# “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:** 40
**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 19, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/781 "2026-10-19T15:27:20Z")
Wordle 1,948 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST STING - BAH! STINK ---
**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 19, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/782 "2026-10-19T15:36:34Z")
**Wordle 1,948 5/6 — 2026-10-19 Mon** 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **STING** **STINK** ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/783 "2026-10-19T15:45:15Z")
> **Wordle 1,948 4/6\* 10/19/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ADOR_N_ → Slow start. With E, I and two more WoFcons on the table, I first saw > _INT_EL → So now I decided it was time to get smart about placements, and I went with > **STIN** T → G, or K? I don’t see any others, and I feel like we’ve had STING lately for some reason, so I’ll try > **STINK** > > On the crucial third guess, Scoredle recommends an anagram of the word I eventually picked, which would not have done near as well for me. I was correct on the final guess, though - it was a 50-50 situation. Scoredle has another lucky day, picking the answer for a birdie with at least seven valid possibles. ---
**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 19, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/784 "2026-10-19T15:50:19Z")
Wordle 1,948 3/6 🟧⬛⬛⬛🟦 🟧🟧⬛🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SMART STEIN STINK Quick and easy birdie. It was either STINK or STING; I chose the one I saw first. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/785 "2026-10-20T04:40:30Z")
Wordle 1,949 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRUCE WREST ---
**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 20, 2026, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/786 "2026-10-20T06:07:54Z")
Wordle 1,949 4/6 **TUESDAY** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO CHEEK STERN WREST ---
**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 20, 2026, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/787 "2026-10-20T07:47:56Z")
Wordle 1,949 5/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,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 W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,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} ---
**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 20, 2026, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/788 "2026-10-20T09:22:08Z")
**Wordle 1,949 3/6 — 2026-10-20 Tue** 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **CREST** **WREST** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/789 "2026-10-20T10:19:43Z")
Wordle 1949 2/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT WREST 🙂 ---
**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 20, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/790 "2026-10-20T11:21:54Z")
Wordle 1,949 5/6 🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPARE DRESS FRESH CREST WREST ---
**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 20, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/791 "2026-10-20T12:57:48Z")
Wordle 1,949 4/6 — NYT Average 3.9 🟨⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHEST GUEST WREST ---
**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 20, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/792 "2026-10-20T13:03:48Z")
Wordle 1,949 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CARET EXERT WREST ---
**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 20, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/793 "2026-10-20T13:47:35Z")
Wordle 1,949 2/6\* 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL WREST If I put the ST at the end, this was the only word that fit that had not been used. Woo-hoo! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/794 "2026-10-20T14:44:41Z")
> **Wordle 1,949 4/6\* 10/20/2026** > > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _ST_INK → Three WoFcons tried, two found but unplaced - need to work on the vowels. E and A, and since I can’t do STARE, I’ll have to try > L_E_A **ST** → which places S & T, if the E is in the middle in front of them with an R (the last WoFcon) in second, it could be > C **REST** → or maybe > **WREST** > The CREST/WREST club may have several members today. After the followup, I might have still gone the distance had I made some bad choices, but had no possibility of a loss as long as I stuck to valid words. The par putt was a virtual tap-in, as it turned out. Scoredle has a different followup, but it ends with the same pair that I did for a tap-in of its own. ---
**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 20, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/795 "2026-10-20T14:45:14Z")
Wordle 1,949 3/6 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST WREST ---
**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 20, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/796 "2026-10-20T16:51:00Z")
Wordle 1,949 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOILY TASER WREST I haven’t seen @MacDoc for a couple of days. Anyone else? ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/797 "2026-10-20T17:34:29Z")
Wordle 1,9 **49** 2/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦅 💫 😇 no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 20, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/798 "2026-10-20T17:37:13Z")
Wordle 1,9 **50** 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 😇 no Ai 💫 🦘 Collecting legit feathers 🤗 ---
**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:** [October 20, 2026, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/799 "2026-10-20T23:01:11Z")
This was legit. Scout’s honor: Wordle 1,949 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NOTES WREST Once in a while You get shown the light In the strangest of places If you look at it right 😉 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/800 "2026-10-21T04:23:01Z")
Wordle 1,950 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES BENCH PENNY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=41)