# "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:** 111
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2201 "2025-04-30T13:01:57Z")
Wordle 1411 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE LEPER IDLER ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2202 "2025-04-30T14:41:05Z")
> **Wordle 1,411 3/6\* 4/30/2025** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > B_LI_SS β†’ Good start, despite the wasted S. Try an E with two WoFcons > _LI_N **ER** β†’ Good grief, I?LER must be > **IDLER** > > Quick one - a lucky guess for me, though simply part of my usual pattern. Scoredle takes an interesting path to par, doesn’t get the second vowel until that last guess. ---
**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 30, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2203 "2025-04-30T15:06:19Z")
Wordle 1,411 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Look for vowels.) LOUIE (Happy to get the L.) WIELD (Seemed like a good idea at the time. Plus, I can only see one possibility.) IDLER (Good enough for par.) God dammit, Wordlebot! Don’t congratulate me on getting the only possible word! It’s patronizing! Especially on a puzzle that you bogeyed on! ---
**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 30, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2204 "2025-04-30T15:32:45Z")
Wordle 1,411 5/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟦🟦🟧🟧 ⬜🟦🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST FLIER MILER IDLER ---
**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 30, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2205 "2025-04-30T15:43:45Z")
Wordle _ **1,412** _ 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦘 ---
**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 30, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2206 "2025-04-30T15:56:00Z")
Wordle 1,411 4/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > CRUEL > OLDER > IDLER ---
**Author:** ![mattgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mattgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattgg)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2207 "2025-04-30T17:48:46Z")
Nobody’s taking issue with IDLER being a word that nobody ever uses? I got it in three but I stared at it a long time because the only possibilities I could see for my third guess were RILED, RULED, and IDLER. The first two are out because they’re past tense verbs formed by adding β€˜D’, which are never the answer. That left the other one, which I thought to be too obscure to be an answer. I kept looking for something else but finally relented and was happy to be proven wrong. ---
**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 30, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2208 "2025-04-30T23:21:30Z")
Wordle 1,411 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 cream hyper biker infer idler ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2209 "2025-05-01T05:09:53Z")
Wordle 1,412 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO STALE CHEAT ADEPT ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2210 "2025-05-01T07:04:33Z")
**Wordle 1,412 3/6 β€” 2025-05-01 Thu** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **ADEPT** ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2211 "2025-05-01T07:07:43Z")
Wordle 1,412 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 stare taken death adept ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2212 "2025-05-01T08:16:23Z")
Wordle 1,412 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SMEAR AGENT ADEPT ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2213 "2025-05-01T10:08:26Z")
Wordle 1,412 2/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Alder Adept ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2214 "2025-05-01T10:14:43Z")
I often work with mechanical parts, and IDLER jumped right out at me (albeit as the only possible solution at four 😁). I guess we all have different words we consider obscure. Wordle 1,412 3/6 πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ASIDE ADDER ADEPT I moaned about the next word on my start list having three repeat letters from yesterday. But lo and behold, the D comes up again, _and_ I hit the leading A! I was more lucky than ADEPT today. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2215 "2025-05-01T10:25:31Z")
Wordle 1,412 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2216 "2025-05-01T11:46:20Z")
Wordle 1,412 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BLEAT (heartbleat, why do you miss when my baby kisses me…) ADEPT ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2217 "2025-05-01T13:05:05Z")
> [@mattgg](#): > > Nobody’s taking issue with IDLER being a word that nobody ever uses? It’s a word I’ve known since childhood, though it doesn’t get used much nowadays. On the whole my attitude is, this is still largely Josh Wardle’s word list, regardless of what modifications the NYT has made, and we’ve had nearly four years’ worth of words to give us an idea of what sorts of words he thinks are acceptable solutions. Neologisms like INBOX (I still think of it as two words, but I’m old πŸ˜‰ ) or prefixes like TURBO may annoy me, for instance, but they shouldn’t surprise me by now. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2218 "2025-05-01T14:05:53Z")
Wordle _1,413_ 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Damn a clear chance at a two and guessed wrong. 😒 🦘 ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2219 "2025-05-01T14:56:55Z")
Wordle 1,412 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 🟦⬜🟧🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST PLEAT ADEPT ---
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Wordle 1,412 4/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PAINT ADAPT ADOPT ADEPT Good thing there are more guesses than vowels! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=112)