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

Wordle 1,934 4/6

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CRATE
FANCY
LOCAL
MOCHA

Wordle 1934 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
MOCHA

MACHO and HAVOC had been used.

Wordle 1,934 5/6

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YODEL
TORUS
HOGAN
COACH
MOCHA

Wordle 1,934 4/6

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HEART
SHOAL
ALOHA
MOCHA

Wordle 1,934 4/6 — NYT Average 3.9

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SLATE
PAGAN
ARMOR
MOCHA

Wordle 1,935 4/6

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

Wordle 1,934 4/6*

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STEAL
DRAIN
MAGMA
MOCHA

Wordle 1,934 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
MOCHA

Two threes in a row!

Wordle 1,934 4/6* 10/5/2026

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SHACK → Wow, that’s a lot to start with - and a lot to sort out, too. Probably not a good idea to burn a double here, but I see a word and I really want to go for it
ACHOO → Nothing placed, but I found another letter. Hmm, if I move those letters one place to the right I could slip in a WoFcon with
NACHO → Swap O and A, make the mystery letter an M and you’ve got
MOCHA

Of course, I if I had thought about it a little more, I would have seen that I had already eliminated my third word with my second, so a birdie was there for the taking. Heck, my followup was a lousy 25/32, while both of my next two guesses were in the top 6 of that first set of possibles, so I really should have done better once I had the results from that carryover - perhaps I got sloppy as it looked so easy. Scoredle gets a birdie, with its followup being an anagram of the solution, just exchange the vowels and Bob’s your unce.

I spent the weekend floating in the Sea of Greens:

Scoredle 4/6

:black_large_square::green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square: LEMON (800)
:black_large_square::green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square: TEARS (88)
:black_large_square::green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square: HEDGY (20)
:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: PEEVE

Scoredle 4/6

:black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square::black_large_square: BLIND (4,299)
:green_square::black_large_square::green_square::black_large_square::black_large_square: STARE (46)
:green_square::black_large_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: SMACK (3)
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Wordle 1,934 4/6

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PATCH
CACHE
ANCHO
MOCHA

Today I played too fast, rather poorly, and made a dumb mistake. This shouldn’t have taken me four.

Wordle 1,935 4/6

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RATIO
SHINE
MILKY
DIMLY

Wordle 1,935 4/6 TUESDAY

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AUDIO
DINKY
DIRTY
DIMLY

Wordle 1,935 3/6 — 2026-10-06 Tue
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STARE
DOILY
DIMLY

Wordle 1,935 5/6*

\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}
\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}

LIMBY ?!!!

Wordle 1935 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DIMLY

A very lucky 3. There were about a dozen good unused possibilities, plus a couple of previous solutions in the reusable zone. The solution was just the choice that maximized my chances of solving in 4.

Wordle 1,935 3/6

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YODEL
SADLY (Dumb!)
DIMLY

Wordle 1,935 3/6 — NYT Average 4.2

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SLATE
DRILL
DIMLY

Wordle 1,935 5/6

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RATIO
GUIDE
DINKY
VAMPS
DIMLY

Wordle 1,935 5/6

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HEART
SPOIL
GUILD
DILLY
DIMLY

Wordle 1,936 3/6

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