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

Wordle 1,905 4/6 — 2026-09-06 Sun
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STARE
DOILY
PUNCH
BEIGE

Wordle 1905 3/6

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SLANT
CHORE
BEIGE

A lucky 3. The solution was the only word that was coming to mind in the night, and I figured at least it would tell me if the solution had an I or a second E, or a U if none of the above, plus maybe I’ll get a hit on one of the consonants. Scoredle afterwards showed a number of unused possibilities like FUDGE, FUGUE, EXUDE, so it was no GIMME. Lucky indeed. :slight_smile:

Wordle 1,905 4/6 — NYT Average 4.3

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SLATE
PRONE
FUDGE
BEIGE

My 58th Sea of Greens

Wordle 1,905 6/6

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OPINE
FLASK
DRIVE
WHITE
JUICE
BEIGE

Wordle has been kicking my ass the last few days. :slightly_frowning_face:

Wordle 1,905 5/6

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YODEL
URINE
WAIVE
SEIZE
BEIGE

Wordle 1,906 3/6

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Wordle 1,905 5/6* 9/6/2026

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SOUPY → Opening whiff. A, E and three WoFcons is my next move, which (in the absence of S) looks like
LATER → So that’s something. Now do I need to check another E or an I? And is there an N involved? I can cover both of those questions with
NIECE → Two E’s and one I, but no N. If R was still in play I’d have tried EERIE, but we also had it back in April, so no dice. As it was, I shuffled around the E and second I into various spots, and eventually tried a word that seemed bogus to me
EBIKE → and also to Wordle, but, between hitting the B and placing the I, there was just one word left
BEIGE

Followup was 19/2893, third guess 9/142 then an epic fail 6/6 for the par guess, followed by a tap-in bogey. Scoredle’s guesses for 3rd and 4th would have it end up with a par of its own, so my failure to par is pretty galling. From its own start, Scoredle works the elimination angle so well it has a tap-in for par.

Wordle 1,905 5/6

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HEART
PENIS
DEIFY
WEIGH knowing no H, fishing for letters
BEIGE

Wordle 1,905 3/6*

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STEAL
REIGN
BEIGE

Wordle 1,905 4/6

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CRANE
HOIST
GLIDE
BEIGE