# 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:** 42
**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 22, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/821 "2026-10-22T12:50:40Z")
**Wordle 1,951 2/6 β€” 2026-10-22 Thu** πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **RESET** β€” _A new Wordle. It could also have been wrest, which had never been used before._ **Welcome, @NorrisFByrd !** ---
**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 22, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/822 "2026-10-22T12:56:09Z")
Wordle 1,951 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART REFIT REBUT RESET ---
**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 22, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/823 "2026-10-22T13:13:14Z")
Wordle 1,951 3/6\* 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL PESTO RESET ---
**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 22, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/824 "2026-10-22T13:16:27Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > It could also have been wrest, which had never been used before. It was used just a couple of games ago. #1949. ---
**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 22, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/825 "2026-10-22T14:16:41Z")
Wordle 1,9 **52** 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/826 "2026-10-22T14:43:07Z")
> **Wordle 1,951 3/6\* 10/22/2026** > > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > P **E** NNY β†’ Huh. A wasted N, but otherwise… this sets up one of my classic good first words second… > L **E** A_S_ **T** β†’ Only R left of the WoFcons. If it goes before T, S must be first… SEORT? SEROT? Nah, goes nowhere. But if at start, S in the middle, RES?T looks like > **RESET** > A repeat letter guess is unusual for me for the third guess, but the puzzle admitted of little else. My guesses were 20/1048 and 2/5 per Scoredle, so tolerably skilled. Scoredle’s followup, in the event, is even better, and while it has more bogus answers to choose from, it may be left with only one valid word in its set of possibles for the third guess. ---
**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 22, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/827 "2026-10-22T15:01:59Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > It was used just a couple of games ago. #1949. Indeed it was! I was working with an outdated list. Thanks for catching that. ---
**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 22, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/828 "2026-10-22T15:23:49Z")
Wordle 1,951 3/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST RESET ---
**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 22, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/829 "2026-10-22T17:51:34Z")
Wordle 1,951 3/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STAIN WORST RESET Scordle didn’t care for my second word (not in the top 120 of 388), yet it narrowed the possibilities down to just one. Suck it, Scordle! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/830 "2026-10-23T04:11:40Z")
Wordle 1,952 4/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRICK TRIPE TRILL ---
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Wordle 1,952 4/6 **FRIDAY** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME TRICK TRILL ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/832 "2026-10-23T07:34:07Z")
**Wordle 1,952 3/6 β€” 2026-10-23 Fri** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **TRILL** ---
**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 23, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/833 "2026-10-23T07:52:41Z")
Wordle 1,952 3/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\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 C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\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 L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/834 "2026-10-23T10:28:59Z")
Wordle 1952 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT UTILE TRILL ''And the locusts sang, with their high, whining trill" Could’ve also been TWILL. ---
**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 23, 2026, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/835 "2026-10-23T11:54:34Z")
Wordle 1,952 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATED TORUS TRICK TRILL ---
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Wordle 1,952 3/6 β€” NYT Average 3.8 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE TROLL TRILL ---
**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 23, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/837 "2026-10-23T12:43:43Z")
Wordle 1,952 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TORUS TRILL ---
**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 23, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/838 "2026-10-23T13:53:35Z")
Wordle 1,952 3/6 ⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST TRILL ---
**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 23, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/839 "2026-10-23T14:08:16Z")
Wordle 1,952 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOILY STILE GUILT TRILL ---
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Wordle 1,9 **53** 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ™„ Ai assisted πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« 🦘 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=43)