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

Wordle 1,957 4/6

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RATIO
TRICK
WRIST
GRIST

Wordle 1,957 4/6 WEDNESDAY

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AUDIO
PRIME
WRING
GRIST

Wordle 1,957 3/6*

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Wordle 1,957 4/6 — 2026-10-28 Wed
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SPARE
DOILY
WRIST
GRIST

Wordle 1,957 3/6

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DOILY
ANISE
GRIST

Wordle 1,957 5/6

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HEART
SPOUT
TRYST
WRIST
GRIST

Wordle 1,957 3/6 — NYT Average 4.1

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SLATE
TROMP
GRIST

Wordle 1,957 4/6

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URINE
TRIAL
WRIST
GRIST

Yeah, the word generator gave me URINE. Not a bad starter, actually, with two WoFcons and a terminal E, and in this case netted me two placed letters!
Steady progress after that.

Wordle 1,957 4/6*

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STEAL
MISTY
WRIST
GRIST

Wordle 1,957 3/6* 10/28/2026

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BINGO → Huh, interesting. The carryover G is a coup. Let me go hard after the WoFcons here, I can see a word that exercises three of the remaining four, let’s give that a go
GRITS → My Cousin Vinny was a big help today
GRIST

What a difference a day makes. 15/104 for the followup and then of course a tap-in. Scoredle misses the plot just a bit and ends up with par.

Wordle 1,958 4/6

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

Wordle 1,957 4/6

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SWEAR
ROUST
FIRST
GRIST

Wordle 1,957 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST - well, it can be wrist or grist
WRIST - crap
GRIST

Wordle 1957 2/6
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SLANT
GRIST

This is the 31st Wordle solution that has resulted in this combination of greens and yellows for my starting word, three of which have been in the past week and a half (WREST, RESET, and today’s solution). There are very few unused possible solutions left for this green/yellow combo, which of course increases one’s chances for a 2.

Wordle 1,958 2/6

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RATIO
MOTOR

Wordle 1,958 3/6 THURSDAY

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AUDIO
POESY
MOTOR

Wordle 1,958 4/6*

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I lost the coin toss

Wordle 1,958 5/6 — 2026-10-29 Thu
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SPARE
DOILY
PUNCH — could be robot, or motor or rotor; and robot has been used previously, but not motor or rotor
ROTOR — I lost the coin toss
MOTOR

Wordle 1,958 5/6

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DOILY
ROAST
WORTH
TONER
MOTOR

MOTOR was #111

Wordle 1,958 3/6

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STAIR
OUTER
MOTOR