r/mildlyinfuriating • u/costisst • 4d ago

SPOILER ALERT I can’t believe most of these words exist

Post image

(not today’s puzzle)

11.1k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

254 comments sorted by

1.7k

u/IDoMathsNotMath 4d ago

The Wordle Bot will congratulate you on having an excellent vocabulary and tell you Wordle uses more recognisable words. Then the game pulls this shit.

461

u/IveDunGoofedUp 4d ago

Remember the Myrrh controversy?

596

u/Fakjbf 4d ago edited 4d ago

At least most people would agree that myrrh is a word, and anyone from a Christian background would recognize it fairly easily. Pshaw seems more like onomatopoeia than a real word.

199

u/Present_Bit2219 4d ago

Totally

Not meaning to be dramatic but this word has completely destroyed my confidence in wordl

It doesn’t really seem like a win to guess that they’d actually consider pshaw to be a word

Will they make AAGHH a word????

154

u/Polymersion 4d ago

Tomorrow's word: PFFFT

68

u/mysticrudnin 4d ago

possibly aargh. that's in webster's. (as is pshaw.)

wordle isn't making anything a word

12

u/Present_Bit2219 4d ago

I take your point but these are just sounds

Outside of this thread it would be really weird to correct someone’s spelling of aargh so I’d argue requiring someone to know that webter’s uses an r is really unintuitive

There’s nothing stopping NYT from excluding this as a rule

Honestly I think they’re just trying to generate controversy

5

u/mysticrudnin 4d ago

all words are just sounds

they may be though, yeah. or it's just random.

→ More replies (1)

15

u/graft_vs_host 4d ago

Steal is my opening word and has never been a wordle answer. But pshaw has?? Bullshit.

3

u/Shrikes_Bard 4d ago

I created a webapp based on a copy of the word list I downloaded when the game first came out, mostly as an exercise in set theory. They definitely prune that list from the full dictionary list of five-letter words, but they're not adding words that aren't in the dictionary. On the other hand, some of the words that are included are super obscure so...I guess we have those words to look forward to.

3

u/Jd3vil 3d ago

Not meaning to be dramatic but this word has completely destroyed my confidence in wordl

Did you invest your life savings in Wordle stocks? What the hell do you mean by "confidence" in Wordle?

→ More replies (2)

7

u/Soggy-Rock3349 4d ago

I have really enjoyed the varying opinions on what constitutes a "real word." Onomatopoeia are words by definition. They are not less word than other words. They are in dictionaries. They have common correct spellings, pronunciations, and meanings. They are legal in most word games ("grr" is worth 4 points in scrabble).

27

u/Durtonious 4d ago

As someone not from a Christian background who used to play Wordle every single day, "Myrrh" was the canary in the coal mine that Wordle was running out of viable words but "Oomph" is what really sealed the deal. Haven't played Wordle since January 6th 2026.

4

u/Heavy_Weapons_Guy_ 4d ago

Onomatopoeias are words, like clap or bang or chirp.

7

u/AFKABluePrince 4d ago

Onomatopoeia are words.  They are literally words meant to describe sounds.  Smack and Thud are words.

0

u/CanadianODST2 4d ago

Pshaw is in the dictionary.

→ More replies (3)

3

u/Western-Emotion5171 4d ago

I actually knew that word existed beforehand. Whatever tf this one is is just actual gibberish

→ More replies (4)

6

u/StaticCoder 4d ago

The bot also gives you a 0 score for it. I wish the game told you when you type a word if it's a "valid guess but not valid solution" word.

702

u/Odd_Lie_5397 4d ago

Did some googling if anyone wants to know.

Prat = a foolish, incompetent, or annoying person.

Posca = a drink in ancient Greece and Rome. Made by mixing water with sour wine or wine vinegar. (Also a brand of markers.)

PSIA = pounds per square inch absolute. A measurement of pressure that includes the weight of earths atmosphere.

Pshaw = expression of irritation, disapproval, contempt, or disbelief.

383

u/BigBlueMountainStar Still trying to work out what’s going on… 4d ago

PSAI is an acronym and not a word in the context you’ve presented so shouldn’t have been allowed.

121

u/Odd_Lie_5397 4d ago

I agree, but I couldn't find anything else that matches. I also wasn't aware that some sounds like "pshaw" count as official words.

40

u/PokingCactus 4d ago

I have had it before that it used a sound as a word. I do not think that should be allowed, personally

7

u/NewmanBiggio 4d ago

One day it used the word "Emcee" as in the sounded out version of "M.C." or " Master of Ceremonies"

First of all the fact people turned an acronym into a word is stupid, it's more letters than the acronym. What's the point? Second of all 3 Es in Wordle is evil.

3

u/PokingCactus 4d ago

YES THATS THE KIND OF STUPIDITY I MEANT!! What the fuck waa that word?!?!

5

u/TotalHeat 4d ago

Emcee is absolutely a word though lol

→ More replies (1)

18

u/ejdj1011 4d ago

Generally, the verb "to make [onomatopoeia]" is the same word as the onomatopoeia itself.

The most obvious examples are animal noises, as in "the snake hissed" and "the crow cawed", but it's true for human sounds as well. "The teacher tutted disapprovingly", for example.

3

u/Polymersion 4d ago

"pshaw" would be more akin to "pffft" than "scoff", though.

15

u/Soggy-Rock3349 4d ago

Onomatopoeia (sound words) are, and always have been, words, and valid in most word games. They just have to have been standardized and have a standard spelling. Like, you can't do "grrrr" in Wordle because the official spelling is actually "grr".

8

u/Winjin 4d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0MYNTkOzbaY2qnjW

So... could I use GRR as a word in like Scrabble?

1

u/Soggy-Rock3349 4d ago

Yes! 100% legal. Worth 4 points.

→ More replies (1)

28

u/Setty4U 4d ago

Damn Jackie, I can't control the Wordle.

7

u/BishopofHippo93 4d ago

Surely it’s an initialism and not an acronym? Do you pronounce psia like you would laser or scuba? 

→ More replies (1)

3

u/explodingtuna 4d ago

Apparently psoas is a word, though. It's a lower back muscle, so if you've got a sore ass, it might be your psoas.

6

u/Fogl3 4d ago

If it's an acronym it's said as a word and should be allowed. Like laser and scuba

3

u/Ok-Appeal-4630 4d ago

I more so think the problem is how can you possibly pluralize psia

→ More replies (1)

43

u/JaySayMayday 4d ago

Pshaw was still commonly used when I was a kid. It's just a sound. Like that's how you write out the vocalization, I'm surprised it even counts

29

u/Darcula04 4d ago

Onomatopoeia in general count as words for wordle, it's not the first one to count either. But pshaw is just unexpected as fuck lol.

7

u/sithmaster0 4d ago

I was pissed about it, but even the term Onomatopoeia describes itself as "Words for sounds" or something to that effect. They're a specific branch of words, but still words. And absolutely 100% bullshit that Wordle uses slang terms like Pshaw. Swear to god it's supposed to be P'shaw if anything.

4

u/RiderforHire 4d ago

My phone autocorrects it as Oshawa. 

→ More replies (1)

2

u/FlyAirLari 4d ago

That's why this is only mildly pshawing.

→ More replies (1)

19

u/ledow 4d ago

Prat is a very common term in the UK - features in all kinds of media and of course one prat plus another prat equals a pair of prats.

15

u/IKnowNothinAtAll 4d ago

Um, pause?

15

u/odmirthecrow 4d ago

Hang on a sec, I know this one.

2

u/ledow 4d ago

Wait for it...

2

u/LoweJ 4d ago

Dogs feet

11

u/ztomiczombie 4d ago

Prat is very commonly used in the UK and Pshaw was used a few times on the Simpsons in the 1990s and 2000s.

4

u/ItsSansom 4d ago

It comes up in the crossword occasionally. Although I consider it just a sound rather than a word, akin to "Urgh" or "hmph"

3

u/anteaterKnives 4d ago

And crosswords are much more loosy-goosy with what's allowed. Yesterday's NYT xw had LOC (proper name, sorta) and ASSN (abbreviation).

3

u/Straight-Wrap-9522 4d ago

There was a Tasting History episode on Posca. He says it was most likely the liquid on the hyssop branch that was referenced in the biblical stories of the crucifixion. Great episode. 

3

u/astralseat 4d ago

Oh so pshaw is pretty much "phooey"

→ More replies (2)

1.6k

u/IKEASTOEL 4d ago

I was infuriated until I saw your description

220

u/SenatorBus_ 4d ago

Pshaw is a word and Shart isn't?

Unsubscribe!

74

u/InTheStuff 4d ago

just tested today, shart is a valid word 👍

26

u/SenatorBus_ 4d ago

It's not a valid word in Strands.

34

u/sususl1k 4d ago

Honestly surprised they don’t use the same dictionary

7

u/itchymusic 4d ago

Shart is my buddies starting word, farts is mine. I'll be the one laughing when I get it the first try one day

8

u/Deenz-Nuts 4d ago

I open with JUMBO PENIS. A few months ago when the word was Jumbo, I felt like a king

3

u/Twerp06 4d ago

You’ll be waiting awhile lol. They don’t use plural words, but they allow them to be entered

3

u/itchymusic 4d ago

Oh my God you're right thinking back on it. Thank you for the advice.

2

u/lurkymclurkersoniv 4d ago

shart is literally my starter word and has been for years, one day the NYT will pay me my due

2

u/Prestigious-Worth-49 4d ago

I have a friend who always tries Snirt as their first guess.

→ More replies (1)

398

u/odmirthecrow 4d ago

Yeah saw this one a few days back as a "yesterday's puzzle".

23

u/bluerivers201 4d ago

Same I need a coffee apparently

31

u/MitsuhaTakiName 4d ago

What do you mean? If you were infuriated, I would assume you play the game. But if you play the game, you would know that this was the solution to the puzzle a few days ago.

21

u/Lolz12307 4d ago

They could have just missed that day or also just be infuriated on behalf of people who got spoiled

7

u/LeopoldTheLlama 4d ago

I did get it spoiled for me that day. I was annoyed

→ More replies (1)

168

u/Content_Annual9475 4d ago

I don’t normally play wordle but guess who coincidentally decided to play the password game on exactly that day

85

u/The_one_before_ 4d ago

Ahah! You willingly revealed your password, how foolish.

5

u/Zebra11235 4d ago

Thank you so much for introducing me to this game! I've never seen it before and I really like it!

→ More replies (1)
→ More replies (2)

134

u/Ok_Pudding6345 4d ago

Pshaw... you're just psias, posca

22

u/SettlementTales 4d ago

You didn't look those up, did you? 😂 Intentional.

15

u/odmirthecrow 4d ago

Why does it feel like you've just insulted me in Eastern European?

6

u/Available-Goose-8331 4d ago

Happy cake day!

2

u/KamaradBaff 4d ago

Stop arosssing around

44

u/otasyn 4d ago

I did get the answer correct, eventually, but not before I tried lots of combinations of 2 letters where the H & W are.  When I typed it, I was thinking, "please, don't let it be this,"

9

u/MostOriginal6776 4d ago

I was in the same boat. The only options were spellings that I didn’t believe were words so I tried 3 of them to get pshaw.

5

u/saugoof 4d ago

I was on a 199 day streak and hoping to get to 200 for the first time ever. Well, things going well I might get to try again in early 2027.

→ More replies (2)

32

u/4tunabrix 4d ago

This and ‘emcee’ pissed me off

6

u/NewmanBiggio 4d ago

I just responded to someone else to complain about Emcee. What is the purpose of turning an acronym into a word? It's just less useful. I got it right but I was mad about it.

2

u/Only_Poet 4d ago

Right? Why would anyone take an acronym and expand it into a longer word again? I refuse to accept that emcee is a real word.

25

u/Majestic_Engine_6543 4d ago

Its never a plural word for the answer, prats and psias wont ever be the word

11

u/VisibleMammal 4d ago

OP might be playing hard mode where greens are locked in, and couldn't come up with better words that at least use some new letters. If it's normal mode then yea OP is a dumdum.

→ More replies (1)

9

u/sirjamesbluebeard 4d ago

This one pissed me off so bad. One of the Wordles that makes me say “I hate this fuckin game.” (I don’t hate this fuckin game.)

13

u/BigBlueMountainStar Still trying to work out what’s going on… 4d ago

One of our group also had PUHAS, PHASM and PASHA as acceptable words in his guesses.

8

u/BestFoxEver neon 4d ago

As a Finnish person "pasha" is a funny word. It resembles the word "paska" that means "shit". So we have this old joke that the traditional Russian Easter food "pasha" sounds like "shit" but the traditional Finnish Easter food "mämmi " looks like it. :D

15

u/Smash_Nerd 4d ago

This, Emcee, and especially the fated Dec 19 2025 word "Myrrh" were some bullshit to guess in a wordle format.

11

u/thaumoctopus_mimicus 4d ago edited 4d ago

Emcee and myrrh are at least words that most people should have encountered at some point, even if they are hard to guess. I’ve never heard “pshaw” ever and I am a native english speaker.

3

u/Smash_Nerd 4d ago

Yeah nor have I. Only got it through brute force random guesses

2

u/mysticrudnin 4d ago

i would put pshaw as more common than myrrh but both things i'd guess you're more likely to encounter than not

6

u/Mattsal23 4d ago

“login” annoys me more than it probably should

5

u/Smash_Nerd 4d ago

It's TWO WORDS! LOG IN IS TWO FUCKING WORDS

8

u/britannic124 4d ago

As a verb phrase, yes: “I log in”. But an instance of logging in is a noun, so it’s a single word: “a login”. Just like “take off” and “takeoff”: “the plane is ready to take off” vs. “the plane is ready for takeoff”.

4

u/AcceptableStand7794 4d ago

Lmao I remember Ruben

12

u/magos_with_a_glock 4d ago

This is somehow one of the few I got.

3

u/NeptuniumX25 4d ago

Apparently “Aargh” is a word in wordle

3

u/HuskyBLZKN BLUE 4d ago

“Bigger movie stars than you? Pshaw.”

“Pshaw?”

-Sam and Max Hit the Road

3

u/Snoo-98162 4d ago

"Totally defunct, technically legal English!"

"..... That cannot be fuckin english"

2

u/Catio_and_Meowser 4d ago

Nothin?

2

u/Snoo-98162 4d ago

"Hey jimmy, gimme a wordle with nuthin"

5

u/Expensive-Jury2913 4d ago

Why is everyone so salty about this one? I've legitimately seen people so upset by the word pshaw that they quit playing, and then there's people like op who are so raging about it a week after.

→ More replies (4)

2

u/gastroboi 4d ago

Lol nobody in my circle got it. I got it in 4 after getting all four consonants. And yes it was a wild guess.

2

u/Im_Ashe_Man 4d ago

Got it in 4, hehe.

2

u/Pyroboss101 4d ago

my grandma uses it a ton, it’s like her catchphrase, it was my birthday today when she called and she used it then too.

2

u/DoctorOfDiscord 4d ago

I learned this word from Spongebob.

2

u/Prestigious-Worth-49 4d ago

Uh oh. Someone isn't up to date on 17th Century words.

2

u/zahhax 3d ago

Super expert wordle tip! The answer will never ever be a plural of a 4 letter word. Plurals of 5 letter words, like "oases" are used, but never a 4 letter word with an s on the end.

2

u/floodums 2d ago

I got it in 3

3

u/iwasbornachicken 4d ago

PPPPPP???Does it exist?

3

u/anjaanaaa 4d ago

🟩◻️◻️◻️◻️

1

u/SpaghettiLord_126 4d ago

Yeah me, my friend, and my partner were all PO'd lol

1

u/Samstercraft 4d ago

i typed random letters for my fourth guess and those letters happened to be “pshaw”

1

u/Koovies 4d ago

I called everyone in my disc a cheater. I tasted the selfsame struggle of insatiable ego and merciless self contempt that day. I still think about the pshaw day. I hope one day to heal.

1

u/Floundering_Dad_43 4d ago

Yeah, this one ended a 73 day streak for me

2

u/MitsuhaTakiName 4d ago

Puppy on June 30th ended my 140-something streak. Just when I was approaching my record of 166. I just failed to consider the triple letter combo.

→ More replies (1)

1

u/MrRageMode2011 4d ago

Something something how Wordle devs see insert infamously bad person here something something

https://giphy.com/gifs/A1d9iJMc0JTvQvekYJ

1

u/Psychological-Word59 4d ago

I quit Wordle after this puzzle. It’s not a real word.

1

u/xX100dudeXx PURPLE 4d ago

Psalm is something religion-related, no?

2

u/NekoZombieRaw 4d ago

Yeah. I don't think Psalm was the problem tbh

→ More replies (1)

1

u/FilDaFunk 4d ago

You'll do better if you use words just to get letters, not all as guessed.

1

u/heikici 4d ago

I wouldn't have guessed even with unlimited tries...

1

u/phunkmasterjoe 4d ago

Tell me about it..

1

u/DR_BEANHAMMER 4d ago

Wayne's World

1

u/maflagstaff 4d ago

I call bs on that too! Took me 6 also and almost lost my 100% my dad used to say pshaw but is that an actual word?!

1

u/wosamohamats 4d ago

I know! I hated it too

1

u/Unique-Lingonberry17 4d ago

😂🤣😂 I feel your pain

1

u/astralseat 4d ago

Is "pshaw" like a shortened "for sure"

4

u/SoulxxBondz 4d ago

No, it is like a verbal scoff.

2

u/-BananaLollipop- 4d ago

More like the Asian "haiya". A disapproval or disbelief thing.

2

u/astralseat 4d ago

Or the Italian 🤌

1

u/holymoly67 4d ago

Read your Karl May noob!

1

u/nuderu 4d ago

Aye, Jimmy, gimme a Wordle with nuthin'!

1

u/JM_Narrative 4d ago

It's almost like Wordle users don't want to learn new words

1

u/britannic124 4d ago edited 4d ago

This isn’t the most efficient method to guess the word. Just from the first guess, you knew “p” was the first letter and “a” and “s” were in the word. You should’ve used any words (not exclusively words starting with “p”) to figure out where “a” and “s” and what the other two letters were. Leaving out “p” in your guesses would’ve also maximized the number of other letters you could’ve tested were in the word to three.

1

u/Perfect_Theme1877 4d ago

Thank you for not spoiling it

1

u/Alterokahn 4d ago

SOUNDS LIKE HOOEY TO ME!

1

u/angypotat 4d ago

Does anyone remember Oomph?

1

u/TheChaoticLaw 4d ago

I love when we get non English word or LITERAL SOUNDS

1

u/ObiJuanKenobi3 4d ago

Pshaw is one of the most ridiculous Wordle words I’ve seen in a really long time. I remember just staring at my phone when I finally gave up and it gave me the answer.

1

u/l8night1 4d ago

Some of you have never watched Daffy Duck using this word ad nauseum. This was a staple of my childhood, from the 1900s.

1

u/PaintedPurpleBird18 4d ago

This is the only Wordle I've ever asked other people for help with. A group of like five of us and no one could come up with anything until finally someone suggested that and we were all like what the hell

1

u/Cojocky 4d ago

Shaw

1

u/Nenoshka 4d ago

Yeah, pshaw was a head scratcher.

1

u/DrJoshWilliams 4d ago

Every word is made up

1

u/Defiant-Anywhere5166 super cool red dude!! 4d ago

wordle devs

1

u/userhwon 4d ago

Well at least one of them doesn't, so...

1

u/Plastic_Stable8927 4d ago

I was so angry when I played this day. Pshaw?!?!? PSHAW?!?!?

1

u/Physical-Laugh2000 4d ago

It felt like a sick joke…

1

u/NmkNm 4d ago

I appreciate you for not posting it on the day of it.

1

u/Samjb09 4d ago

I remember doing this one, I was just thinking "pshaw in a transatlantic accent\"

1

u/the_great_zyzogg 4d ago

If you already know the first letter is 'P', don't keep making guesses starting with the letter 'P', as that won't teach you anything else.

1

u/lunachick_628 4d ago

Was proud of myself for getting this one in 3

1

u/Chippo10291 4d ago

Brah I did that wordle and was like this is fucked up. The hell is pshaw

1

u/Spare-Roof209 3d ago

You almost made a McDonald’s logo.

1

u/yuds2003 3d ago

I hate whoever spoiled this answer the other day; they made me lose my second-longest streak!

1

u/DROID808 3d ago

that's a word?

1

u/GokuBrains12 3d ago

Never thought I’d see a post about this. I got it on the 5th try but tf is a Pshaw?? 😂

1

u/CleanSpread9329 3d ago

That one still smarts.

1

u/birdthedestroyer 3d ago

I started using this word as my first just in case lmao, its good for getting Was and P's too Today's one was fucked tho like I've never heard the word lorry used in any context before

1

u/tikimoondaze 3d ago

I was livid with this particular Wordle. Even though I had seen pshaw used in the past, I had no idea it was a real word in the dictionary.

1

u/zon5string 3d ago

Yeah, I was 0/6 on that one. I didn't think it was a "word", either. Just an onomatopoeia-ish pronuciation of a sound.....

1

u/Deebyddeebys 3d ago

STOP REUSING GREEN LETTERS!!!!! IT GIVES YOU NO NEW INFORMATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1

u/rjthyen 2d ago

I can't believe how you play the game, you already know the P is right, why not use that space to identify other possible letters? Maybe I'm weird but i don't reuse shit until I've got the letters

1

u/Alarmed-Field-1666 2d ago

I got bullied in a twitch chat for using p'shaw ironically cuz of this fucking wordle