# "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:** 106
**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 23, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2101 "2025-04-23T11:19:53Z")
Wordle 1,404 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SLIDE PHONE knowing no H, just testing O and N OZONE lucky I couldn’t think of another word ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2102 "2025-04-23T12:10:33Z")
Wordle 1404 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT GRODY OZONE PHONE had already been used. I may drop out of this thread before too long. Gotta admit that after \>3 years and 1182 games played, I’m starting to lose interest. ---
**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 23, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2103 "2025-04-23T12:44:35Z")
**Wordle 1,404 4/6 β€” 2025-04-23 Wed** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **OZONE** β€” _which is pretty much all it could be_ ---
**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 23, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2104 "2025-04-23T12:51:08Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I may drop out of this thread before too long. Gotta admit that after \>3 years and 1182 games played, I’m starting to lose interest. Understandable. I missed many games then came back after a long break. I’m only at 949 games. I think I was one of the firsts ever in this thread, over 3 years ago. I’ll keep playing, for a while. Added β€” I found it. I knew I had the link in my Wordle notes. It was back on Christmas Eve, 2021. @Briny_Deep first posted about the game, then @Icarus posted second and I was third. That game number was **Wordle 188**. Two days later I used spoiler tags for the first time ever on this board. ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #3 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3) β–  ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #35 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/35) β–  ---
**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 23, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2105 "2025-04-23T13:00:34Z")
Wordle 1,404 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CAUSE POINT DRONE OZONE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2106 "2025-04-23T14:26:34Z")
> **Wordle 1,404 4/6\* 4/23/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ARTSY β†’ Whiff. Upon reflection, I could have gone NOVEL here, but what I ended up trying was > LIV_EN_ β†’ which livened things up a bit, and then I saw a word that would get me the last two vowels, so I had to give it a go > **O** U_N_C **E** β†’ at which point I had to play around with trying things wtih the N in second or fourth to eventually get > **OZONE** > > Scoredle has a spot of bad luck and falls into the (small) trap on 3, ending with a bogey. I had the luck to place the first letter with guess #3, which kept me out of the same trap (and in fact the answer was the only possible guess left). ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2107 "2025-04-23T15:10:18Z")
Wordle 1,404 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wow! This was hard, even with a little help from the typo on my starter word, which is LEAST At least (ha!) it told me there was no double E. LEASE TRIPE FUDGE OZONE ---
**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 23, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2108 "2025-04-23T16:18:46Z")
Wordle 1,404 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST LOUIE GNOME (It can be DRONE or OZONE. I’m going with the one that has an extra WoFcon. If it doesn’t work out, at least I still make par.) DRONE (Forgot that PHONE is still out there. PHONE is still more likely.) PHONE (Fuck me.) OZONE (OKAY! SO I DOUBLE BOGEYED! AT LEAST I KEPT MY two day STREAK ALIVE! SHUT UP!) ---
**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 23, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2109 "2025-04-23T18:55:22Z")
Wordle 1,404 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOISE - This was a misspelling of β€˜hoist’. It’s apparently an archaic form of β€˜hoist’ and means the same thing. OZONE ---
**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 24, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2110 "2025-04-24T05:02:11Z")
Wordle 1,405 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAIM ROSIN GENIE ---
**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 24, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2111 "2025-04-24T05:05:28Z")
Struggled with this - partner solved it Wordle 1,405 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2112 "2025-04-24T05:32:28Z")
Wordle 1,405 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO FELID GENIE Took me forever to see the answer. ---
**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 24, 2025, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2113 "2025-04-24T07:06:48Z")
**Wordle 1,405 4/6 β€” 2025-04-24 Thu** β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **GENIE** β€” _which is pretty much all it could be; feign and neigh had already been used_ ---
**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 24, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2114 "2025-04-24T09:58:14Z")
Wordle 1,405 6/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} > [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’m starting to lose interest. Me too. I definitely will when my start word comes up and i get a 1 !! ---
**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 24, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2115 "2025-04-24T10:08:42Z")
Wordle 1,405 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TRONE SINCE GENIE Starting with I yielded nothing; once \_\_NIE fell into place, the answer was obvious. ---
**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 24, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2116 "2025-04-24T10:12:04Z")
Wordle 1,405 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Arson Niche Twine Genie ---
**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 24, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2117 "2025-04-24T11:51:12Z")
Wordle 1,405 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BEGIN GENIE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2118 "2025-04-24T12:03:30Z")
Wordle 1405 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE KNIFE NUDIE GENIE I didn’t really think guess #4 would be the solution, but I was running out of ideas. > [@pjd](#): > > Me too. I definitely will when my start word comes up and i get a 1 !! Yeah, that’s one thing I’m trying to hang in there for. Also, eventually they have to start re-using previous solutions. I want to see that. ---
**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 24, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2119 "2025-04-24T14:21:36Z")
Zing…good start to the day. Wordle **1,406** 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦘 😴 ---
**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 24, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2120 "2025-04-24T14:21:45Z")
Our start words are similar. Let’s see who gets the 1 first! If it’s me, then I’ll start using your start word. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=105) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=107)