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

Wordle 1,940 4/6

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RATIO
SHARE
ABACK
UNCAP

Really stupid playing but got lucky in the end.

Wordle 1,940 4/6*

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Wordle 1,940 4/6 — 2026-10-11 Sun
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
UNCAP

Wordle 1,940 4/6 SUNDAY

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AUDIO
GAUZY
UMBRA
UNCAP

Wordle 1940 5/6

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SLANT
RIDGE
HANKY
UNMAN
UNCAP

Wordle 1,940 3/6

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YODEL
ASTIR
UNCAP

Wordle 1,940 3/6

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CHAIR
SCUBA
UNCAP

Wordle 1,940 5/6 — NYT Average 4.0

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SLATE
AUDIO
FAUNA
URBAN
UNCAP

Wordle 1,941 5/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :face_with_spiral_eyes: Ai assist :roll_eyes: :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,940 5/6*

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STEAL
MORAY
JIHAD
PAGAN
UNCAP

Wordle 1,940 4/6* 10/11/2026

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BUMPY → A bit unexpected. I played around with various combinations of a vowel and two of the five remaining WoFcons, and eventually spotted
UPSET → which turned out to be a good play, as it left only two spots for the P, and after noodling around for a few guesses I got Wordle to bite on
UNLAP → Which, after I verified only left one letter that could go in that spot, led directly to
UNCAP

For my followup out of 155 possibles, Scoredle preferred the anagram at 18 over the word I actually used at 69, but it turned out the latter was a better guess. My next guess was 4/7, then a true tap-in. Scoredle’s followup alos cuts down to 7 words, then also a true tap-in, so I was pretty much right along with the algorithm today.

Wordle 1,940 4/6

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HEART
PAILS
CUPPA
UNCAP

Wordle 1,940 3/6

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CRANE
ANTIC
UNCAP

Did better than most for a change.

Wordle 1,941 5/6

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RATIO
SHONE
MELON
BOWEL
YODEL

Congrats in advance to kaylasdad.

Wordle 1,941 3/6 MONDAY

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AUDIO
MODEL
YODEL

Wordle 1,941 3/6 — 2026-10-12 Mon
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STARE
DOILY
YODEL

Wordle 1,941 3/6*

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Wordle 1,941 6/6

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SLATE
CELLO
LONER
VOWEL
MODEL
YODEL

Wordle 1,941 5/6

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HEART
ELOPE
LOVED
MODEL
YODEL

Wordle 1,941 4/6 — NYT Average 4.2

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SLATE
LONER
HOVEL
YODEL