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

Wordle 1,929 5/6* 9/30/2026

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SCUBA → Whiff. E, O and three WoFcons, coming up with one of my first words second
LONER → I, Y (unlikely) or a second E for another vowel. I’ll try I, but guess that last WoFcon and another consonant that will make it easy if I hit the consonants but misguess the vowel
MITER → Ah, twasn’t METER. Three guesses left and a killer two-trap. I can see VIPER and [FGR]IVER, perhaps I should try one of the latter so the former is covered too
GIVER → Whew. Am I safe? I think so, if I don’t try a bogus guess out of frustration. Or, maybe I just miscounted. We’ll see soon…
RIVER
Sure enough, I had forgotten DIVER. The repeat letter
makes this one tough, I think - I might have missed it had I seen what I forgot. My followup was 40/2435, so not bad, then 29/83, rather mediocre (on a guess where Scoredle dives into the trap immediately), This leaves 28 possibles remaining, at least 15(!) of which are valid, so from there on it’s a lot of luck, with three possibles and two guesses. Tough day. Scoredle, in attempt to place the letter it finds on its followup, guesses the solution on its very next guess (out of 131, about of of which are valid!), ending with a birdie.

Wordle 1,929 4/6

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ORGAN
LITER
RUMPS
RIVER

A nasty trap! The only way out is to lay up and shoot for par.
And the one-in-three chip-in lands me said par!

A post on Reddit listed six previous instances. Multiple sources say that it can only fail on hard mode.

668 HOUND - 18 Apr 2023
675 JOKER - 25 Apr 2023
1039 ROVER - 23 April 2024
1214 CORER - 15 Oct 2024
1310 ROWER - 19 Jan 2025
1503 FRILL - 31 Jul 2025

LOL, CORER got it too!

Stupid freaking Wordle word.

Wordle 1,929 5/6 — NYT Average 4.8

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SLATE
FRIED
MINER
VIPER
RIVER

Wordle 1,930 2/6

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RATIO
RITZY

I don’t think there were any other options after my opener.

Wordle 1,930 4/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
PRIME
RISKY
RITZY

Wordle 1930 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DIRTY
RITZY

Wordle 1,930 5/6*

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\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}
\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}
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Guess #3 was really dumb. DUH.

Wordle 1,930 4/6 — 2026-10-01 Thu
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STARE
DOILY
DIRTY
RITZY

Wordle 1,930 3/6

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YODEL
AUNTY
RITZY

Wordle 1,930 4/6

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HEART
STRIP
TRICK
RITZY

Wordle 1,930 3/6 — NYT Average 4.2

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SLATE
TOUGH
RITZY

It said I made the top 11%, whatever that means, and I beat the Bot.

Wordle 1,930 3/6*

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STEAL
DIRTY
RITZY

Wordle 1,931 3/6

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Wordle 1,930 2/6* 10/1/2026

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RIVER → Huh. L, N, S, T from consonants, any vowel except for E. I try several different combos of these, and get a whole lot of nothing, until I think of RITSY which leads me to
RITZY
RISKY, RIGHT, RIGID, RIATA
were also valid possibles, out of 47 total. A rare (and lucky) 2 for me. Scoredle finishes with a par, cutting down to 9 possibles and then a true tap-in.

Wordle 1,930 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
DIRTY
RITZY

Wordle 1,930 4/6

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DEBUT
TRAIN
GIRTH
RITZY

The only legit word left at the end, but it took me a while to find it.

Wordle 1,931 4/6

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RATIO
CRUEL
SPURN
USURY

Wordle 1,931 4/6 FRIDAY

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AUDIO
PRUNE
CHURL
USURY