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

The Game Room
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Wordle 1,927 6/6

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RATIO
TRUCE
TRULY
TRUST
WHOMP
TRUNK

Couldn’t bear to type that name for guess five so substituted a sleuth word. Not sure if I missed any other options and just got lucky.

482

Wordle 1,927 6/6*

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I did, but I’ve censored it here to avoid fouling up the thread.

483

Wordle 1,927 5/6 — 2026-09-28 Mon
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
BRUNT
TRUNK

484

Wordle 1,927 3/6 MONDAY

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AUDIO
PRUNE
TRUNK

485

Wordle 1927 3/6

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SLANT
THINE
TRUNK

486

Wordle 1,927 2/6

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HEART
TRUNK

487

Wordle 1,927 4/6

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YODEL
ASTIR
AMERICA-HATING FUCKSTICK
TRUNK

488

Wordle 1,927 3/6

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STONE
BRUNT
TRUNK

489

Wordle 1,927 2/6 — NYT Average 3.5

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SLATE
TRUNK

My 17th Wordle in 2. There were still 102 words to choose from after my 1st guess. Took me by surprise, considering I only got a yellow T.

490

Wordle 1,928 4/6

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

491
Wordle 1,927 3/6* 9/28/2026

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SLOOP → Whiff. I’d like to try TRANE, but it’s not valid (or anything) so I go with a homonym
TRAIN → I expend some effort to see if TREN? is a word, then look at TRYN? the same way. Looks like it’s TRUN?, which may only be
TRUNK
But I (fortunately) missed TREND. By rights, should have been a four what with a true 50-50 par putt, and I would have gone the other way had I seen it. Scoredle gets two letters, unplaced, from its followup, but the third guess leaves it with a pure tap-in par.

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Wordle 1,927 4/6*

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STEAL
BIGOT
TRUMP
TRUNK

493

Wordle 1,927 3/6

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CRANE
PRINT - my usual #2 word wouldn’t help at all
TRUNK

494

Wordle 1,927 2/6

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TOUGH
TRUNK

Lucky to place two letters on the opener, and lucky again to score the deuce with 9 or 10 legit words available. (And none of the other possibilities contained either N or K, so my choice was not even a very smart one.)

495

Wordle 1,928 4/6

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RATIO
SHARE
SUMAC
SCUBA

496

Wordle 1,928 4/6 TUESDAY

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AUDIO
VAGUE
UNMAN
SCUBA

497

Wordle 1,928 4/6 — 2026-09-29 Tue
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
SCUBA

498

Wordle 1,928 4/6*

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499

Wordle 1928 3/6

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SLANT
SABER
SCUBA

500

Wordle 1,928 5/6

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YODEL
ASTIR
SWANK
SAMBA
SCUBA