# "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:** 101
**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 16, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2001 "2025-04-16T14:19:12Z")
Wordle 1,397 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Gusty Learn Molar Moral ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2002 "2025-04-16T14:43:58Z")
> **Wordle 1,397 3/6\* 4/16/2025** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _A_SHEN → L, R & T remain of WoFcons, I can pair them with an O and get > _R_ **O** T **AL** → Ooh. ?ORAL, I think we already had CORAL, so let’s try > **MORAL** > > Great second guess makes it a tap-in for birdie. (I was right about the 50-50, right?) Scoredle also gets it in three, but has a much harder putt to make - about 1 in 5 or 6, it looks like. ---
**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 16, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2003 "2025-04-16T14:44:11Z")
Wordle 1,397 5/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > ALIGN > POLAR > CORAL > MORAL ---
**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 16, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2004 "2025-04-16T14:53:03Z")
Wordle 1,397 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Look for vowels.) AVOID (AUO?? yields nothing useful to me. Forget about using a U; ?A?O? is useless. Try ?O?A?.) MORAL (Bingo.) ---
**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 16, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2005 "2025-04-16T15:38:52Z")
Wordle 1,397 4/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟦🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST POLAR MORAL ---
**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, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2006 "2025-04-16T15:44:03Z")
> [@MacDoc](#): > > Wordle 1,398 6/6 > 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > _a long and winding road_ 🎶 🦘 Thanks. Now I’ve got Paul McCartney’s voice ringing in my ear… ---
**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, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2007 "2025-04-16T15:44:58Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Wordle 1,397 3/6 > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > YEAST (Look for vowels.) > AVOID (AUO?? yields nothing useful to me. Forget about using a U; ?A?O? is useless. > Try ?O?A?.) > MORAL (Bingo.) That was a quick bingo. Nicely done! ---
**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 16, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2008 "2025-04-16T18:45:41Z")
Wordle 1,397 6/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟩⬛🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 haste brawn polar royal coral moral ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2009 "2025-04-16T22:44:31Z")
Wordle 1,397 4/6 ⬛🟧⬛⬛⬛ 🟦🟧🟦⬛⬛ ⬛🟧⬛🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 POISE LOATH FOCAL MORAL Might have scored the birdie if I’d thought to go for another WoFcon. Then again, I might have gone with CORAL or MOLAR and ended up with par anyway. Or ROYAL and _then_ CORAL for a bogey. Nothing like overthinking things after the fact! ---
**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 17, 2025, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2010 "2025-04-17T04:49:41Z")
Wordle 1,398 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BRAID SEWED STOOD ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2011 "2025-04-17T05:43:38Z")
Wordle 1,398 X/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ RATIO THOSE STOUT STOCK STOMP STOOL I probably should have abandoned hard mode. I wasn’t in the mood to think. ---
**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 17, 2025, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2012 "2025-04-17T09:28:37Z")
**Wordle 1,398 4/6 — 2025-04-17 Thu** ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **STOOD** ---
**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 17, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2013 "2025-04-17T09:38:15Z")
Wordle 1,398 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 17, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2014 "2025-04-17T10:04:01Z")
Wordle 1,398 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Whirl Knave Spout Stood ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2015 "2025-04-17T10:18:12Z")
Wordle 1398 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT STREP STUCK STOOD ---
**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 17, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2016 "2025-04-17T11:46:36Z")
Wordle 1,398 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STOIC STOOP STOOL STOOD ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2017 "2025-04-17T14:30:29Z")
Wordle 1,399 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Was never getting a three on that one. 🤪 😴 🦘 ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2018 "2025-04-17T14:31:55Z")
Wordle 1,398 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > DUSTY > STOOD ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2019 "2025-04-17T14:43:26Z")
Wordle 1,398 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 Bah. Thought I’d get it in four, max. CRANE HOIST STOOP STOOL STOOD ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2020 "2025-04-17T14:56:39Z")
> **Wordle 1,398 3/6\* 4/17/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M_O_RAL → That O, an E, and three remaining WoFcons adds up to > **STO** NE → Uh oh. STOCK? STOUT? I think I’ll try it with a double O first, could be STOOP or > **STOOD** > STOIC was also a possible for that third guess, so my birdie quite lucky. Scoredle, amazingly, gets letters 1-3-4 on its second guess, along with the second letter at the end, then gets the birdie on a fifty-fifty. Impressive play by the algorithm. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=100) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=102)