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

Wordle 1,917 3/6

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CRANE
NOISY
SNOWY

Wordle 1,917 3/6

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YODEL
POBOY
SNOWY

Wordle 1,917 4/6

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HEART
SPOIL
SWOON
SNOWY

Wordle 1,917 3/6 — NYT Average 3.9

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SLATE
SOUPY
SNOWY

Wordle 1,918 4/6

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Wordle 1,917 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SNOWY

Wordle 1,917 3/6*

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STEAL
SHINY
SNOWY

Wordle 1,917 4/6

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MINOR
TONAL
SHONE
SNOWY

I really wanted at least two of the remaining WoFcons in my second word. I rejected a lot of options that had the O or N in a known wrong position. Then I finally settled on a word that had the N in a known wrong position. Dummy.

I don’t think a birdie was in the cards anyway, but still.

Wordle 1,917 4/6* 9/18/2026

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THETA → Third carryover whiff in a row. It’s been ten days since I had more than one letter from a carryover. Yes, I feel picked on. Finding no words that use O & U and three of the remaining four WoFcons, I figure I’ll go for two WoFcons to jump into a potential trap
SOUND → Whew, no trap. And a good placement. But I would like to place that O, so I’ll double up with
SNOOP → With R & L still out there of the WoFcons, I can’t make a word that uses either of them. So I looked over the remaining letters and hit upon
SNOWY

After a followup that is not in the top 120 from the carryover, I had 2/15 and 1/5 (where the other four guesses were bogus, so a virtual tap-in for par). Scoredle makes a 3-vowel followup, which allows it to double up on the known vowel on the third guess and leaves two guesses (one bogus) for a virtual tap-in par of its own.

Wordle 1,918 5/6

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RATIO
CAUSE
BAGEL
HAVEN
WAKEN

Wordle 1,918 5/6 — 2026-09-19 Sat
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH — the Wordle could be axmen began enema maven vegan waken waxen; of these, previous Wordles have not been axmen began waken; of these the most likely Wordle(s) include began waken
BEGAN
WAKEN

This was a tough one. I was worried that I’d end my streak.

Wordle 1,918 4/6

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SPINE
GOURD
NEWLY
WAKEN

Wordle 1,918 5/6*

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\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}
\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 K}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}

Wordle 1,918 3/6

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YODEL
TASER
WAKEN

Yesterday:

Wordle 1917 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
SWOON
SNOWY

Lost the coin toss at 3, c’est la vie. Wouldn’t have been SNOOP (Wordle 1232) or SPOON (Wordle 1220).

Today:

Wordle 1918 3/6

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SLANT
RIDGE
WAKEN

Could’ve also been unused OAKEN, PAEAN, or APNEA, so I was a bit lucky there. All the already-used possibilities except OCEAN (Wordle 797) had been used just in the past year or so, so I wasn’t worried about reuse.

Wordle 1,918 3/6*

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STEAL
RAVEN
WAKEN

Wordle 1,918 3/6* 9/19/2026

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SNOWY → Hey, two letters on the carryover. Maybe my moaning and groaning from yesterday helped. The W in particular is nice. I should try a WoFcon and two vowels, since I have not a one yet, and I see one word really quickly that hits it for me, even though it doesn’t use an E
TWAIN → Not bad. I think I need an E, since terminal-Y is out and that’s the only vowel left. I look at WREAN for a second before I decide I need to separate A from the hypothetical E, and then it’s quick work to
WAKEN

My guesses were 37/62 and 7/7 (that’s right, the answer was dead last in Scoredle’s list!) so I don’t know if it was a very lucky day or if the algorithm simply did poorly on this particular first word/solution setup. I felt like it was pretty skillful. The algorithm looks pretty skillful, though - finishes with a true tap-in birdie, so I guess I should take my morning as luck and just enjoy it.

Wordle 1,919 3/6

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Wordle 1,918 3/6

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CRANE
NAVEL
WAKEN

Wordle 1,918 3/6 — NYT Average 4.5

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SLATE
BREAK
WAKEN