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

Saw this and wondered, which English names of Greek letters have been Wordle solutions? Turns out there are seven Greek letters whose English names have five letters: alpha, gamma, delta, kappa, sigma, theta, and omega. Theta was the fifth of these seven to be a Wordle solution. Kappa and sigma are the two that haven’t been used.

Wordle 1,918 3/6

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HEART
SPEAK
WAKEN

Good to know!

Wordle 1,918 6/6

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GUIDE
STERN
FELON
MAVEN
WAXEN
WAKEN

Excruciating millimeters of progress on each word.

Wordle 1,918 4/6 SATURDAT

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AUDIO
FRAME
SWEAT
WAKEN

Wordle 1,919 2/6

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RATIO
SHONE

Wordle 1,919 4/6

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STAIN
SNORE
SCONE
SHONE

Wordle 1,919 6/6

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Whew! again.

AUDIO
POESY
STOLE
SNORE
SCONE
SHONE

Wordle 1,919 2/6

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Wordle 1,919 3/6*

\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,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 S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}

Wordle 1,919 4/6 — 2026-09-20 Sun
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
SHONE

Wordle 1919 3/6

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SLANT
PIKEY
SHOWN

SCENE and SCONE (Wordles 1697 and 1149, respectively) had been used and aren’t likely candidates for recycling anytime soon.

Wordle 1,919 4/6

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YODEL
XENON
OVINE
SHONE

Wordle 1,919 3/6*

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STEAL
SCREW
SHONE

@RTFirefly - Check your spelling. :wink:

Wordle 1,920 4/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :innocent: no Ai :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,919 4/6* 9/20/2026

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WAKEN → Carryover is all right. I’m not sure why I didn’t go with STONE here, but for some reason I got obsessed with the I and decided to try
NEIST → which I didn’t even know was a word, and superficially helped me but a little. So I decided it’s time to place the E, which I tried with
SCENE → which got me to think about SCONE (haven’t had breakfast yet) which led shortly to
SHONE
Scoredle recommended PENNE
, a real placement play, for my followup, but my next two guesses after my early error were the same as its suggestions. Scoredle also finishes in four, but with a 1-in-3 for that par, so the algorithm gets a little lucky itself in the endgame.

Wordle 1,919 4/6 — NYT Average 3.6

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SLATE
SPORE
SCONE
SHONE

My GF was looking over my shoulder on this one. When I got to the third guess, she insisted on SCONE. I was thinking SHONE, but I didn’t want to let her down. Alas, being hungry in the morning let us both down.

Wordle 1,919 3/6

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HEART
SHEEP
SHONE

Wordle 1,919 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
SHONE

Wordle 1,919 4/6

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DEATH
SHEEN
SHINE
SHONE

Danced all around this one.