# “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:** 5
**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:** [August 31, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/81 "2026-08-31T12:04:11Z")
Wordle 1,899 3/6 — NYT Average 4.5 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PROUD MOUND I usually spiral in a trap like that, but got lucky this time. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/82 "2026-08-31T13:45:35Z")
> **Wordle 1,899 4/6\* 8/31/2026** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > I_N_TEL → Slow start for a good starting word. O, A and the last two WoFcons, shake up with the known letter and try > S **O** _N_AR → Placed O, nice. Do I have a U? If I do… uh, oh, trap city. The big one. Two letters gone, six more to go, four guesses left, and I sat here for a few minutes trying to find a sleuth word that would get me safety, or, barring that, improve my odds. Finding none, I jumped in and hoped for the best > H **OUND** → Three outta five. > **MOUND** > > A very lucky par. For getting 7/778, 5/27 (with the top 6 words all in the trap), and 3/6 for the win, I do feel that I somewhat deserve that luck, though. Scoredle’s luck was not so good; after an attempt to place the opening letter with its followup, it jumps into the trap with all 8 words live, and does not survive to tell the tale. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/83 "2026-08-31T13:55:28Z")
today’s wordle was evil if you were playing on hard mode Wordle 1,899 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE POUND SOUND WOUND BOUND MOUND ---
**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:** [August 31, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/84 "2026-08-31T14:55:41Z")
Wordle 1,899 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DROWN BOUND MOUND ---
**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:** [August 31, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/85 "2026-08-31T14:59:00Z")
Wordle 1,8 **99** 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 😇 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:** [August 31, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/86 "2026-08-31T15:02:54Z")
Wordle 1, **900** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 💤 Ai assisted 🤒 🦘 ---
**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:** [August 31, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/87 "2026-08-31T15:06:55Z")
Wordle 1,899 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL MOULD this uncommon word saved me from the -OUND trap MOUND ---
**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:** [August 31, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/88 "2026-08-31T15:29:36Z")
Wordle 1,899 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST POUND WOUND BOUND MOUND ::grumble:: ---
**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:** [August 31, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/89 "2026-08-31T16:32:06Z")
Wordle 1,899 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛ ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬛⬛🟦🟦⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LARGE STOIC BOUND WHOMP MOUND About the best I could have hoped for after a whiff and this particular trap. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/90 "2026-09-01T04:34:39Z")
Wordle 1,900 4/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO RIGID RELIC REMIX ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/91 "2026-09-01T05:15:58Z")
Wordle 1,900 5/6 **TUESDAY** ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO SKEIN RELIC REMIT REMIX ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/92 "2026-09-01T07:59:26Z")
Wordle 1,900 4/6\* \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[yellow,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 F}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\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 R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\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 R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/93 "2026-09-01T10:36:30Z")
Wordle 1900 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DIVEY REMIX Thank you, [Fine Young Cannibals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raw_%26_the_Remix), for saving my 4! Could’ve also been REFIX, RERIG, or REJIG which I saw, or FERMI (lowercase is the atomic-level unit of measurement) which I didn’t think of. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/94 "2026-09-01T10:56:27Z")
Wordle 1,900 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL URINE REMIX ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/95 "2026-09-01T11:43:52Z")
Wordle 1,900 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ROAST GUIDE RIVER REMIX ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/96 "2026-09-01T12:35:47Z")
Wordle 1,900 5/6 — NYT Average 4.2 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PERCH FEVER WEIRD REMIX ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/97 "2026-09-01T13:07:49Z")
I really thought I was going to lose this one, but luckily I was able to pull it out! **Wordle 1,900 5/6 — 2026-09-01 Tue** ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** — _At this point I’m very worried that my current (and longest ever) streak of 473 might come to an end! Because of this info:_ _the Wordle could be **biker fiber fifer fiver fixer giver jiber jiver mimer mixer refix remix rerig rimer river vezir wirer** ; of these, previous Wordles have not been **biker fifer fiver giver jiber jiver mimer mixer refix remix rerig rimer river vezir wirer** ; of these the most likely Wordle(s) include **biker fiver giver mixer refix remix rerig river wirer** ; if it’s one of these then initial letters to eliminate are B K F V G M X W; can try sleuth word(s) **kembo kimbo kombu bawks befog bumfs vibex gumbo bewig buxom wombs**?_ **GUMBO** — _I’m very relieved here that I got the M!_ _Okay so now:_ _the Wordle could be mimer remix rimer; of these, previous Wordles have not been mimer remix rimer; of these the most likely Wordle(s) include remix_ **REMIX** Lucky! My streak continues, currently at 474… _ **RELIEVED!** _ ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/98 "2026-09-01T14:12:28Z")
Wordle 1,9 **01** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 no Ai 💤 🦘 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/99 "2026-09-01T14:15:21Z")
Wordle 1,900 4/6 ⬛⬛🟧⬛🟦 🟧⬛🟧🟦⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 HUMOR RAMEN REMIT REMIX The middle M was a great hit, and the unplaced R precluded any -ER bullshit. Good start. I was actually in the middle of typing REMIX when I decided to change the X to a T. D’oh! Scordle says I chose the best word at every step, so there’s that. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/100 "2026-09-01T14:18:31Z")
Wordle 1,900 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART REDID RESIN REMIX always trust the X [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=6)