🌖 Moon Day
DIVER 🎷🥳 2s: Hi T. Dairy. JD Raise. Grid Art: Kim notices Charles’ (blue) butterfly and Judy’s bees and Least’s radio telescope. Paul’s daisy. JD’s divers. Mike’s Early Delivery. Nice guess: Charle’s Bogey. Elain’s Orcin. And: Teelee survives ER trap. Big Al’s first letter rush. Christine reports WordleBot blues.
65 responses to “#1857 MON 07/20/2026”
Wordle 1,857 4/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 Slate
⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ Orcin
🟨🟩🟨⬜🟨 Ridge
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Diver
Slate and Orcin led to 5 words not on the PUL and one word used in Nov. 2021. I disregarded 6 words used in ‘23, ‘24, or ‘26. That left: Diver, Giver, River, Viper, and Wider, plus possibly Fixer from NOV. 2021. I used Ridge as the burner which led to Diver. I had been thinking about Laser as my first guess and maybe Tonic as the second. Later I computed that on paper and ended up with almost the same results as above. I’m not good at seeing patterns in the in the green and yellow squares, but this reminds me of a game of checkers that Yellow might be losing. 🙂
You could try STOLE and CAIRN using the same letters and giving a slightly improved green score (if you are always planning to play 2 starter words).
I believe CAIRN hasn’t been played yet if you want to try for ONE.
STOLE has a better green score.
This is all based on the original 2315 list.
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I see a dog walking on the grass (facing right).
Wordle 1,857 3/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ALINE
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 WIPER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIVER
My new strategy isn’t working as well at cutting down my number of guesses, but it is definitely bringing the fun back.
Wordle 1,857 4/6*
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 GRAPE 211
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ BERRY 84
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 RIVER 2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIVER
WordleBot
Skill 80/99
Luck 55/99
Can you explain what you’re new strategy is?
This is the main reason I participate on this list (to see how others play the game to see if I can learn from it.)
It’s not a strategy so much as I am taking a break from a lot of the analyzing I usually do. I am not spending as much time looking for the “perfect” guess. More like how I payed in the beginning.
Two valid approaches.
Analytical strategy or freedom. Or mix and match.
Maybe just a matter of personality or mood.
Wordle 1,857 4/6
⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛
🟦⬛⬛⬛🟦
🟧⬛🟦🟧🟧
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
STEAL, ROUND left 12 possible, but 8 were used, leaving DERBY, DIVER, DRIER, WIDER. DRIER wasn’t the answer, but it was a perfect filter.
3 is good and it tied the Bot…
After my 1st word, vibes were screaming DINER…
Wordle 1,857 3/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ CRASH.
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 DINER. surprise!
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 1,857 3/6*
⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 TREAD
🟩🟨🟨⬛⬛ DERBY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIVER
[Early Delivery]
Wordle 1,857 2/6
🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 RAISE
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIVER
RAISE leaves 5 words worth considering.
DIVER guarantees a 3 in every case except DIVER which is a 2.
YAY for me!
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3 divers emerge from a green sea. Their suits glisten in the sunlight.
The big 2!
Great solve!
Thanks!
Nice one (two)
new starter has certainly RAISEd your game 😊
Thanks.
I’ve been playing these games in ROATE (after RAISE) and it’s close. Occasionally, ROATE does better, sometimes worse. It’s usually a tie.
Congrats!
Congrats! Your new starter word is “raise-ing” to the occasion! 🤦🏻♀️
WordleBot 1857 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 sauce 453
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 toner 41
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 diver
41 = dash of Wordle ESP!
great – didnt fall into the ER trap !
Wordle 1,857 3/6
⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ adieu
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 diner
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 diver
Adieu was a good starting word today
ADIEU was my first and only regular start word when I began doing Wordle four years ago. Then I switched to AUDIO. Then I realized I didn’t like having a regular start word.
*Looks like you laid a log over a stream and just finished crossing.
Wordle 1,857 3/6
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 Saner
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ Tulip
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Diver
After TULIP, 13 common words remained, of which 9 were unused. Of those 9, the letters D and V appeared most often. DIVER was the only one with both. It was a pleasant surprise when it turned out to be the answer.
That’s a cool solve. Looks like a hood ornament. Or a fallen throne.
Wordle 1,857 3/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨SLATE
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛COUNT womp womp womp
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩DIVER
Oops, read the wrong row in my best 2nd words chart (count is best word for small t instead of small e). 🤦🏻♀️ Diner would have been the best. Since N was already tried and failed, I switched the N to a V and the board went all green, unexpectedly as there were at least 17 unused wordle words.
In “Comparing our solutions” section of the bot’s analysis, it says, oddly, “My solution was calculated on July 5, 2026, and doesn’t have knowledge of more recent Wordles.” WTH bot? 😵💫 NYT is ruining wordle.
Went on reddit to find that the dictionary was altered early July and that’s why the bot cannot analyze the past few days. So weird.
They need to hire a Java programmer (for so many reasons). There are a ton out there.
100% agree!
exactly!
Wordle 1,857 4/6*
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ STEAL (406)
🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ RIPEN (17)
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 WIDER (2)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIVER
There were so many options after RIPEN that were NU. Luck and ESP helped.
Awesome pattern. Reminiscent of a radio telescope.
Wordle 1,857 2/6
🟩⬛🟨🟨⬛ DAIRY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIVER
2nd guess was between diver, droit and druid. Worked out!
Nice outcome!
Amazing!
Great guess!
Nice! The starter was key 👍
Congrats!
🟩🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️ DRAWL
🟩🟨🟨⬛️⬛️ DERBY
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIVER
Called the first letter so that’s cool
Hey, there’s Fuzz E. Grubb, awkwardly in the corner.
And another DERBY DIVER finish!
Getting the first letter is always such a mini rush. Still, the best letter to get, IMO.
Wordle 1,857 4/6*
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 arose
🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛ reign
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 timer
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 diver
a little bit of art at the end of that dive
Nice pattern!
A daisy!
Wordle 1,857 5/6
⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 ASTER
⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩 LONER
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩 BIKER
⬛🟩🟨🟩🟩 WIDER
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DIVER
The ER trap. All nu. Nearly bombed. I see the sun setting between the high rises that tower in Vancouver
Phew indeed!
that _I_ER still had quite a few options – lucky D….
and who doesn’t love a great sunset 💛
I have pages in my spreadsheet dedicated to the patterns (a er, i er, o er, and ri e). I haven’t used them in a while, but very relevant when there were a lot more words unplayed.
Beautiful visual Telee!
You had a ton of choices – phew indeed.
Those guessing spirals are the scariest. Good job!
Wordle 1,857 3/6
⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 arose
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ unity
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I like that. Bees on the lawn.
My mother was also a Judy S. 😊
Wordle 1,857 4/6
⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ STEAL 406
⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ FENCE 120
⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜ BOGEY 40
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧
TRIED to nail down the E placement. Par
Impressive result given all the unknown letters.
In some ways the more you eliminate the easier it gets. Fewer unused options using the limited remaining letters plus a little luck, and voila!
Butterfly landing on a flower. 🦋🌼
Wordle 1,857 3/6
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ QUIET 105
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 DINER 2
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Regretting my choice of DINER. Not a likely solution but useful.
ouch… so close !
DINER (740) is a great word, but it was already played which gives it no better than a %10 chance of success.
At least it lead you directly to the answer though. So, it wasn’t all bad.
Still a great solve.
for sure.
2 more single vowel, no letter-duplication words…..
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ HOTLY (good eliminator)
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ SCREW (4x S words in July already, but tried for another one)
🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ RIPEN (avoiding the ER finish – do I capitulate ?)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Good four and congratulations to your fellow Kiwi Ryan Fox for birdie on 18 to win the British Open golf championship.
In the UK, they just call it “The Open”.
wasn’t sure Glenda knew that.
I bet she does. She’s in a Commonwealth country.
I mentioned it more as an interesting fact for all that are reading it.
Similarly, the tennis championship held at Wimbledon is simply just “The Championship” rather than “Wimbledon”.
This is because golf and tennis were invented in the UK. (golf -> Scotland) (tennis – > England).
Guess I can’t complain about Par, tho quite a few got a birdie
😍 Go Ryan Fox 🏁 (wrong sport but flag selection is v. limited)
💔 for Lionel Messi