# “Wordle,” a strangely compelling word game (Part 4)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553>\
**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:** 44

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**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 25, 2026, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/861 "2026-10-25T07:10:17Z")

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Wordle 1,954 3/6 **SUNDAY**

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

AUDIO  
DRECK  
DRESS

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**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 25, 2026, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/862 "2026-10-25T09:13:02Z")

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Wordle 1,954 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}  
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\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 I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}  
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}  
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\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 S}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\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 S}

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/863 "2026-10-25T10:53:30Z")

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Wordle 1954 3/6  
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
DRESS

Could’ve also been unused RESEW; also REBUS is in the reusable zone.

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**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 25, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/864 "2026-10-25T11:43:46Z")

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Wordle 1,954 3/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

DOILY  
DUCAT  
DRESS

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**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 25, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/865 "2026-10-25T12:29:29Z")

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Wordle 1,954 3/6 — NYT Average 3.7

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨  
🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
RESIN  
DRESS

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**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 25, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/866 "2026-10-25T14:10:38Z")

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Wordle 1,954 4/6\*

🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STEAL  
OBESE  
FRESH  
DRESS

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**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 25, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/867 "2026-10-25T14:28:06Z")

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Wordle 1,954 5/6

⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨  
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
LOVER  
REIGN  
PRESS  
DRESS

Crap forgot to play yesterday

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**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 25, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/868 "2026-10-25T14:30:50Z")

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Wordle 1,954 5/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟨⬛⬛🟩🟨  
⬛🟩🟩🟩⬛  
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SAINT  
ROUSE  
FRESH  
PRESS  
DRESS

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**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 25, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/869 "2026-10-25T14:30:54Z")

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Wordle 1,9 **55** 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😵‍💫 Ai assist 🤨 🦘

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/870 "2026-10-25T14:43:35Z")

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> **Wordle 1,954 5/6\* 10/25/2026**
>
> ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
> 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨  
> 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜  
> ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> HOL_E_Y → Slow start, but it sets up a good first word second. What’s not to like?  
> _S_TA_RE_ → That’s progress. We (U and I) are the unguessed vowels. It turns out I fits well with that remaining WoFcon, so  
> _RES_IN → I have _got_ to start placing letters. I tried to look for something starting with ERES here on the theory that I would thereby place at lest one letter, and ended up going with  
> F **RES** H → which placed all three, so successful despite the fact that I repeated the H (grrrr) but didn’t get me any more letters. Looks like a double-S ending, though, so I’ll try  
> **DRESS**
> 
> My erroneous guess on 4 could have been fatal, as it left me with three valid possibles and two guesses - fortunately, I was more lucky than good today. Scoredle finishes with a par, safe from any possibility of loss due to the minitrap.

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**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 25, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/871 "2026-10-25T14:44:55Z")

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Wordle 1,954 4/6

⬜🟧⬜⬜🟦  
⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜  
⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
HOIST  
PRESS  
DRESS

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/872 "2026-10-26T04:55:20Z")

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Wordle 1,955 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
LUNES  
GEEKY

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**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 26, 2026, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/873 "2026-10-26T04:59:29Z")

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Wordle 1,955 4/6 **MONDAY**

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

AUDIO  
WRECK  
PEEKY  
GEEKY

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**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 26, 2026, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/874 "2026-10-26T08:42:27Z")

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Wordle 1,955 4/6\*

\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}  
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/875 "2026-10-26T10:18:31Z")

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Wordle 1955 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
BIPED  
GEEKY

Scoredle says there really wasn’t much else still out there.

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**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 26, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/876 "2026-10-26T11:43:14Z")

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Wordle 1,955 5/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨  
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩  
🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩  
⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SUITE  
MONEY  
EARLY  
CHEWY  
GEEKY

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**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 26, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/877 "2026-10-26T12:40:13Z")

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Wordle 1,955 5/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜  
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
REIGN  
GENUS  
GEODE  
GEEKY

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**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 26, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/878 "2026-10-26T12:46:41Z")

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Wordle 1,955 4/6 — NYT Average 4.5

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨  
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
FRIED  
ENVOY  
GEEKY

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**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 26, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/879 "2026-10-26T13:08:10Z")

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Wordle 1,955 3/6\*

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STEAL  
ENEMY  
GEEKY

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**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 26, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/880 "2026-10-26T14:15:28Z")

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Wordle 1,955 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

DOILY  
AUNTY  
WEEPY  
GEEKY

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