNE, PROBE or PROVE, so I entered NOBBY as a sleuth word to narrow it down. I get greedy and usually fall into these traps and regret it, and it _proved_ successful, as I would’ve guessed PROVE last out of those words. ---
**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 7, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/612 "2026-10-07T12:39:37Z")
Wordle 1,936 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART ORDER PROVE ---
**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 7, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/613 "2026-10-07T14:17:31Z")
Wordle 1,9 **37** 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:** [October 7, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/614 "2026-10-07T15:56:48Z")
Wordle 1,936 6/6 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST BROKE GROVE DROVE PROVE Two days in a row. ---
**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 7, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/615 "2026-10-07T16:02:13Z")
Wordle 1,936 6/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL REIGN MOWER CHORE FROZE PROVE Whew! Sonovabitch! Almost blew my 479 day streak. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/616 "2026-10-07T16:20:01Z")
> **Wordle 1,936 4/6\* 10/7/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > DIMLY β†’ Whiff. A, E and three of the four remaining WoFcons, stat! > SNA_R_ **E** β†’ Despite my word choice, I hope I haven’t encountered a trap. In retrospect, ROUTE would have been a good vowel-covering choice here, but I went with > T **RO** _P_ **E** β†’ which, ahem, PROVEd to be the right option > **PROVE** > > On that key third guess, there were 28 valid possibles. The one I guessed ended up with a 50-50 for par, while the one covering more vowels would have had a 1-in-6 shot, with double bogey possibilities, so I got lucky. Scoredle’s choice also would have gone 50-50. Scoredle’s choices from the start also end in a par on a 50-50 putt with very similar guess choices - we exchanged one pair of WoFcons between the second and third guesses. So perhaps I was a little more skillful than I thought! ---
**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 7, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/617 "2026-10-07T17:10:01Z")
Wordle 1,936 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL OCHRE GROPE PROVE ---
**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 7, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/618 "2026-10-07T18:02:27Z")
Wordle 1,936 5/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RIDGE SNORE TROPE PROBE PROVE My streak of fours is snapped! I don’t think I played poorly; just happened to choose exactly the wrong word at every step… ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/619 "2026-10-08T04:16:45Z")
Wordle 1,937 5/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRUCE BERTH EGRET STREW ---
**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 8, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/620 "2026-10-08T05:05:45Z")
Wordle 1,937 4/6 **THURSDAY** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PESKY SLEET STREW [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=32)