Wordle 1959 2/6
SLANT
SLIDE
Another 2 due to the shrinkage of the unused-words list: besides the solution, all that was left after my starting word was SLIMY, SLUFF, and SLURP, and the solution seemed like a better bet than any ofthose. There were also a couple of old solutions in the 200s, which is kind of on the edge of the reusability zone, so I didn’t worry about them much.
Thank you!
Wordle 1,960 4/6
RATIO
MACHO
WAHOO
YAHOO
Wordle 1,960 3/6 SATURDAY
AUDIO
TANGO
YAHOO
Wordle 1,960 4/6 — 2026-10-31 Sat
STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
YAHOO
Wordle 1,960 4/6*
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Wordle 1,960 2/6
DOILY
YAHOO
Wordle 1960
SLANT
CHORE
YAHOO!
Could’ve also been WAHOO (Wahoowa! Yes, one of my degrees is from U.Va. 
) which is a fish.
Wordle 1,960 3/6
HEART
ALOHA
YAHOO
Wordle 1,960 4/6 — NYT Average 4.3
SLATE
CANDY
RAYON
YAHOO
I was really hoping the word would be CANDY today, considering it’s Halloween. Ah well.
Wordle 1,960 4/6
CRANE
HOIST
ALOHA
YAHOO
Wordle 1,960 4/6*
STEAL
DRANK
OUIJA
YAHOO
SLIDE → Carryover whiff. Two vowels and two WoFcons gone, so let’s try the last three WoFcons along with O and A, and mix around to see what we can find
TORAN → Good on the vowels; no WoFcons. I feel somewhat bereft until I spot a word that might place the O
ACHOO → It placed two Os. And picked up a placed H. And I know where the A goes. Not a UVa fan, so I’ll try early internet search engine
YAHOO
A solid 31/1717, followed by a mediocre 26/50 (with an onematopeia, too!) and then 2/2 for the win (yes, the algorithm would have guessed wrong). Scoredle gets down to ten possibles (maximum three valid!) after two guesses, then hits a snag and ends up with a bogey after guessing a couple of bogus words first.
Wordle 1,961 X/6
RATIO
SHIRE
LINER
WIDER
BUMPY
PIPER
Should have abandoned hard mode sooner.
Wordle 1,961 4/6*
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\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}
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Wordle 1,961 4/6 SUNDAY
AUDIO
PRIME
RIPEN
VIPER
Wordle 1,961 4/6 — 2026-11-01 Sun
STARE
DOILY
PUNCH — the Wordle could be riper viper wiper; of these, previous Wordles have not been viper wiper
VIPER — I won the coin toss
Wordle 1961 4/6
SLANT
CHORE
DIVEY
VIPER
YAHOO → Whiff, and a wasted O. I & E and three WoFcons on the way
NITER → Uh oh. Trap time. I need to get lucky, too many possibiles - I think I recall that a P is a good play here, I’ll try one of them, as well as… K?
PIKER → Oooh, very lucky play. V, W, not P, anything else? Am I really safe here?
VIPER
A lucky endgame keeps the streak going. I was safe, after that third guess, though I missed one trap possibility (a repeat letter). Well over 20 possibles after the second guess, and too few of them have overlaps - it could have easily been a loss (all these words with that two-letter ending are bloodbaths). Scoredle also finishes with a par. I should analyze this particular trap and get an idea of what the best method for solving is, keeping in mind that it may end up in a loss even if I do the ideal.
Wordle 1,961 4/6
DOILY
INSET
WIPER
VIPER