# "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:** 114
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2261 "2025-05-04T12:26:02Z")
Wordle 1415 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CREED FRUIT TROUT ---
**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 4, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2262 "2025-05-04T14:05:09Z")
Wordle **1,416** 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Quick tripp 🦘 πŸ₯± ---
**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 4, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2263 "2025-05-04T14:49:24Z")
Wordle 1,415 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART FIRST BRUNT GROUT TROUT ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2264 "2025-05-04T14:52:28Z")
Wordle 1,415 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (I don’t _really_ expect QUOIT to be the solution, but it WILL cover the vowels.) QUOIT (What do you know? And it’s got to be ??OUT.) TROUT (A birdie is acceptable.) ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2265 "2025-05-04T15:31:31Z")
Wordle 1,415 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > DIVOT > FOUNT > TROUT ---
**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 4, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2266 "2025-05-04T16:11:24Z")
Wordle 1,415 3/6 ⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST TROUT ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2267 "2025-05-04T16:18:57Z")
> **Wordle 1,415 5/6\* 5/4/2025** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > PA_T_SY β†’ Good first guess second time > **T** _O_NE_R_ β†’ Not bad. L left of the WoFcons, I can guess it but will need to do so twice > **TRO** LL β†’ but then I free associated into a word that I didn’t think would qualify as a Wordle word, but did > **TRO** CK β†’ at which point I got down to business, realized there must be a second R or T, and figured it must be > **TROUT** > > A bogey, thanks to reading a certain thread here while solving the puzzle. Scoredle takes an interesting path to par, solving each end with the second guess but striking out on filling in the middle until it hits the solution dead on with the fourth guess. ---
**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 4, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2268 "2025-05-04T23:50:06Z")
Wordle 1,415 5/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROUSE FLOUR PROUD GROUT TROUT Frustratingly slow yet steady progress while inching my way to the bogey. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2269 "2025-05-05T05:19:09Z")
Wordle 1,416 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES SHUCK SHUSH ---
**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 5, 2025, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2270 "2025-05-05T07:19:24Z")
Wordle 1,416 6/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 album upset slunk squid sours shush ---
**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 5, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2271 "2025-05-05T09:44:56Z")
Wordle 1,416 5/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 5, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2272 "2025-05-05T10:29:45Z")
Wordle 1,416 5/6\* \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[yellow,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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2273 "2025-05-05T11:08:05Z")
Wordle 1,416 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ARISE GLOSS SHUSH Even though I got it in 3, I’m not a fan of this as a Wordle word. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2274 "2025-05-05T11:10:23Z")
Wordle 1416 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE SHUSH Somewhat surprisingly, the solution was the only word left after 2. ---
**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 5, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2275 "2025-05-05T11:29:08Z")
**Wordle 1,416 4/6 β€” 2025-05-05 Mon** β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** β€” _this leaves only one possibility_ **SHUSH** ---
**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 5, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2276 "2025-05-05T11:56:10Z")
Wordle 1,416 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHINY SHOCK so it’s SHU - - , only word I can think of is… SHUSH a silly word for this game. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2277 "2025-05-05T12:36:12Z")
Wordle 1,416 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLAIN COURT EXUDE SHUSH I spent a lot of time staring at my remaining letters for my third guess. Had a lot of trouble finding two-letter combinations that could go before or after the U. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2278 "2025-05-05T12:56:41Z")
Wordle 1,416 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST PRISM SLUSH SHUSH ---
**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 5, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2279 "2025-05-05T13:06:32Z")
Wordle 1,416 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Email Bongo Putty Shuck Shush ---
**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 5, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2280 "2025-05-05T14:40:20Z")
Wordle **1,417** 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ₯³ Tricksy one 🦘 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=115)