# 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:** 45
**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 26, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/881 "2026-10-26T15:07:50Z")
Wordle 1,9 **56** 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ™„ Ai assist 😬 🦘 ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/882 "2026-10-26T15:31:44Z")
Wordle 1,955 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - UGH QUELL - double β€˜ugh’ BEEFY WEEDY GEEKY ---
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Wordle 1,955 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TRIAL SCONE EMBED WEEPY GEEKY Quite the slog today. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/884 "2026-10-26T16:50:15Z")
> **Wordle 1,955 4/6\* 10/26/2026** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > DR **E** SS β†’ A wasted S and a slow start, and I can’t check all the remaining WoFcons with my next guess. Anything else wrong? No? OK, I"ll try > **G** L **E** AN β†’ Good luck with the G! T is still around, let’s see wither I > **G** O **E** TH β†’ Nothing else. U and I still out there, but I think a second E or terminal Y are more likely - let’s try them both > **GEEKY** > > That was a nice way to end it, just as I was getting worried about a possible loss. Ironically enough, my followup was 6/252, then 2/3 and the final guess was a true tap-in. So, pretty skillful, I guess? Scoredle finishes with a bogey; its β€œstrategy” wasn’t far off of mine, but it ended up much less fortunate with word choice, and lost a turn before it decided to try a terminal Y. ---
**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 26, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/885 "2026-10-26T19:11:23Z")
**Wordle 1,955 5/6 β€” 2026-10-26 Mon** β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **SPARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **BEEFY** **GEEKY** ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/886 "2026-10-27T05:21:41Z")
Wordle 1,956 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LINGO DINGO BINGO ---
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Wordle 1,956 2/6 **TUESDAY** ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO BINGO Whoot! ---
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Wordle 1,956 4/6\* \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[yellow,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 W}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\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 G}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} ---
**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 27, 2026, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/889 "2026-10-27T09:44:00Z")
**Wordle 1,956 4/6 β€” 2026-10-27 Tue** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **SPARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **BINGO** ---
**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 27, 2026, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/890 "2026-10-27T09:54:01Z")
Wordle 1,956 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOILY PITON BINGO ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/891 "2026-10-27T10:31:55Z")
Wordle 1956 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE BINGO Can’t say I didn’t have this solution on my bingo card! ---
**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 27, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/892 "2026-10-27T11:49:11Z")
Wordle 1,956 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIN SPINE WINDY FINCH BINGO ---
**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 27, 2026, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/893 "2026-10-27T12:42:40Z")
Wordle 1,956 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL IDIOM PINTO BINGO ---
**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 27, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/894 "2026-10-27T13:35:04Z")
Wordle 1,956 4/6 β€” NYT Average 4.0 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PROUD COMBO BINGO ---
**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 27, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/895 "2026-10-27T13:55:55Z")
Wordle 1,956 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 FAVOR STOLE MOUND BINGO β€œHmmm, maybe the O goes at the end.” BINGO! ---
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Wordle 1,956 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DROWN BINGO ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/897 "2026-10-27T14:55:59Z")
> **Wordle 1,956 X/6\* 10/27/2026** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _G_EEKY β†’ Wasted an E, but picked up a rarer consonant. Let’s try two vowels and ditto WoFcons, see what we can get with > AR_GON_ β†’ Not bad, but need to get some placed. I tried some thought-to-be bogus words, and was a bit surprised when one with two WoFcons hit > ST_ONG_ β†’ and wasn’t a lot of help. So I shifted off the WoFcons and onto finding a vowel, and the World Series made me think of > FU **NGO** β†’ which was less help than I wanted, at this stage. So that second letter has to be an I (or another O - less likely, barring MONGO (only pawn in game of Wordle)) but I did see the slangy and WoFcon-bearing > L **INGO** β†’ and with one guess left, I have B, D and J to choose from. I think I’ll try the β€œate my baby” guess rather than the β€œstart a war” or β€œright on!” guesses > D **INGO** > Scoredle also claimed a P-word there, but I’m having none of it. I had some really bad guesses today - followup was out of the top 120, third was 36/41, fourth 12/14, fifth a respectable 3/9 but by that time it was too late to cut the possible set down to a reasonable cardinality. Scoredle finishes it in 3, to add AI insult to streak-busting injury. Ah well, tomorrow is another day. ---
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Wordle 1,956 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST PINON BINGO ---
**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 27, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/899 "2026-10-27T15:40:01Z")
Wordle 1,9 **57** 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ no Ai πŸ’« 🦘 ---
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