# “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:** 36
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/701 "2026-10-14T04:28:19Z")
Wordle 1,943 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES SHYLY PSYCH Not a real word. ---
**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 14, 2026, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/702 "2026-10-14T07:47:04Z")
Wordle 1,943 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[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \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 Y}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} ---
**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 14, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/703 "2026-10-14T09:41:42Z")
Wordle 1,943 3/6 **WEDNESDAY** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO SERVE PSYCH ---
**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 14, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/704 "2026-10-14T11:02:09Z")
**Wordle 1,943 4/6 — 2026-10-13 Wed** 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **PSYCH** ---
**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 14, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/705 "2026-10-14T11:46:21Z")
Wordle 1,943 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REACT BLOCK PINCH PSYCH Sea of Greens #165 ---
**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 14, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/706 "2026-10-14T12:15:43Z")
Wordle 1,943 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOILY YENTA MYRRH PSYCH ---
**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 14, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/707 "2026-10-14T12:30:00Z")
Wordle 1,943 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟦⬛ 🟦⬛🟦⬛🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MINOR LEAST HUSKY PSYCH Not a bad result, considering the first two. I’ve been playing but not posting lately, as it’s a busy week. But I wanted to take a moment to formally object to WIDER. Adding an R to create a comparative is akin to adding an S to create a plural. NYT should be better than that. (I did solve it in 5, for the record.) Rant over. ---
**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 14, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/708 "2026-10-14T12:50:12Z")
Wordle 1,943 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHINY PSYCH ---
**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 14, 2026, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/709 "2026-10-14T13:05:31Z")
Wordle 1,943 3/6 — NYT Average 3.7 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE HUSKY PSYCH Made the top 30% of players today and 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 14, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/710 "2026-10-14T13:31:07Z")
Wordle 1,943 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL RISKY PSYCH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/711 "2026-10-14T14:13:21Z")
> **Wordle 1,943 4/6\* 10/14/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WIDER → Whiff. 3 outta 4 remaining WoFcons, plus A & O makes > TONAL → a double whiff. S is still out there. I can try it and both remaining vowels with > _H_U_S_K_Y_ → Only Y (or Ys)? Man. I figured the Y in the middle, but it still took me some thinking before a filled a “word” around it > **PSYCH** > > Very slangy. Follow up not in the top 120, then third guess 2/155 and, in the event, a better guess than the top one (which had a different intial letter but was otherwise the same). That left a virtual tap-in for par. Scoredle takes a different route but finishes with that same par, on a true tap-in (and with no double-whiff to start). ---
**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 14, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/712 "2026-10-14T14:51:49Z")
Wordle 1,943 4/6 🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦⬜⬜🟦⬜ 🟦🟦⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SHUCK PSYCH ---
**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 14, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/713 "2026-10-14T16:54:47Z")
Wordle 1,9 **44** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😵‍💫 Ai assisted 🤷 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/714 "2026-10-14T20:18:57Z")
Wordle 1943 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE PSYCH I had the devil of a time after 2 finding any word that would work. Turned out there was just the one. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/715 "2026-10-14T23:44:04Z")
Thursday Wordle 1,944 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEANT SNORE HINGE DUNCE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/716 "2026-10-15T04:31:36Z")
Wordle 1,944 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES DUNCE ---
**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 15, 2026, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/717 "2026-10-15T04:53:48Z")
Wordle 1,944 3/6 **THURSDAY** ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO DUSTY DUNCE ---
**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 15, 2026, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/718 "2026-10-15T08:03:18Z")
Wordle 1,944 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\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 C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} ---
**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 15, 2026, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/719 "2026-10-15T08:39:40Z")
**Wordle 1,944 4/6 — 2026-10-14 Thu** ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **DUNCE** Sea of Greens #88. ---
**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 15, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/720 "2026-10-15T11:58:33Z")
Wordle 1,944 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE POUND UNDUE DUNCE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=37)