# "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:** 102
**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 17, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2021 "2025-04-17T15:40:33Z")
Wordle 1,398 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Need vowels. And I think there’ll be an ST in there.) GUSTO (I _still_ think an ST is there.) STORK (Hmm. STOO?, perhaps?) STOOP (FUCK!) STOOD (Guess I’m eatin’ a bogey.) (My apologies to any Brits doing Wordle with their tea.) ---
**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 17, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2022 "2025-04-17T22:07:04Z")
Wordle 1,398 4/6 πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STALE CORGI STOMP STOOD At least I was fortunate enough to reveal the trap right at the outset. No way I was staying in hard mode for this one! (With apologies and condolences to @psychobunny, who did.) ---
**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 17, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2023 "2025-04-17T23:01:00Z")
Wordle 1,398 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 alien storm stout stock stoop stood ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2024 "2025-04-18T04:15:16Z")
Wordle 1,399 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHIRE DIRGE Had a lot of trouble coming up with anything for a third guess. My streak is now at one. ---
**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 18, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2025 "2025-04-18T06:11:11Z")
Wordle 1,399 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 18, 2025, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2026 "2025-04-18T07:46:50Z")
Wordle 1,399 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 story river miner dirge ---
**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 18, 2025, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2027 "2025-04-18T09:47:06Z")
Wordle 1,399 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \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 18, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2028 "2025-04-18T10:13:57Z")
Wordle 1399 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE EERIE DIRGE ---
**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 18, 2025, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2029 "2025-04-18T10:20:17Z")
Wordle 1,399 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Outed Delay Drive Dirge ---
**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 18, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2030 "2025-04-18T11:58:12Z")
Wordle 1,399 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LONER BREED DIRGE ---
**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 18, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2031 "2025-04-18T12:42:08Z")
Wordle 1,399 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLACE - got the E, try some other vowels HOUSE - no help, try the I WRITE - ok, that helps RIDGE- all five letters, swap the two in the wrong spot DIRGE - bingo! ---
**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 18, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2032 "2025-04-18T13:04:47Z")
**Wordle 1,399 5/6 β€” 2025-04-18 Fri** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** β€” _It might be direr dirge diver wider; letters to eliminate are β€” D G V W_ **WIDER** **DIRGE** ---
**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 18, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2033 "2025-04-18T13:44:17Z")
Wordle 1,399 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STAIR RIFLE DIRGE Only (real) word left after two, for an easy tap-in birdie. I used to get a few free Wordlebot analyses each month, but NYT seems to have put a stop to that. I’d like to know what the bot thinks of my second word, which took me a while to settle on. Scoredle went with BRINE on its way to a birdie as well, but it got luckier, choosing from three remaining legit words. ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2034 "2025-04-18T14:23:16Z")
Wordle 1,399 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > CRUDE > DIRGE ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2035 "2025-04-18T14:49:13Z")
Wordle 1,399 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Vowels, please.) LOUIE (Now WoFcons.) NIECE (Are you SURE no more WoFcons?) DIRGE (No, I’m not sure at all. Which is good enough for a par.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2036 "2025-04-18T14:50:21Z")
> **Wordle 1,399 3/6\* 4/18/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > STOO_D_ β†’ A D. That’s nice. Looked a while for words with A & E and two WoFcons; then swapped I for the E and tried > **D** _R_A_I_N β†’ So that was a good swap. With three letters I can try an E, then be a little more flexible about the last consonant, but it still took a night’s rest for me to see > **DIRGE** > Having a D two days in a row was vital for this birdie. Still, the third guess was one-in-three lucky. Scoredle gets four, placing the D with its second guess, then a good third guess makes the par a tap-in. ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2037 "2025-04-18T14:55:00Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Had a lot of trouble coming up with anything for a third guess. My streak is now at one. Yeah, I don’t get that about β€œstreaks.” _Losing_ streaks are streaks, too, aren’t they? Or maybe just in professional sports. ---
**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 18, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2038 "2025-04-18T17:21:01Z")
Wordle 1,399 3/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟧 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 Spin the wheel of Dumb Luck and eventually you get lucky. CRANE HOIST DIRGE ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2039 "2025-04-19T04:24:24Z")
Wordle 1,400 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE MINTY BISON INBOX ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2040 "2025-04-19T04:44:10Z")
Wordle 1,400 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DOILY INBOX Another one where I was sure there had to be more options but just couldn’t find any. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=101) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=103)