# “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:** 39
**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 18, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/761 "2026-10-18T13:29:34Z")
Wordle 1,947 3/6 — NYT Average 3.6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE AUDIO ADORN ---
**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 18, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/762 "2026-10-18T14:24:43Z")
Wordle 1,947 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART FLORA ADORB got too cute with this one, should have had a 3 ADORN ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/763 "2026-10-18T15:36:22Z")
> **Wordle 1,947 4/6\* 10/18/2026** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > G_A_FFE → Slow start, remarkably good first word second type of followup > _ROA_ST → Let’s get some placements, stat. I can try two Rs (though no more WoFcons) with > **A** _R_B_O_R → Placed the A, looks like the O fits in the middle, so R 4th, A?OR? looks like > **ADORN** > ACORN was still out there. ARDOR would have been a better third guess, in the event (and as Scoredle had it - 4/32 vs. 6/32 for mine), but it didn’t hurt me any. Scoredle gets it in three - the solution is the top of the 30-32 valid words out of 95 possibles in that third guess, so I’ll rate today’s play by the algorithm as “lucky”. ---
**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 18, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/764 "2026-10-18T15:46:55Z")
Wordle 1,947 3/6 ⬜🟦🟦🟦⬜ ⬜🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE MANOR ADORN ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/765 "2026-10-18T15:53:58Z")
Wordle 1947 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT RIDGE ADORN ---
**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 18, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/766 "2026-10-18T17:35:04Z")
Wordle 1,9 **48** 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 😇 no Ai ☘ 🦘 ---
**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 18, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/767 "2026-10-18T18:45:15Z")
Wordle 1,947 3/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOISE GAUDY ADORN ---
**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 18, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/768 "2026-10-18T23:01:14Z")
Wordle 1,947 4/6 ⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛ ⬛🟦🟦🟦🟧 🟦🟦⬛🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SCALE TORAN RAYON ADORN I don’t know what TORAN means - and neither does Merriam-Webster. But it found me a bunch of letters, which I still had to shuffle around a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![the\_andyman\_can](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_andyman_can/32/21986_2.png) [@the\_andyman\_can](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_andyman_can)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/769 "2026-10-19T01:22:52Z")
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DATER ARSED ADORE ADORN ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/770 "2026-10-19T04:20:16Z")
Wordle 1,948 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SPITE STICK STINK ---
**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 19, 2026, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/771 "2026-10-19T05:46:30Z")
Wordle 1,948 4/6 **MONDAY** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME WHICH STINK that was 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:** [October 19, 2026, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/772 "2026-10-19T07:34:35Z")
Wordle 1,948 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[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 W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/773 "2026-10-19T07:35:34Z")
Wordle 1,948 3/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![the\_andyman\_can](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_andyman_can/32/21986_2.png) [@the\_andyman\_can](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_andyman_can)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/774 "2026-10-19T08:01:50Z")
Wordle 1,948 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/775 "2026-10-19T08:35:25Z")
Wordle 1948 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT STUNK STINK After my starting word, I saw six possibilities: STING, STINK, STONE, STONY, STUNG, STUNK. All but STUNK had been used, but STINK was Wordle #14, and it had been ten days since the last reuse. I almost went with it, but stuck with STUNK instead. Still got a 3 out of it. 🙂 Scoredle also lists STENO - possible, I suppose, but seems like an archaic term from the Mad Men era. ---
**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 19, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/776 "2026-10-19T11:30:33Z")
Wordle 1,948 4/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRACE POINT STING STINK ---
**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 19, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/777 "2026-10-19T12:50:55Z")
Wordle 1,948 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STING STINK ---
**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 19, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/778 "2026-10-19T13:32:34Z")
Wordle 1,948 3/6 — NYT Average 3.7 🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE STORM STINK Got lucky, could’ve been 10 other words. ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/779 "2026-10-19T14:20:02Z")
Wordle 1,948 4/6\* 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL STUCK STORK STINK Didn’t get too lucky considering I started with **ST**. Consolation prize is Sea of Greens #112. ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/780 "2026-10-19T14:23:39Z")
Wordle 1,948 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOILY QUINT THINE STINK [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=40)