# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/121 "2026-09-03T09:20:08Z")
Wordle 1902 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT WREST JOIST Other possibilities after 2 had all been used, unless one considers DIDST to be a possible solution. BOOST (Wordle 197) was in the reusable zone, but still unused \> reusables. ---
**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 3, 2026, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/122 "2026-09-03T11:52:55Z")
Wordle 1,902 6/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 COWER LOTUS POSIT FOAMY HOIST JOIST By the time I spotted the -OIST trap, I had F, H, J, and M, with only three tries left. You’d think there must be at least one five letter word with three of those letters in it. Nope. So I played to survive, and managed that at least. ---
**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 3, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/123 "2026-09-03T12:35:37Z")
**Wordle 1,902 5/6 β€” 2026-09-03 Thu** πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **MOIST** **FOIST** **JOIST** ---
**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 3, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/124 "2026-09-03T13:02:37Z")
Wordle 1,902 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL TORUS JOIST ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/125 "2026-09-03T14:44:43Z")
> **Wordle 1,902 6/6\* 9/3/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > RULER β†’ Whiff to start, two WoFcons gone, I can check the rest (along with A & I) using > _ST_A_I_N β†’ So that’s a good recovery. Would like to try an O, but I think a terminal Y is slightly more pressing > M_IST_Y β†’ Missed, and not a single letter placed yet, and already halfway done. If I put the I in the middle and repeat the T, I should have a shot at for at least one placement > TW **IST** β†’ Turned out I placed everything - but didn’t add any known letters. Perhaps there is an O… in which chase, I have a trap on H-F-J (and maybe more, though I’ve glad I’ve already KOed M and R). Well, I don’t see any more letters to put in front of that I, so let’s try > H **OIST** β†’ Flip of a coin, comes up J, so > **JOIST** > > After a followup out of the top 120, my guesses ran 29/55, 4/10, 1/6 and the solution at 1/3 (with one bogus, so I lost in at least half of all universes out there). Scoredle gets its vowels sorted before its consonants, and ends up shortcutting my sequence by one guess, finishing with a bogey but with the same end sequence. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/126 "2026-09-03T15:09:01Z")
Wordle 1,902 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL MISTY JOIST ---
**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 3, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/127 "2026-09-03T15:18:17Z")
Wordle 1,902 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART GLINT MOIST FOIST JOIST we don’t need no steenking yellows! ---
**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:** [September 3, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/128 "2026-09-03T15:28:42Z")
Wordle 1,902 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST MOIST - I chose. . .poorly JOIST ---
**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 3, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/129 "2026-09-03T17:51:54Z")
Wordle 1,9 **03** 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ™„ πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/130 "2026-09-04T05:53:30Z")
Wordle 1,903 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LARGE WAGER ---
**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 4, 2026, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/131 "2026-09-04T07:10:32Z")
Wordle 1,903 6/6 **FRIDAY** Phew! indeed 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CLEAR BALER WAVER WAGER ---
**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 4, 2026, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/132 "2026-09-04T07:50:28Z")
Wordle 1,903 2/6\* \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\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 R} !! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/133 "2026-09-04T10:52:32Z")
Wordle 1903 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE PAGED WAGER EAGER (Wordle 1426) was way outside the reusable zone. ---
**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 4, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/134 "2026-09-04T11:59:27Z")
Wordle 1,903 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YODEL TASER FAKER CHAMP WOVEN WAGER ---
**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 4, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/135 "2026-09-04T12:08:01Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Phew! indeed Indeed! Wow, barely scratched this one out. After #3 I was extremely worried. Guess #4 didn’t help me out; even more worried now! Fortunately after #5 there was only one possibility. **Wordle 1,903 6/6 β€” 2026-09-04 Fri** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **BUXOM** β€” _the Wordle could be arear barer break eager faker freak gamer gazer maker rager raker rarer raver rawer rebar rewax wafer wager waker waver waxer zebra; of these, previous Wordles have not been amber arear barer faker gazer maker rager raker rarer raver rawer rebar rewax wager waker waxer; of these the most likely Wordle(s) include amber barer faker gazer maker rager raker rarer raver rebar rewax wager waker waxer; if it’s one of these and not a duplicate Wordle then the letters to eliminate are M B F K G Z V W X; can try sleuth word(s) bumfs kimbo gumbo zambo wombs buxom?_ **GAWKS** β€” _the Wordle could be arear eager faker freak gamer gazer rager raker rarer raver rawer rebar rewax wafer wager waker waver zebra; of these, previous Wordles have not been arear faker gazer maker rager raker rarer raver rawer wager waker; of these the most likely Wordle(s) include faker gazer maker rager raker rarer raver wager waker; if it’s one of these and not a duplicate Wordle then the letters to eliminate are F K G Z V W; can try sleuth word(s) wakfs gawks?_ **WAGER** Phew is right! That’s two very close calls this week. ---
**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 4, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/136 "2026-09-04T12:18:12Z")
Wordle 1,902 5/6 β€” NYT Average 4.8 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE TRUST GHOST MOIST JOIST Wordle 1,903 3/6 β€” NYT Average 4.6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE AMBER WAGER ---
**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:** [September 4, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/137 "2026-09-04T13:23:08Z")
Wordle 1,903 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL RAVEN HAREM PAGER WAGER ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/138 "2026-09-04T14:15:46Z")
> **Wordle 1,903 5/6\* 9/4/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > JOIST β†’ Carryover whiff, with two WoFcons gone, let’s see what we can > L_EAR_N β†’ Hey, three letters there, WoFcons expended, probably no other vowels, should try to place a letter now that the outlook isn’t so > DR_EA_ **R** β†’ Perhaps an ?A?ER trap, which would be bad, but I’ll wade in and see what I can get - at least I know there’s not another R, which is valuable what with the PARER and CORER debacles of the past > P **AGER** β†’ Oh my, good tidings, it can’t be RAGER, so let’s try > **WAGER** > > The endgame was interesting - there were five possibles for my final guess, three of which were bogus but two of those had enough credibility that I might have gone for one of them rather than the solution if it _was_ the other valid - so I dodged a bullet, I guess. Also did so with the fourth guess, which had 42 possibles to choose from and I have no idea how to evaluate most of them for bogusity. Scoredle pars, β€œchipping from the rough” to get the answer out of 33 possibles, again with almost no idea of which are truly bogus. ---
**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 4, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/139 "2026-09-04T14:31:36Z")
Forgot to post yesterday. Didn’t do Wordle til late in the day, rushed through it, and blew my 180 day streak. Archive September 3, 2026 Wordle 1,902 X/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© TRAIN CLOUD PIVOT HOIST MOIST FOIST Barely got through today’s as well. Wordle 1,903 6/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO TAPER CLOWN WAVER WAFER WAGER ---
**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 4, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553/140 "2026-09-04T15:05:49Z")
Wordle 1,903 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BREAD PACER WAFER WAGER [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-4/1032553.md?page=8)