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

Wordle 1,899 3/6 — NYT Average 4.5

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SLATE
PROUD
MOUND

I usually spiral in a trap like that, but got lucky this time.

Wordle 1,899 4/6* 8/31/2026

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INTEL → Slow start for a good starting word. O, A and the last two WoFcons, shake up with the known letter and try
SONAR → Placed O, nice. Do I have a U? If I do… uh, oh, trap city. The big one. Two letters gone, six more to go, four guesses left, and I sat here for a few minutes trying to find a sleuth word that would get me safety, or, barring that, improve my odds. Finding none, I jumped in and hoped for the best
HOUND → Three outta five.
MOUND

A very lucky par. For getting 7/778, 5/27 (with the top 6 words all in the trap), and 3/6 for the win, I do feel that I somewhat deserve that luck, though. Scoredle’s luck was not so good; after an attempt to place the opening letter with its followup, it jumps into the trap with all 8 words live, and does not survive to tell the tale.

today’s wordle was evil if you were playing on hard mode

Wordle 1,899 6/6

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IRATE
POUND
SOUND
WOUND
BOUND
MOUND

Wordle 1,899 4/6*

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STEAL
DROWN
BOUND
MOUND

Wordle 1,899 3/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :bird: :innocent: no Ai :dizzy: :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,900 4/6

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:green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :zzz: Ai assisted :face_with_thermometer: :kangaroo:

Wordle 1,899 4/6

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HEART
SPOIL
MOULD this uncommon word saved me from the -OUND trap
MOUND

Wordle 1,899 6/6

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CRANE
HOIST
POUND
WOUND
BOUND
MOUND

::grumble::

Wordle 1,899 5/6

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LARGE
STOIC
BOUND
WHOMP
MOUND

About the best I could have hoped for after a whiff and this particular trap.

Wordle 1,900 4/6

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RATIO
RIGID
RELIC
REMIX

Wordle 1,900 5/6 TUESDAY

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AUDIO
SKEIN
RELIC
REMIT
REMIX

Wordle 1,900 4/6*

\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G}\bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T}
\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N}
\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I}\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X}

Wordle 1900 4/6

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SLANT
CHORE
DIVEY
REMIX

Thank you, Fine Young Cannibals, for saving my 4! Could’ve also been REFIX, RERIG, or REJIG which I saw, or FERMI (lowercase is the atomic-level unit of measurement) which I didn’t think of.

Wordle 1,900 3/6

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YODEL
URINE
REMIX

Wordle 1,900 4/6

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ROAST
GUIDE
RIVER
REMIX

Wordle 1,900 5/6 — NYT Average 4.2

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SLATE
PERCH
FEVER
WEIRD
REMIX

I really thought I was going to lose this one, but luckily I was able to pull it out!
Wordle 1,900 5/6 — 2026-09-01 Tue
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCHAt this point I’m very worried that my current (and longest ever) streak of 473 might come to an end! Because of this info:
the Wordle could be biker fiber fifer fiver fixer giver jiber jiver mimer mixer refix remix rerig rimer river vezir wirer; of these, previous Wordles have not been biker fifer fiver giver jiber jiver mimer mixer refix remix rerig rimer river vezir wirer; of these the most likely Wordle(s) include biker fiver giver mixer refix remix rerig river wirer; if it’s one of these then initial letters to eliminate are B K F V G M X W; can try sleuth word(s) kembo kimbo kombu bawks befog bumfs vibex gumbo bewig buxom wombs?
GUMBOI’m very relieved here that I got the M!
Okay so now:
the Wordle could be mimer remix rimer; of these, previous Wordles have not been mimer remix rimer; of these the most likely Wordle(s) include remix
REMIX

Lucky! My streak continues, currently at 474…
RELIEVED!

Wordle 1,901 4/6

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

Wordle 1,900 4/6

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HUMOR
RAMEN
REMIT
REMIX

The middle M was a great hit, and the unplaced R precluded any -ER bullshit. Good start.

I was actually in the middle of typing REMIX when I decided to change the X to a T. D’oh!

Scordle says I chose the best word at every step, so there’s that.

Wordle 1,900 4/6

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HEART
REDID
RESIN
REMIX always trust the X