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#1891 SUN 08/23/2026
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82 responses to “#1891 SUN 08/23/2026”
Late to the party, but quite proud of this, my 9th 2-solve in August! SLEPT has been my go-to starter for a few months now. 46 words left after the first guess, but the list helped me narrow it down.
Wordle 1,891 2/6*
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WordleBot
Skill 77/99
Luck 84/99
Congrats!
And no worries about being late to the party. Just grab a broom…
Congratulations!
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ WINCH
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 ARSON
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OLDEN
Actually took me all day to think of something other than often, token or dozen
Congratulations
Admiring your perseverance.
Good exercise for the brain.
Ugh! Sorry about the multiple repeat posts. Not sure what I did wrong
Wordle 1,891 3/6*
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨SAUCE
🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛DETER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩OLDEN
Lucky guess, considering there were 69 words left after deter, and I didn’t even use the filter (which I normally do)! I just decided to wing it , but only after checking that it wasn’t!
Wordle 1,891 3/6*
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨SAUCE
🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛DETER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩OLDEN
Lucky guess, considering there were 69 words left after deter, and I didn’t even use the filter (which I normally do)! I just decided to wing it , but only after checking that it wasn’t!
Well done for winging it!
Wordle 1,891 3/6*
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨SAUCE
🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛DETER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩OLDEN
Lucky guess, considering there were 69 words left after deter, and I didn’t even use the filter (which I normally do)! I just decided to wing it , but only after checking that it wasn’t!
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 Slate
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 Cried
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Olden
Cried was an almost perfect filter for 9 words, including a potential Repeat (Blood). I disregarded Plier (singular) as it means a “seller” as in “a plier of cheap goods” (Google). I didn’t think Ms. Bennett would try to trip us up us with that one. 🙂
Wordle 1,891 3/6
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 AROSE
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 CUPID
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OLDEN
Jumped on the Arose bandwagon but did not feel I was going to get this in 3 today but it worked!
Wordle 1,891 4/6*
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 STILE
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ LEGAL
⬛🟨⬛🟩🟨 BOWEL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OLDEN
WordleBot
Skill 78/99
Luck 52/99
NYT AVG. 2.7 ☹️
The original NYT avg was momentarily incorrect at 2.8 for me, too. It then fixed itself later back up to 3.8.
Now at 4:45 PM Pacific time it’s at 2.8 on the NYT app! 3.8 sounds much more reasonable and more probable, based on the analysis
Wordle 1,891 3/6*
⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ adieu
⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ coder
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 olden
Couldn’t be older so went with olden. Btw I’m ‘impressed’ with the analysis that a lot of you put into Wordle, I just play 🤣
I too just play, Kate.
*insert “There are dozens of us! Dozens!!” David Cross gif*
every time I type NU for “never used” I think of David Cross.
True that! For some of us, the real fun actually begins after we’ve played the game.
Wordle 1,891 5/6
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨SLATE
⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛FLECK
⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛PLIER
⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛GLUEY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩OLDEN
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨SLATE … 8 nu og wl
⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨PIKED … 1 wl
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩OLDEN
None of the 8 nu og wl was a perfect filter so had to use PIKED as a perfect filter. Sadly, no cute words involved.
👂🏻 Have y’all heard the latest on the Wordle game show? They started filming the entire 1st season last month to air on NBC early 2027. It’s team competition playing for big 💰🏆. Not sure this will be an interesting game show. 🤷♀️
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nu… never used
wl… word list
og… original NYT wordle wl
Yes I’ve heard that Savannah Guthrie is hosting. I am curious how they are going to solve these LIVE and not lose much time or make it interesting. It sometimes takes me several minutes to come up with a strategic word.
way more than several minutes sometimes for me
It does seem tricky to turn Wordle into a game show. What makes a game show work?
Knowledge/Puzzling
Chance
Risk
Viewing Audience Participation
Personality
Excitement/Prizes
… ?
Wheel of Fortune is a close analog to Wordle. That show has all of the above and has run for thousands upon thousands of episodes.
Countdown in the UK is also similar and has nearly as many episodes, with much less chance and the prize for the regular shows always being a teapot. But this show gives a lot of space for audience participation. … 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown brought the personality.
Deal or No Deal had the knowlege/puzzle dial down to virtually zero, with chance and risk turned way up. It ran for many hundreds of episodes. … Not that it was a good show.
Only Connect, again a UK show, is the driest nerdfest of almost pure knowledge and puzzling. It too has run for several hundreds of episodes. I feel like a genius if I get two correct answers when I watch that show.
So, depending on its production, there’s wiggle room for Wordle to be a successful game show, if success and network television are concepts that can still associate.
Anything is possible.
I present to you … Starcade!
https://youtu.be/Xvve3aZjBao
They’ll probably have a count down/time limit for each guess. Seems most likely players will not get it in 2 or even 3?
Wow! I’m looking forward to seeing how Wordle can be turned into a game show!
3 is good and it tied the Bot…
Wordle 1,891 3/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 RINSE
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 FELON
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OLDEN
I L
liked began and felon for my 2nd word and I am glad I chose felonfelon as only 1 word was left!
Wordle 1,891 4/6*
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 TREAD
🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 DOUSE
⬛🟨🟨🟨🟨 KENDO
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OLDEN
[Rhythmic Gymnast, Awaiting]
I thought OLDEN for guess three. But looking it up I fell for the Ecosia descriptor (not definition) as ‘archaic’, and thought its use maybe too narrow as I could only think of it tied to ‘days’ and ‘times’.
Plus, when I thought of KENDO I was reminded of the discussion for more worldly words in Wordle.
Wordle 1,891 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 RAISE
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 BETEL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OLDEN
RAISE leaves 20 words.
BETEL is the best filter because there are 11 words with an L, 10 words with EE, 5 words starting with B: BEECH, BETEL, BEZEL, BONEY and BOWEL. 5 words containing a T. Gives me a 3 in 16 cases.
BETEL leaves LUMEN and OLDEN. A 50/50.
OLDEN contains the tier 2 letters O and N.
It is correct
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A small berm supports a newly constructed wall.
Indians RAISE peppers
BETELs, the golden crop
Follow OLDEN ways
thanks for the strategy, wall grid art, poem … had to look up betel 😜
Foolishly used PLIER today. Then recalled the weighted percentile you referenced with PLIED on 8/12, I believe. I went to the link that you posted on 8/18. The list is endless. Is there a way you see the percentile easily? Thanks.
Hi Judy,
I would just go to Wordle Tools and sort by Alphabetical
https://wordletools.azurewebsites.net/weightedbottles?SortOrder=ByWeight&submit=Submit
I hope that helps.
JD
Definitely! I saw it sorted by weight. It was a daunting list. Sorting alphabetical is manageable for sure. Again, thanks for the tips. You’re always helping someone.
Judy
You’re welcome.
One of my gigs is that I’m a teacher; so, it’s one of my modes.
I enjoy it.
Wordle(Bot) 1891 4/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 arose (111)
🟨🟨⬜🟩🟥 lover (3)
🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ owlet (1)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 olden
Owlet was a cuter answer.
The Owlet Tiebreaker: When torn between multiple viable Wordle answers and no clear strategy exists—guess the cutest word available.
🦉🦉🦉🦉
Wordle 1,891 3/6
⬛⬛🟦⬛🟦
⬛⬛🟦🟦⬛
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
STEAL, GRODY left only the answer.
Wordle 1,891 4/6
⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ adieu
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 posed
⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ rodeo
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 olden
You left a letter out of your email, so WordPress moderated you. Fixed it!
Thank you
Donna,
Happened again. The last email you use to post is typically stored to use the next time you post. If you have an error, it gets perpetuated, so double check your email address the next time you comment or reply. We’ll get this ship righted!
–Jeb
I think it is fixed. I look at my email and it is correct: [email protected] Thank you though for looking out for me. I appreciate it.
Wordle 1,891 4/6*
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 STEAL
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ BLUER
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 PLIED
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OLDEN
PLIED was unlikely as the answer. But it helped me get to OLDEN.
I wrote down some NU suggestions from others for future play.
🙋🏼♀️ Plied seemed more likely to me than olden … 🧐 what is your thinking? Curiosity has got the 🐈⬛.
I think its Weighted Bottle score is low.
I think because of PLIED, PLIER are too similar and PLIED is an ED word (past tense verb)
PLIED WB is 0.22%
PLIER WB is 2.4%
I think they decided that these words are too hard to solve.
Aha-I see what you’re saying! 🤦🏻♀️ Since both are NU OG words plus the lucky pi in plied, I thought it more likely -without using any tools.
Plied is one of the few past tense words ending in -ed in the original list. I only see 11 such words among 65 total past tense words. (info found online so unverified)
It seems to me that plied should be an acceptable solve word because the present tense is PLY, so it is not just adding ed to it. At least that’s my understanding!
I have no problem with this word personally, but the Weighted Bottle score indicates that it wont be an answer per NYT.
Weighted Bottle score comes from Wordle Bot which is a NYT product.
Wordle 1,891 3/6
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⬛🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
STEAL and FELON left only OLDEN
Excellent playing.
Well done
Wordle 1,891 3/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 STEAL 115
🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ LONER 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OLDEN
LONER is my go to 2nd guess with yellow EL.
Literally no other option for guess #3
Wordle 1,891 4/6
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨slate
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜plier R,P,I worth trying
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨bleed PU 79
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩olden.
Wordle 1,891 4/6
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ Saner
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 Intel
🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 Lumen
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Olden
[A playground slide?]
Nice visual
Nice grid art. I see a kid climbing it too.
Wordle 1,891 3/6*
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 arose
⬛🟨🟨🟨🟩 felon thinking of a famous one these days
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 he’s that too
I almost went with felon.
Wordle 1,891 2/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨arose
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩olden
I had 5 NU options and olden was the one that would help the most if it was wrong. But it was right!!
go with the most
Nicely Done!
🦅✨ good job staying away from the felon!
Congrats!
Nice two!
Wordle 1,891 3/6*
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ SUTOR 276 wl
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 COLIN 3 wl
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OLDEN
WordleBot
Skill 90/99
Luck 63/99
🙏
sUmmer of U-words from Professor Mike – aUg. 23; SUTOR sponsored by Alice
The 3 words left by COLIN were BLOWN (PU #263), OLDEN, and FLOWN (PU #1242). It’s statistically early for another repeat, so OLDEN seemed the best choice.
Good ☀️/🌃 to all!
I’m surprised SUTOR is a common Wordle word.
l wouldn’t call it a common word – it might be on that list that includes acceptable guess words that will not be solutions.
I can’t find the exact quote but I have read in Wordle information that almost anything is accepted as a first word (no proper nouns however) and the skill points are not included in your final score. Some people use ;things like XXYZZ and Roman numerals.
My group is coming to the end of the Summer of U words: Aug. 31 last day.
Will the group disband or start on a new letter? The fall of ??
Wordle 1,891 4/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ QUASI 612
🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ EBONY 28
🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 DOZEN 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Still being QUASI.
😁 de light ed
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ KUDOS
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 (I used recently) this is where review is worthwhile
as in Click, review, guess, brainstorm, solve …. repeat
I woke with words circling round my mind – shut out the noise, and 💁♀️
Wow! Congratulations!
thanks Meg
Glenda – Kudos!
You’ve probably explained before and I didn’t see it…
What’s the deal with you “used it recently”?
Hi Judy – its a word I only just used 8 days earlier…. same day I started with MURKY, which was a solve 5 days later! so reviewing past play – I decided on that word
Wordle ESP!
Kudos to you! with a 2!
🦅✨🏆 way to go Glenda!
Congrats!
Way to go!
Thanks everyone for the +ve vibes 💖