# "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:** 107
**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 24, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2121 "2025-04-24T14:41:48Z")
Wordle 1,405 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟧 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST INNIE GENIE ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2122 "2025-04-24T15:08:01Z")
Wordle 1,405 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Look for more vowels. Here’s my go-to in this specific situation.) GEOID (That worked well. GENIE and GENII are my only choices. Selecting the more common variation of the magical lamp-dweller is the rational choice.) GENIE (The more common one gets me the birdie!) ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2123 "2025-04-24T15:16:58Z")
> [@MacDoc](#): > > Struggled with this - > partner solved it > Wordle 1,405 5/6 > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 > ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 > ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’m nominating you as β€œMost Considerate Player” of the thread, simply because you consistently repress any urge to outline your path to success. It’s much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2124 "2025-04-24T15:59:05Z")
> **Wordle 1,405 4/6\* 4/24/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > OZO_N_ **E** β†’ Not a bad start. Give me an A - and two WoFcons > S_N_AR **E** β†’ No help except for eliminations. Must be another vowel in there, I can try U or I, and on the WoFcons, T or L (or both). Can’t see both, so I’ll try > LU **N** _G_ **E** β†’ So the G must be at the start, which looks like it’s > **GENIE** > G is often a more important letter than I give it credit for. I’m not sure how to integrate this insight into my regular pattern of play… Scoredle finishes with a birdie, thanks to trying a second word using this key letter. ---
**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 24, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2125 "2025-04-24T16:11:30Z")
Wordle 1,405 4/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > DECOR > WEIGH > GENIE ---
**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 24, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2126 "2025-04-24T17:28:14Z")
Wordle 1,405 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 steam rouge glide genie ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2127 "2025-04-25T06:19:02Z")
Wordle 1,406 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE CLOWN KNOWN ---
**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 25, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2128 "2025-04-25T06:31:37Z")
Kaylasdad…I’m half a world away from most participants and my midnight starts many hours earlier…so not revealing too much levels the playing field…but thank πŸ‘you. ---
**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 25, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2129 "2025-04-25T08:36:09Z")
Wordle 1,406 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Find vowels.) BIJOU (Get some WoFcons.) WHORL (There’s still one more WoFcon.) KNOWN (Saved my par!) ---
**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 25, 2025, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2130 "2025-04-25T08:57:38Z")
Wordle 1,406 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ \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 25, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2131 "2025-04-25T10:56:53Z")
Wordle 1,406 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Overt Salon Known ---
**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 25, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2132 "2025-04-25T11:50:34Z")
**Wordle 1,406 4/6 β€” 2025-04-25 Fri** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **KNOWN** β€” _which is pretty much all it could be; either that or zygon(?)_ ---
**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 25, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2133 "2025-04-25T12:01:47Z")
Wordle 1,406 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL EVOKE KNOCK KNOWN ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2134 "2025-04-25T13:04:14Z")
Wordle 1406 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE KNOWN This one was actually fun for the first time in awhile. After 2, the N could be in the 1, 2, or 5 positions. If 1, then the second letter had to be an I, O, or U. Since I personally am OK with using a dead-trees dictionary in those occasional cases where it’s helpful, I looked up words beginning with NIO, NOO, and NUO, and none qualified, given the letters already eliminated. If N in the second slot, in addition to vowels I,O,U, there were a few consonants that could work in the first slot. So I looked up words beginning with INO, ONO, UNO, and also GNO, KNO, and PNO, at which point the solution was revealed as a possibility. Finally, I tried N in the fifth slot. Fourth slot could be an I,O,U,W, or Y. So then I was trying my limited consonant options in the 1 or 2 slots to see if they worked with OIN, OON, etc. endings. Didn’t see any. So I went with what was the only known πŸ˜‰ possibility at that point. ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2135 "2025-04-25T14:11:10Z")
Wordle **1,407** 4/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 No drama for a par Twas quick at least 🦘 Need a midnight tea β˜• ---
**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 25, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2136 "2025-04-25T15:14:13Z")
Wordle 1,406 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > DROWN > KNOWN ---
**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 25, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2137 "2025-04-25T15:32:22Z")
Wordle 1,406 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST DROWN CLOWN KNOWN ---
**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 25, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2138 "2025-04-25T21:43:14Z")
Wordle 1,406 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 IDEAL STORM CHOCK KOOKY KNOWN Ugh. Stupid to leave the N untried for so long. And there were two of them! ---
**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 25, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2139 "2025-04-25T22:56:04Z")
Wordle 1,406 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 stare blind forum phony knock known ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2140 "2025-04-26T06:48:17Z")
Wordle 1,407 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO DUNES SHACK CLASH I was really not thinking and went to the two word start I use for Quordle, Octordle etc. If I had gone to my most likely second choice of SHALE I might have had it in three. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=106) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=108)