# “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:** 52
**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:** [November 6, 2026, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1021 "2026-11-06T09:57:47Z")
**Wordle 1,966 4/6 — 2026-11-06 Fri** ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **DRECK** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1022 "2026-11-06T11:38:50Z")
Wordle 1966 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DICER DRECK ---
**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:** [November 6, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1023 "2026-11-06T12:34:23Z")
Wordle 1,966 4/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAM CHEER WRECK DRECK ---
**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:** [November 6, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1024 "2026-11-06T12:40:58Z")
Wordle 1,966 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOILY DATER DREGS DRECK ---
**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:** [November 6, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1025 "2026-11-06T13:58:33Z")
Wordle 1,966 2/6 — NYT Average 4.1 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE DRECK With 329 words left after my 1st guess, I got it in 2. I completely pulled that out of my ass, it might be my best Wordle play yet. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1026 "2026-11-06T16:09:31Z")
Wordle 1,966 3/6 ⬛🟧⬛🟧🟦 ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 GRACE WRECK DRECK Got some luck on the starter today. Had a good shot at the deuce but just missed. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1027 "2026-11-06T16:38:08Z")
Pulling back some older ones… > **Wordle 1,962 5/6\* 11/2/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > VIPER → Whiff, what can I make out of this? For some reason, a proper name works > **S** L **O** AN → There might be a U… or a Y. I can check the latter with the last two WoFcons via > **S** _T_ **O** RY → Better check U, via > **S** H **O** U **T** → 4th could be T (unlikely), S, another O? I see one word for the last > **SCOOT** > > In my haste to finish I didn’t see that I was repeating a letter with my third guess. So my Scoredle grades look lousy for this puzzle till I get to the endgame. Scoredle finishes in four. Tuesday was too exciting for multiple reasons, so I lost my participation streak. > **Wordle 1,964 3/6\* 11/4/2026** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PO_U_CH → Odd start for an odd word. Can try E and three WoFcons with > _T_ **U** _N_ES → Pretty much has to be an initial consonant - perhaps the N? RUTAN doesn’t work (proper noun), so if I go NUT- I could try NUTRI? Naw. Terminal Y? it gives us one possibility > **NUTTY** > BURNT, QUINT and (slangy) QUANT were also possible - I’m a little surprised I didn’t try the obvious go-with for that placed second letter. I think I was safe from defeat at that point. Scoredle takes a bogey, but it’s a tap-in. > **Wordle 1,965 5/6\* 11/5/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > NUTTY → Whiff. Let’s try a word that’s not in the set of remaining possible solutions, shall we? > LE_A_NS → I mean, LASER was _right there_. But at least I’ve got a good word to match up O with that A on > _CR_O_A_K → Not that that means there _is_ an O. But the consonants were a good pickup. Let’s put all the letters we know together at the front, then see what we can add on with > _AC_ **R** ID → A in second? Can’t be CARRY. ??RAC goes nowhere. MARCY? Hmm, MARCH or > **PARCH** > I felt like we had done MARCH before, so thankfully I looked for another possible. After my inauspicious followup, I did 109/429, 6/11 and then 2/3 for the win. Scoredle also goes five with some bad luck on the endgame trap. > **Wordle 1,966 4/6\* 11/6/2026** > > ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PA_R_ **C** H → Huh, not bad. I see one that I just have to try, I think it’s a Wordle word - but here on the Dope, if it’s not, it should be! > T **R** O **CK** → Not a perfect word, but a very successful one. How many possibles left? There’s gotta be a vowel in the middle, and there’s a good word with one > B **R** I **CK** → So, U or E in the middle? I don’t see much other than TRUCK for a U, and the T is already gone. It’s slangy, but I’ll try > **DRECK** > WRECK was also there, and I’d have probably tried it first had I seen it. My guesses went 12/34, 1/8 and 2/3 for the par, with the noted alternate being Scordle’s pick for that last guess. Scoredle’s preference for the alternate puts it into a bogey for the puzzle, though that was its worst-case scenario. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1028 "2026-11-06T16:50:37Z")
Wordle 1,966 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ENEMY FREED DRECK ---
**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:** [November 6, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1029 "2026-11-06T17:01:43Z")
Wordle 1,966 4/6 🟦🟧⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST WRECK DRECK ---
**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:** [November 6, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1030 "2026-11-06T18:41:26Z")
Wordle 1,966 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LONER ERROR GRUEL DRECK ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1031 "2026-11-07T05:17:07Z")
Wordle 1,967 5/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRACK GRANT URATE PRATE Wasn’t even sure that was a word but there was literally nothing left. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1032 "2026-11-07T07:35:20Z")
Wordle 1,967 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CRAZE BRAKE GRAPE PRATE Whew! indeed. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2026, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1033 "2026-11-07T08:14:39Z")
You can say that again. **Wordle 1,967 6/6 — 2026-11-07 Sat** ⬛🟨🟩🟨🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **CRATE** **GRATE** **ORATE** **IRATE** **PRATE** ---
**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:** [November 7, 2026, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1034 "2026-11-07T09:13:35Z")
Wordle 1,967 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\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:** [November 7, 2026, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1035 "2026-11-07T11:37:52Z")
Wordle 1,967 3/6 ⬛🟨🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPACE DRAPE PRATE ---
**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:** [November 7, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1036 "2026-11-07T12:44:27Z")
Wordle 1,967 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DOILY TASER RETAX PRATE ---
**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:** [November 7, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1037 "2026-11-07T14:46:51Z")
Wordle 1,967 6/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL MEATY ORATE IRATE GRATE PRATE Fell into the trap! I got lucky. CRATE was dtill out there ---
**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:** [November 7, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1038 "2026-11-07T15:33:17Z")
Wordle 1,967 6/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TRACE surely I’ll have it in one or two tries, right? GRATE IRATE ORATE PRATE ---
**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:** [November 7, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1039 "2026-11-07T16:10:24Z")
Wordle 1,967 5/6 🟦⬛🟦🟦⬛ ⬛🟦🟦🟦🟦 ⬛🟧🟦🟦🟦 ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TIRED LATER GREAT CRATE PRATE Dumb mistake at two, and then played carelessly the rest of the way. Looks like I’m not the only one who had a tough time with this one though. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/1040 "2026-11-07T16:42:45Z")
Wordle 1,967 5/6 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟦🟧🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE TRADE IRATE GRATE PRATE - I actually thought of this first, but dismissed it as unlikely. Headsmack. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=53)