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

The Game Room
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Wordle 1,952 4/6* 10/23/2026

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RESET → That’s not a bad start, despite the wasted E. I need to try O and A, and that’s more important than more WoFcons, so I’ll try
TORAH → Not much help there, save for eliminations and a placement. TRUIN or TRINY aren’t words… I think I’ll shift a bit, try a word with an I and two more consonants like
TRICK → Good thing I didn’t see TRULY until after I typed that in. So now I’m seeing one possibility, that uses a WoFcon (and repeats it) but I’m not seeing much else so
TRILL

My guesses went 26/179, 1/14 and 2/4, so I guess I was a little more skillful all things considered. Scoredle has some bad luck; after a good placement word for its followup, it tries a word that gets 4 of 5 greens, but then misses the 50-50 putt for par, going with a bogus word instead of the valid actual answer.

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Wordle 1,952 3/6*

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STEAL
TROLL
TRILL

Adding more words because this stupid thing won’t let me repost because i accidently posted to the wrong thing and so edited it then posted here and it says it’s too similar to what I just posted. Whew!

843

Wordle 1,952 4/6

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THINK
TRICE
TRIAL
TRILL

My first Sea of Greens since I accidentally deleted my browser history, and all my stats along with it. :neutral_face:

844

Wordle 1,953 4/6

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RATIO
SHONE
HOVEL
HOLEY

845

Wordle 1,953 4/6 SATURDAY

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AUDIO
POESY
HOKEY
HOLEY

846

Wordle 1,953 5/6*

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\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y}
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847

Wordle 1,953 X/6*

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The joys of playing on hard and getting 4 greens with too many options.

LEANT

SLOPE

MOLER

FOLEY

COLEY

DOLEY

848

Wordle 1,953 4/6

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DOILY
LOONY
COLBY
HOLEY

849

Wordle 1,953 X/6

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CRATE
NOISY
GOOEY
DOPEY
HOMEY
HOKEY

Bust. :slightly_frowning_face: GOOEY was not a good guess, and I should have used a sleuth word after 4.

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Wordle 1,953 5/6 — 2026-10-24 Sat
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STARE
DOILY
LOVEY
FOLEY
HOLEY

851

Wordle 1,953 5/6 — NYT Average 4.5

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SLATE
FELON
GOLEM
HOLED
HOLEY

852

Wordle 1,954 4/6

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853
Wordle 1,953 5/6* 10/24/2026

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TRILL → One and only one L, and that’s all I know. Two WoFcons left. I’ll try
SLATE → though I wish I hadn’t, because I knew the T wasn’t present. Dumb. OK, might be an O in there, let’s see if I can find a word with one
LOVED → Bingo. And the L must be in the middle, I’ll try
GOLEM → Nope. It’s getting late, and I have two letters to fill. Look through the letters and see something that fits
HOLEY

After my abortive followup, I went 21/80, 6/6 and 3/4, the latter indicating that Scoredle would have take an L if it started from that point. So I’m happy for my bogey. From the carryover, Scoredle goes the distance but wins the 50-50 double bogey, which is better than what it does from its own start, which ends in a loss. Tough day for the algorithm, and a pretty lucky one for me.

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Wordle 1,953 5/6*

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STEAL
LONER
BOWEL ← Stupid. The L was already in the wrong place!
FOLEY
HOLEY

855

Wordle 1,953 6/6

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CRANE
HOIST
HOMER
HOPED
HOVEL
HOLEY

Tough one.

856

Wordle 1,953 5/6

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Five today. The second guess sent me the wrong way for a while.

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Wordle 1,953 4/6

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MOVIE
TONER
BOWEL
HOLEY

Slow but steady progress.

858

Wordle 1953 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
HOLEY

This was a challenge, not so much to avoid a high score, but to find any possibilities at all, since HELLO and HOVEL had been used, but not nearly early on enough to be recycling candidates. I even came up with MOHEL before I finally saw the solution, but figured that was unlikely to be on Wardle’s list or an NYT add, so I didn’t try it.

859

Wordle 1,954 5/6

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RATIO
CRUEL
FRESH
PRESS
DRESS

860

Wordle 1,954 3/6 — 2026-10-25 Sun
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STARE
DOILY
DRESS

A lucky guess.