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

The Game Room
821

Wordle 1,951 2/6 — 2026-10-22 Thu
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STARE
RESET — A new Wordle. It could also have been wrest, which had never been used before.

Welcome, @NorrisFByrd !

822

Wordle 1,951 4/6

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HEART
REFIT
REBUT
RESET

823

Wordle 1,951 3/6*

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STEAL
PESTO
RESET

824

It was used just a couple of games ago. #1949.

825

Wordle 1,952 6/6

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

826
Wordle 1,951 3/6* 10/22/2026

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PENNY → Huh. A wasted N, but otherwise… this sets up one of my classic good first words second…
LEAST → Only R left of the WoFcons. If it goes before T, S must be first… SEORT? SEROT? Nah, goes nowhere. But if at start, S in the middle, RES?T looks like
RESET
A repeat letter guess is unusual for me for the third guess, but the puzzle admitted of little else. My guesses were 20/1048 and 2/5 per Scoredle, so tolerably skilled. Scoredle’s followup, in the event, is even better, and while it has more bogus answers to choose from, it may be left with only one valid word in its set of possibles for the third guess.

827

Indeed it was! I was working with an outdated list. Thanks for catching that.

828

Wordle 1,951 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
RESET

829

Wordle 1,951 3/6

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STAIN
WORST
RESET

Scordle didn’t care for my second word (not in the top 120 of 388), yet it narrowed the possibilities down to just one.
Suck it, Scordle!

830

Wordle 1,952 4/6

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RATIO
TRICK
TRIPE
TRILL

831

Wordle 1,952 4/6 FRIDAY

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AUDIO
PRIME
TRICK
TRILL

832

Wordle 1,952 3/6 — 2026-10-23 Fri
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STARE
DOILY
TRILL

833

Wordle 1,952 3/6*

\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}

834

Wordle 1952 3/6

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SLANT
UTILE
TRILL

''And the locusts sang, with their high, whining trill"
Could’ve also been TWILL.

835

Wordle 1,952 4/6

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RATED
TORUS
TRICK
TRILL

836

Wordle 1,952 3/6 — NYT Average 3.8

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SLATE
TROLL
TRILL

837

Wordle 1,952 3/6

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HEART
TORUS
TRILL

838

Wordle 1,952 3/6

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CRANE
HOIST
TRILL

839

Wordle 1,952 4/6

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DOILY
STILE
GUILT
TRILL

840

Wordle 1,953 5/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :roll_eyes: Ai assisted :face_with_spiral_eyes: :kangaroo: