PROVE (repeat) 🤺⚔️ World Cotton Day
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#1936 WED 10/07/2026
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81 responses to “#1936 WED 10/07/2026”
Wordle 1,936 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ SLANT
⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 CODER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
WordleBot
Skill 99/99
Luck 47/99
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Thankfully I did not think of the NU GROPE, so I went with PROVE, a 1st year PU.
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Grid art: a side view of a disgusting pie of St. Louis–style pizza with PROVEl cheese. That is not a typo: “Provel cheese is a white processed cheese product made from a blend of cheddar, Swiss, and provolone cheeses infused with liquid smoke.”
I once visited St. Louis, and was warned by many students there not to try the pizza because it was disgusting. I was determined to try it anyway, because how bad could pizza be? Well, let’s just say I should have listened.
🍕 No! Those cheeses do not go together especially with liquid smoke. 🤢
“Where there’s liquid smoke there’s
firepizza.”A friend and I tried a new restaurant and we chose a chicken entree. It had a smoky taste to it which seemed unusual so we asked the owner/chef how he created the flavoring. He said (quite proudly) oh, when I opened the fridge I noticed that some of the chicken smelled a little, so I bleached that part of the chicken and then I added liquid smoke to the pan.
Yuk! Needless to say we never returned.
Wow! 😬 … ‘Once more please, a little louder and into this microphone.’
… …
My wife and I once made a curry for a family potluck. Our normal curry pot was dirty so we had to use a different one with a thinner bottom. Some said, ‘Oooo, nice! How did you get that smokey flavor?’ I replied, ‘By burning it.’
Wordle 1,936 3/6
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ROUST
⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 GROPE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
Should have been the unused *grope* instead of the already used word. 🙄
⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩 GROPE
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 PROLE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
Thanks Jeb for not just having a dated list, but one you can use a comprehensive search on mobile.
Saved this disaster (a repeat) from being an unmitigated disaster. My default would be to go in alph-order and yeah.
I did prole even though it’s not on the list, but I wanted to try for an add before a repeat (adds are good we need more)
🫣 oooh kay…sooo when you ain’t got nuthin’ ta prove, pete’s lookin’ rite over re-pete’s left shoulder aaand you’re gropin’ in the dark fer a word you swore was aroun’ h’yar somewhar’ (maybee even dreamed ’bout) that ol’ karma can bee a beeotch!
anyone want to rebut that observation…anyone…beuller?
😉😎🤯
Wordle 1,936 5/6*
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ karma
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ rebut
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 swore
⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 grope
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 prove
luke skywalker flys away after nailing a direct hit on the death star.
You have a plane now?
No he has an X-wing starfighter, R2D2, and The Force.
🙋♂️
👍 s’planed (pi) the new avatar pic in my post today.
*pun intended
That’s an epic grid art, Obi Wan!
Tried an 🅰️ word again to no avail (stupid 🔮), but at least it was helpful. I was pretty sure it would be a ♻️, but had to give GROPE a shot, like a good Nerdler 🧮🧪🔬📊📈📋 🤓. Then it was a guessing game between ERODE, PROVE, and WROTE, which were the 3 oldest ♻️. I was 🍀 enough to ⛏️ the right one.
Wordle 1,936 3/6*
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 AROSE 16
⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 GROPE 4
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
WordleBot
Skill 92/99
Luck 80/99
Wordle 1,936 4/6
⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛
🟦🟦⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟧🟧🟦🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
STEAL, ROUND left 10 possible: 8 used, plus GROPE, OMBRE. GROPE left PROBE (545), PROVE (163)
Wordle 1,936 5/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 Saner
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ Comby
⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 Grope
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 Prole
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Prove
Wordle 1,936 5/6*
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 STILE
⬛⬛🟩🟨🟩 CHORE
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 AROSE
⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩 GROPE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
WordleBot
Skill 65/99
Luck 54/99
AROSE was wasted because it used the already-eliminated S. Dumb mistake! 😬
NYT AVG. 4.2
CHORE, AMUSE, and GROPE were unused, and PROVE was a reuse.
How do you use a picture for your posts instead of the random avatars?
🆘 we’ve all gotten the red square (different from the red scare) before… some more than others (it’s me, I’m talking about me). 😜
I resemble that remark 🤔
Wordle 1936 5/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ STEAL 406
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ BENCH 141 #17
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 GRIME 5 #167
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ERODE 2 #131
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE #163 Repeat fixation @ 14 days.
I was scanning the pu’s and almost used ERODE…. worked out for your solve 👍
Wordle 1,936 3/6*
⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ TREAD
⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩 GROPE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
[Two Cents]
For the second guess I thought of GROVE first then PROVE. But I couldn’t go for a repeat right out the gate.
RIVER 9/30
PEEVE 10/3
PROVE 10/7
Is V having another mini run? 😎
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 AROSE
⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 GROPE
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ NAVAL
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
I GROPEd for a two-fer with a NU option, and found myself PROBE-ing among the PROLEtariat, PRONE to PROVE that I can do it in four.
I turned to the Navy, sealing the solution among today’s 15 second-guesses. Which PROVEs you can always rely on the Marines.
I didn’t even consider PRONE #1212, because it wasn’t a 1YR.
So, I only had PROLE and PROVE. So, just guessed.
I apPROVE of this message 🫡
I like my 3…the Bot took 4…
My 4s only exceed my 3s by 4 now…
Wordle 1,936 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 SAUCE
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 VOILE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
There wasn’t much left in NU, so I went with earliest PU…
Ooo Fran, you are soooo close! Be sure to let us know when the big day comes so we can celebrate with you! 🥳
Wordle 1,936 4/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ cleat
🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ roses
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 trove
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 prove
Wordle 1,936 3/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 Stare
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ Colin
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Prove
I got it down to Erode, Grove, Probe, and Prove. I thought about using Budge as a burner, but Prove has the highest letter by position score and it has by far the highest word frequency score of the 4 words at 100 occurrences per million words, so I’m glad I went with it.
☁️ Happy world cotton day☁️ 🤔 Exactly how long is a cotton-pickin’ minute anyway?
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩slate… 🤖121
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛groin…3.pu.wl…🤖6.pu.wl
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩prove… 1Y re-pete
After groin, I had 3 re-petes: ERODE, PROVE, PROBE (all from 2021-22). Prove was a perfect filter and was older than probe.
🤖 also had 3 lower rated words BROKE FROZE & DROVE (all from 2023-4).
🔁 just had this pattern 4 days ago… one big E at the end that had turned into PEEVE.
Sixty cotton-picking seconds. 😁
😜 ☁️
Wordle 1,936 5/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ cleat 440
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ rosin 14
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 erode 6
⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 grope 2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 prove
The single yellow E3 has been my nemesis lately.
I felt like Don Quixote today- with my trusty FF steed by my side – battling till the end. But I won the battle!
That was brutal.
🎠
So worked up about my battle I forgot to post!
Wordle 1,936 6/6*
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ STEAL 406
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 HIKER 44 NU
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ BERRY 14 NU
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ROGUE 7 (“0 skill”)?
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ERODE 4 pu
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
🫏 💨 phew … you made it and way to stay quixotic!
(whaaat? I found no windmill emoji!!! Sad. There should be a windmill emoji just for moments like these.)
I know!
But I did find these for fight:
🤺⚔️
dream the impossible dream!
I think the only time it will be 0 skill is if you gain no new information (which I don’t think is the case here) OR you put yourself in a situation where you can’t guarantee a win.
I’m guessing the latter is what happened here, but it worked out in the end!
That windmill never had a chance!
Thanks JD!
Wordle 1,936 4/6
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ STEAL
🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ RIPEN
⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩 GROPE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
That 3rd guess was debated alot.
Wordle 1,936 5/6*
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ LEAST
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 DINER
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 RHYME
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 PROBE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
Wordle 1,936 3/6
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 AROSE
⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 GROPE, nu but so helpful
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
Judy and I were on the same wavelength
Wordle 1,936 2/6*
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 arose
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
thought I’d see lots of these today
🥈🥳
🦅✨ way to go Paul!!!!
Congrats!
Nice!
Not so…… Well done 👍
Wordle 1,936 6/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩slate
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩urine og 58%
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩crème og 58%
⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩grope nu
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩probe or prove? Argh…repeat!
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Phew. My first 6 since May 2025. Painful
PHEW is right! I like your using xRxxE when you have yellow ER but it still took you to the brink. Smart to use older repeat. And good that the N was gone by guess 6,
Congrats for your well-earned victory! Right there with you.
😮💨 Phew 💨 you made it without an ❌
A win is a win.
Wordle 1,936 4/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩SLATE 121
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ROUND 9
⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩GROPE 2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩PROVE
Wordle 1,936 4/6
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ CLEAT
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 IMBUE
⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩 GROPE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
Took a bit but landed.
Wordle 1,936 3/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ STEAL 406
⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ CRIED 10
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
I only came up with 7 of the 10 words that the WB identified for turn 3 possibilities.
GROPE was the NU, but I would have bet my mortgage that the NYT would not allow this word to be it given all the hubbub in the PRESS about the Cornell 7.
That meant a PU. I came up with BROKE (672), ERROR (71), PROBE (545), PRONE (1212), PROVE (163) and PRUNE (1044).
I normally go with the oldest PU, but thought a Triple R is a horrible filter, and PROVE was the only other 1st year PU so I went with that, to my satisfaction. A little luck was nice
I bet you are correct about the grope! I never consider these things… good work 🧠
While I agree that the timing with current events makes it less likely right now, I think GROPE could still be a Wordle of the day in the future.
Unlike words that are derogatory, anatomically sexual or ‘vulgar’, or purely connected to violent acts, GROPE, for lack of a better way of putting it, has range. One can grope for their keys in a dark room, or grope for the perfect word in their mind, or even, though sexual again, grope consensually. So it may still be the Wordle word. … Probably not with odds as high as AROSE or TREAD, but still possible.
On the topic, I actually chose PROVE over PROLE because I question if PROLE has any positive or even neutral connotations. Laborer and certainly blue collar can be used in positive ways. PROLE, not so much.
🤯 Coincidentally just came across an article about TB in the NYT from 2023 on this very subject… TB says:
“One time, I randomly selected words, and I had ‘grope’ and ‘gonad’ in a row,” she said. “That doesn’t seem very wise.” (Needless to say, neither made it past her computer screen.)”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/31/insider/tracy-bennett-brings-whimsy-to-wordle.html?smid=url-share
Great find! Theoretically, she could still allow GROPE and GONAD to appear separately in the future with more separation between them, but I could also see her not wanting either.
arose 58%
tread 58%
grope 58%
gonad 41.8689%
NU OG all. I’m of the ilk that any of these words are acceptable to use. 🇺🇸 Americans! 🙄
I wonder how different wordle would have been if purchased elsewhere in the world. 🤔
Wordle 1,936 4/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 RAISE
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 TRUCE
⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 GROPE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE #163
It’s been about 13 days since the last 1YR. This is judging by turning back the pages on my journal. I haven’t entered them into my spreadsheet for about a week while I’m on vacation.
RAISE leaves 5 OG NU.
TRUCE is the best one to give you any of the other 4 due to R2, U and C.
TRUCE leaves only GROPE. So, I play that.
It’s not an OG NU.
What’s left?
PROLE – ADD 47% (a bit low)
PROVE #163
AROSE players probably did well with this one.
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The original cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney in 1793
Wordle 1,936 4/6*
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 SACRE 58 wl
🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ROUTE 12 wl
⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 GROPE 4 wl
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
WordleBot
Skill 90/99
Luck 58/99
🙏
Prof. Mike’s Word of the Week; SACRE Bleu! 🇫🇷 Selected from The WhiteList by RGill
At last a repeat; PROVE (PU #163)!
Good ☀️/🌃 to all!
Wordle 1,936 3/6
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩arose
⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩grope (the only NU – I was suspicious but used it anyway)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩prove (the oldest PU)
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 AROSE
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 Like to test a T
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
A pu was overdu
Wordle 1,936 4/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ QUASI 612
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ BONEY 38
⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 GROPE 2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I GROPEd for an OG but it PROVEd to be ADD
PROVE PU not ADD.
Its a 1YR PROVE #163
Wordle 1,936 4/6*
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 AUDIO
🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ POSEY
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 PRONE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PROVE
PROVEs yet again, that I shouldn’t 2nd guess @ #2
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 DOUSE (+)
🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 OMBRE (nu)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I have a T-shirt that says
hold on LET ME overthink THIS
I don’t think you overthought anything here.
I’ve been overthinking a lot thru August, September & this month JD …
I get an instinctual 2nd word…. and think – I must search through the options first, and time after time I’ve used a different word @ #2 – and then gone back to my original (& correct) guess at #3
missed quite a few 2s this way 🙄
The tee shirt words…love it!
It’s just Me to a T 😄
🙋♂️
🤔 uhh wait…isn’t #2 always your 2nd guess??? 🤷♂️ don’t think you want to start overthinking overthinking…you may never get over thinking it. 😉😎🤯
Err, no way – not to my brain it aint!
the 2nd word is only the one I choose to ‘enter’ in position 2
regularly different to my original guess for position 2
requiring me to enter my 2nd guess in position 3.
in which position it often becomes the solve word
you are, however, technically correct 🤷♀️😉