“Wordle,” a strangely compelling word game (Part 4)

Wordle 1,912 3/6 SUNDAY

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AUDIO
POUTY
FOCUS

Wordle 1,912 4/6 — 2026-09-13 Sun
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
FOCUS

Yep, agreed.

Wordle 1,912 2/6*

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Wo0T.

Wordle 1912 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
FOCUS

The solution (Wordle 267) and DISCO (Wordle 768) were the only possibilities after 2, so I went with the earlier one. First recycled solution in 19 days.

Wordle 1,912 4/6

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YODEL
TORUS
BOGUS
FOCUS

Wordle 1,912 4/6

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TRAIL
SOUND
BOGUS
FOCUS

Wordle 1,912 5/6

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HEART
SPOIL
MOUSY
LOCUS
FOCUS

Wordle 1,912 5/6 — NYT Average 3.8

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SLATE
CRISP
MUCUS
HOCUS
FOCUS

Wordle 1,913 3/6

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Wordle 1,912 3/6*

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STEAL
RISKY
FOCUS

Wordle 1,912 4/6* 9/13/2026

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NIFTY → Two WoFcons and two vowels gone, and somehow I get an unplaced F. So E, A, and two more WoFcons with
FEARS → could have also been FERAL, but I’m glad I didn’t. Terminal S! O and U remain of the vowels. FOULS would get the entire set of letters I’m looking for, but I know it’s not a solve, so perhaps I’ll try
FLOSS → An O, but not in the middle, so I do need to look for a possible U, and I think I can find one if I
FOCUS

My guesses went 11/359, 1/21 and 1/3 (with the other two possibles bogus, so a virtual tap-in par). Scoredle cuts right to the chase - its followup is my third guess, but it rates the solution as only 6/15 for its third guess, despite it being the only nonbogus word, so it also settles for a par, despite a promising opening.

Wordle 1,912 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
LOCUS
FOCUS

Wordle 1,912 3/6

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CABIN
FORCE
FOCUS

Wordle 1,913 4/6

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RATIO
RIVER
RIDGE
RINSE

Wordle 1,913 3/6

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Wordle 1,913 3/6 MONDAY

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AUDIO
PRIME
RINSE

Wordle 1,913 4/6*

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\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
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Wordle 1913 2/6

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SLANT
RINSE

Wordle 1,913 2/6 — 2026-09-14 Mon
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STARE — the Wordle could be burse curse horse morse nurse prose purse reuse rinse rouse verse worse; of these, previous Wordles have not been burse morse rinse; of these the most likely Wordle(s) include rinse
RINSE