# "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:** 109
**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 27, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2161 "2025-04-27T15:09:55Z")
Wordle 1,408 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE - ugh HOIST - from bad to worse QUELL WEEPY WEEDY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2162 "2025-04-27T15:54:49Z")
> **Wordle 1,408 4/6\* 4/27/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CLASH β†’ Whiff. Last three WoFcons plus O & E, shake up and find a really weird word > RONT_E_ β†’ Oh, duh, should have been TENOR. Not much out of it, except for eliminations. Looks like this may be a Y-terminal word, so I’ll try to place the E - maybe in second if there’s a double letter, but I need to try a lot of consonants > **WE** _D_G **Y** β†’ Good call on the W! and the D is implicitly placed too, so there was a double letter, just a vowel instead > **WEEDY** > Words with no WoFcon scare me; I find them harder to visualize. Scoredle, less obsessed about WoFcons, gets a better second guess, also finishes with par. ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2163 "2025-04-27T16:47:27Z")
Wordle 1,408 5/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I played this badly. > **Summary** > > LEAST > DECOR > HEDGE > KEYED > WEEDY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2164 "2025-04-28T04:20:54Z")
Wordle 1,409 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES GUMMY MUMMY DUMMY ---
**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 28, 2025, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2165 "2025-04-28T06:47:12Z")
Wordle 1,409 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 28, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2166 "2025-04-28T07:04:01Z")
**Wordle 1,409 4/6 β€” 2025-04-28 Mon** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **DUMMY** ---
**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 28, 2025, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2167 "2025-04-28T07:12:21Z")
Wordle 1,409 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 brain stamp cloud dummy ---
**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 28, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2168 "2025-04-28T09:54:51Z")
Wordle 1,409 3/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} Wow. Spent ages after the first guess trying to think of a word that would eliminate more vowels.. but couldn’t find one, so i reluctantly settled on MUDDY. Very lucky. ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2169 "2025-04-28T10:16:49Z")
Wordle 1,409 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LONER WAIST BUMPY DUMMY Not often does one start the game with 10 blank squares. There were lots of \_U\_\_Y possibilities left. I think I did well to find a word that eliminated most of them to save par, though I did get a bit lucky that it wasn’t GUMMY or YUMMY. ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2170 "2025-04-28T10:49:03Z")
Wordle 1,409 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Amass Mirth Gnome Plump Dummy Not a bad hand with that haphazard start word ---
**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 28, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2171 "2025-04-28T12:03:45Z")
Wordle 1,409 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL DUNGY DUMMY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2172 "2025-04-28T12:35:07Z")
Wordle 1409 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY DUMMY Not bad, considering I got blanked on my first two guesses. Fortunately #3 was close enough that #4 was a tap-in for the par. > [@pjd](#): > > Spent ages after the first guess trying to think of a word that would > eliminate more vowels.. but couldn’t find one, LOUIS is a valid guess that hits the three vowels not in your starting word, and picks off a couple of WofCons to boot. Yesterday’s (1408): 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT BLASE CLASP CLASH Bad second guess - it’s what I get for trying to solve it in the middle of the night. ---
**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 28, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2173 "2025-04-28T12:49:42Z")
Wordle 1,409 6/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CURIO PUPPY BUNNY JUMPY DUMMY ---
**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 28, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2174 "2025-04-28T13:16:10Z")
Wordle 1,409 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST IDYLL ROWDY DUMMY ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2175 "2025-04-28T14:10:36Z")
Wordle _1,410_ 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sweet way to start Canadian Election Day 😻 ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2176 "2025-04-28T14:50:51Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > > [@pjd](#): > > > > Spent ages after the first guess trying to think of a word that would > > eliminate more vowels.. but couldn’t find one, > > LOUIS is a valid guess that hits the three vowels not in your starting word, and picks off a couple of WofCons to boot. I play in hard mode, so it’d have to have a D in it. ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2177 "2025-04-28T15:23:08Z")
Wordle 1,409 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST GUMMY YUMMY DUMMY I’ve never had both opening words reveal nada. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2178 "2025-04-28T16:01:32Z")
> **Wordle 1,409 5/6\* 4/28/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WEE_D_ **Y** β†’ The second E is a waste but the D is a nice pickup, and a placed terminal Y is nice to see. Really need good luck with vowels here > **D** IAR **Y** β†’ And I have none, though the placed D is nice. A lot of optionss here have double letters before the Y; I tried to find one that didn’t > **DU** CH **Y** β†’ with no success. DUSKY and DUSTY were both out there still; I saw neither. I should have tried one before trying > **DU** LL **Y** β†’ which I guessed due to my WoFcon obsession, which led me immediately to > **DUMMY** > > A 1-in-4 chance of a loss after the third guess due to a serious misplay? I guess I’ll take the bogey. Scoredle was much more methodical, also with a 5 but would have finished with a solve even in the worst case. ---
**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 29, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2179 "2025-04-29T04:31:20Z")
Wordle 1,410 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCALE LOTUS MILKS BLISS ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2180 "2025-04-29T04:55:19Z")
Wordle 1,410 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE BLISS Surprisingly not a lot of options after guess two. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=110)