# “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:** 47
**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 29, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/921 "2026-10-29T12:40:17Z")
Wordle 1,958 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STRIP TROUT MOTOR ---
**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 29, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/922 "2026-10-29T13:23:53Z")
Wordle 1,958 4/6 — NYT Average 3.8 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE TRICK ROTOR MOTOR ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/923 "2026-10-29T14:52:51Z")
> **Wordle 1,958 4/6\* 10/29/2026** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > G_R_IS_T_ → Three WoFcons down, two have hit, so I feel like I need to focus on vowels rather than WoFcons right now. A & E and… let’s see, L gives us > LA **T** E **R** → No help on discovery, but placed both letters. Could be ROTOR or MOTOR, but I feel like I need to check U first > TU **TOR** → Y’know, I could have checked U second and avoided a possible bogey. (Though I might have missed enumerating a word, too!) OK, try the M > **MOTOR** > > Turns out I did not miss enumerating a word in the endgame, so a birdie was in my grasp (and par a worst-case scenario) if I had played correctly. Lady luck was with me, though. I also had a skillful followup (5/223) so I’m not altogether unhappy with my play. Scoredle, with a followup that differs from mine only in the initial, converts the birdie putt. Nice day for that start word! ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/924 "2026-10-29T15:03:43Z")
Wordle 1,958 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DIRTY TUMOR MOTOR ---
**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 29, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/925 "2026-10-29T15:14:54Z")
Wordle 1,958 4/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST ROTOR MOTOR ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/926 "2026-10-29T15:36:39Z")
Wordle 1958 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MOTOR This one was kinda interesting. After 2, the unused possibilities were down to ROTOR, TUMOR, and (iffy) TORII. FORTY, MOTOR, TURBO, and TUTOR had already been used, but MOTOR was the Wordle #111 solution, well within the reusable zone. And it had been ten days since the last recycled solution, which are running at about 10% of solutions since reuse began, so that gave a reason to consider MOTOR on a par with ROTOR and TUMOR. And any of the three, if a wrong guess on 3, would identify which of the other two (or TORII as well) was the solution, so no reason to choose one over the others there. So I went back and forth among the three for awhile before finally (and luckily) choosing MOTOR. ---
**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 29, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/927 "2026-10-29T19:25:28Z")
Wordle 1,9 **59** 6/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 no Ai 😬☘ 🦘 ---
**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 30, 2026, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/928 "2026-10-30T06:01:15Z")
Wordle 1,959 4/6 **FRIDAY** ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIDE CHIDE SLIDE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/929 "2026-10-30T07:56:38Z")
Wordle 1,959 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE SPICE SLIME SLIDE ---
**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 30, 2026, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/930 "2026-10-30T08:43:32Z")
Wordle 1,959 6/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\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 P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}\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 L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\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 L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} ---
**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 30, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/931 "2026-10-30T11:37:19Z")
Wordle 1,959 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHARE POINT MEDIC SLIDE ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/932 "2026-10-30T12:08:13Z")
Oops! A correction in my first guess. See spoiler. **Wordle 1,959 4/6 — 2026-10-30 Fri** 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** — _today I actually played stare not spare_ **PUNCH** **DOILY** **SLIDE** Oops, my usual first guess has lately been **STARE** , but from Monday through Thursday I’ve been writing **SPARE** in my posts. This started Monday for Wordle 1,955 5/6 (GEEKY), when I believe I _actually_ played **SPARE** , not **STARE**. It became an error on Tuesday when I’m pretty sure my actual Wordle play was **STARE**. The error then propagated for Wed & Thu because I copy and paste my Wordle plays from a note on my phone. This is a long-running note where I’ve been logging my Wordle plays. This is also why sometimes in my posts I’ve written an incorrect date — the error was in the note on my phone (a copy and paste error in my note as I log the next day’s Wordle play), and then pasted the wrong date from my note to here. Some of you have caught that error. Checking my note, I’ve been logging my Wordle plays since Wordle 1,246 4/6 (VISOR), whenever that was. Does anyone have the date for that? I started dating my posts almost two years ago, on 2024-12-05 when the Wordle was ENDOW. From my note: Wordle 1,265 4/6, 2024-12-05 (ENDOW) ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **ENDOW** This week, on Wednesday for Wordle 1,957 4/6 (GRIST), my post clearly shows the error ➜ [“Wordle,” a strangely compelling word game (Part 4) - #904 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/904) ◆. I clearly played STARE but I posted SPARE here. The error is clear from the words and the Wordle color blocks that I posted in this thread. Mea culpa. Sorry guys. I’ll try to keep it squared away from here on out! ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/933 "2026-10-30T12:37:40Z")
Wordle 1,959 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LOVED SLIDE ---
**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 30, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/934 "2026-10-30T12:50:37Z")
Wordle 1,959 5/6 —NYT Average 3.6 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE SLOPE SLIME SLICE SLIDE Fell right into their evil little trap. At least I got my 64th Sea of Greens. Yippee. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/935 "2026-10-30T13:30:52Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Checking my note, I’ve been logging my Wordle plays since Wordle 1,246 4/6 (VISOR), whenever that was. Does anyone have the date for that? I started dating my posts almost two years ago, on 2024-12-05 when the Wordle was ENDOW. From my note: > > Wordle 1,265 4/6, 2024-12-05 (ENDOW) My spreadsheet has Wordle 1291, LEMUR, on 12/31/2024. Counting back 26 days, that confirms that Wordle 1265, ENDOW, was on 12/5/24, and counting another 19 days back, Wordle 1246, VISOR, would have been on 11/16/2024. ---
**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 30, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/936 "2026-10-30T14:05:49Z")
Wordle 1,959 2/6 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOILY SLIDE ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/937 "2026-10-30T15:09:57Z")
Wordle 1,959 2/6\* 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SLIDE 😀 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/938 "2026-10-30T15:23:22Z")
> **Wordle 1,959 5/6\* 10/30/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > MOTOR → Whiff, and a wasted O. Good followup opportunity now, though. > _LE_AN_S_ → Let me try a placement play on the E, here… both S and L seem unlikely to be repeated. > **SL** _E_EP → So the E is implicitly placed as terminal. I in the middle, I guess, so C, D (not M), any others? Doesn’t look like there are, so I have a 50-50 shot at a par > **SLI** C **E** → I hope a bogey is now a sure thing > **SLIDE** > > Step by step to the solve. My followup was 109/4315 (and an anagram of Scoredle’s top choice), then 5/45, 2/4 and the solution with 1/2 (with one bogus possible). Scoredle gets par on a 50-50 shot, so basically equivalent to but a bit luckier than mine for today. ---
**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 30, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/939 "2026-10-30T15:55:32Z")
Wordle 1,9 **60** 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 no Ai 😵‍💫 🦘 ---
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Wordle 1,959 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜🟧🟦⬜ 🟧⬜🟧🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SMILE SLIDE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=48)