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

[cmyk]

Wordle 1,947 3/6 — NYT Average 3.6

SLATE
AUDIO
ADORN

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,947 4/6

HEART
FLORA
ADORB got too cute with this one, should have had a 3
ADORN

[SunUp]

Wordle 1,947 4/6* 10/18/2026

GAFFE → Slow start, remarkably good first word second type of followup
ROAST → Let’s get some placements, stat. I can try two Rs (though no more WoFcons) with
ARBOR → Placed the A, looks like the O fits in the middle, so R 4th, A?OR? looks like
ADORN
ACORN was still out there. ARDOR would have been a better third guess, in the event (and as Scoredle had it - 4/32 vs. 6/32 for mine), but it didn’t hurt me any. Scoredle gets it in three - the solution is the top of the 30-32 valid words out of 95 possibles in that third guess, so I’ll rate today’s play by the algorithm as “lucky”.

[Chefguy]

Wordle 1,947 3/6

CRANE
MANOR
ADORN

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1947 3/6

SLANT
RIDGE
ADORN

[MacDoc]

Wordle 1,948 3/6

no Ai

[Shoeless]

Wordle 1,947 3/6

NOISE
GAUDY
ADORN

[Wheelz]

Wordle 1,947 4/6

SCALE
TORAN
RAYON
ADORN

I don’t know what TORAN means - and neither does Merriam-Webster. But it found me a bunch of letters, which I still had to shuffle around a couple of times.

[the_andyman_can]

DATER
ARSED
ADORE
ADORN

[psychobunny]

Wordle 1,948 4/6

RATIO
SPITE
STICK
STINK

[MrDibble]

Wordle 1,948 4/6 MONDAY

AUDIO
PRIME
WHICH
STINK that was lucky!

[pjd]

Wordle 1,948 3/6*

\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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K}

[SuntanLotion]

Wordle 1,948 3/6

[the_andyman_can]

Wordle 1,948 3/6

[RTFirefly]

Wordle 1948 3/6

SLANT
STUNK
STINK

After my starting word, I saw six possibilities: STING, STINK, STONE, STONY, STUNG, STUNK. All but STUNK had been used, but STINK was Wordle #14, and it had been ten days since the last reuse. I almost went with it, but stuck with STUNK instead. Still got a 3 out of it. Scoredle also lists STENO - possible, I suppose, but seems like an archaic term from the Mad Men era.

[Shoeless]

Wordle 1,948 4/6

TRACE
POINT
STING
STINK

[BobLibDem]

Wordle 1,948 3/6

HEART
STING
STINK

[cmyk]

Wordle 1,948 3/6 — NYT Average 3.7

SLATE
STORM
STINK

Got lucky, could’ve been 10 other words.

[Rebo]

Wordle 1,948 4/6*

STEAL
STUCK
STORK
STINK

Didn’t get too lucky considering I started with ST. Consolation prize is Sea of Greens #112.

[kaylasdad99]

Wordle 1,948 4/6

DOILY
QUINT
THINE
STINK