# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 19, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451 "2024-11-19T10:57:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1981 "2025-04-15T11:55:07Z")
Wordle 1396 3/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT ASPEN ASHEN ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1982 "2025-04-15T13:02:08Z")
Wordle 1,396 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PAINT HOUSE Got all five letters, just put them in the right order. ASHEN ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1983 "2025-04-15T13:09:34Z")
> [@Gr8Kat](#): > > What happened to the blur spoiler option? It’s the last item under the β€œgear” icon. However, on my phone the keyboard blocks the last two items in the list, so I have to hit the β€œback” icon on my phone to make the keyboard go away, then I can see it. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1984 "2025-04-15T14:03:16Z")
Wordle 1,397 3/6 ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Damn, shot at two again Was quick tho 😴 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1985 "2025-04-15T14:50:08Z")
Wordle 1,396 3/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟦🟦 🟦⬜⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST ASHEN ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1986 "2025-04-15T15:50:46Z")
Wordle 1,396 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (This looks promising. Let’s see if I can place those three.) SALVE (??? I didn’t place _any_ of them? Time to get…_unconventional_.) ASHEN (Okay, β€œunconventional” may have been a bit strong… but I got my birdie!) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1987 "2025-04-15T16:20:15Z")
Wordle 1,396 2/6\* ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > ASHEN > > Well, that was a surprise! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1988 "2025-04-15T16:22:12Z")
I’ve started using the β€œsummary details” - the last one you can see. Works great! ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1989 "2025-04-15T18:00:15Z")
Wordle 1,396 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Triad Allow Annex Ashen ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1990 "2025-04-15T20:57:31Z")
> **Wordle 1,396 5/6\* 4/15/2025** > > ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 > 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CR_ES_T β†’ That’s not a bad start. I can try what I have with the last two WoFcons and an A, mix up and get > L_EANS_ β†’ And here I hit a wall. Slept on it. Got up and saw nothing any better. Played around with things to see if I could make any forward progress on bogus words, and tried > _SAN_ **E** D β†’ And when I put the N on the end it suddenly looked like I had it > **AS** P **EN** β†’ But I was off by one letter > **ASHEN** > > Rough bogey. Scoredle says it would have gotten it in three after my first two guesses (no doubt with a smug expression on its face). From my start, Scoredle does get it in four, but by hitting the 50-50 for par, so I feel somewhat vindicated. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1991 "2025-04-15T23:21:17Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > It’s the last item under the β€œgear” icon. However, on my phone the keyboard blocks the last two items in the list, so I have to hit the β€œback” icon on my phone to make the keyboard go away, then I can see it. It was, but now I don’t see it under the gear icon at all. The bottom option is Build Poll. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1992 "2025-04-16T05:51:19Z")
Wordle 1,397 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO FLORA SOLAR MORAL ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1993 "2025-04-16T07:17:27Z")
Wordle 1,397 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRANS LOUIE MORAL ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1994 "2025-04-16T08:45:08Z")
Wordle 1,397 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST VALID CORAL MORAL ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1995 "2025-04-16T09:22:57Z")
Wordle 1,397 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1996 "2025-04-16T11:00:35Z")
Wordle 1397 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE POLAR MORAL > [@Gr8Kat](#): > > It was, but now I don’t see it under the gear icon at all. The bottom option is Build Poll. I’m on an iPhone, IOS 18.3.2, and there’s 8 options under the gear, with the last three (including Blur Spoiler, which is last) hidden until you scroll down. Build Poll is the second-to-last. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1997 "2025-04-16T11:47:59Z")
**Wordle 1,397 4/6 β€” 2025-04-16 Wed** πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **MYLAR** **MORAL** ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1998 "2025-04-16T11:54:26Z")
Wordle 1,397 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART RAZOR AROMA MOLAR MORAL ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/1999 "2025-04-16T12:45:56Z")
Wordle 1,397 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOUSE PAINT MODAL MORAL ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2000 "2025-04-16T14:08:21Z")
Wordle 1,398 6/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 _a long and winding road_ 🎢 🦘 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=101)