# "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:** 117
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2321 "2025-05-08T10:00:00Z")
Wordle 1419 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY BALMY ---
**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 8, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2322 "2025-05-08T12:00:54Z")
Wordle 1,419 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PAINS LAMBY sometimes you fish for letters and get lucky BALMY ---
**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 8, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2323 "2025-05-08T14:17:37Z")
Wordle 1,418 3/6 🟦⬜🟦⬜⬜ 🟦🟦⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST MACHO - no sneezing today. Got distracted yesterday and didn’t hit the save button. Onward. Wordle 1,419 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧⬜🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST BADLY BALKY BALMY Lucky to get it in five. ---
**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 8, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2324 "2025-05-08T14:23:55Z")
Wordle 1,419 X/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© PAINT SAUCE RAZOR DAFFY BAGGY BALKY Time to start a new streak. πŸ™ ---
**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 8, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2325 "2025-05-08T14:30:48Z")
Wordle 1,4 **20** 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 was never gonna be easy 🀷 🦘 ---
**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 8, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2326 "2025-05-08T14:51:17Z")
Wordle 1,419 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Probably ?A??Y. Add some WoFcons?) RANDY (Well, at least I placed A and Y. There’s one more WoFcon.) BALMY (Good enough for a birdie.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2327 "2025-05-08T15:33:18Z")
> **Wordle 1,419 3/6\* 5/8/2025** > > 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _M_ **A** CHO β†’ M and placed A is a nice start. Would like to try E, and two WoFcons, and I see one possible word which may not be maximally lame, but is > _L_ **A** _M_ER β†’ than other words. Let’s see, ?ALM?, it has been a bit warm around here lately > **BALMY** > > Sometimes you get the early letter, and a birdie; other times, you don’t and it’s bogeyville. In Scoredle’s case, today, a lower obsession with WoFcons led to a guess of GAMER on the second guess, which left just enough uncertainty to miss a 50-50 birdie chance. ---
**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 8, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2328 "2025-05-08T17:06:28Z")
Wordle 1,419 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ADEIU ROAST CAMPY BALMY MANLY and MANGY were also possible, and any of the three, if wrong, would have eliminated one of the other two. So I couldn’t have done worse than a bogey, and got a bit lucky for the 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:** [May 8, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2329 "2025-05-08T20:19:32Z")
Wordle 1,419 4/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > ALIGN > CORAL > BALMY ---
**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 9, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2330 "2025-05-09T01:23:25Z")
Wordle 1,419 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Halve Salty Rally Baldy Balmy I played 15 hrs ago o don’t remember thisπŸ₯± ---
**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 9, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2331 "2025-05-09T03:03:10Z")
Wordle 1,419 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 steam macho jumpy balmy ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2332 "2025-05-09T05:34:40Z")
Wordle 1,420 X/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 RATIO SHIRT TRICK TRILL TRITE TRIBE I suspect that the used word list might have helped. Also I really need to check vowels. I’m not sure there was a guaranteed solve in hard mode. Oh well, back to zero. ---
**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 9, 2025, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2333 "2025-05-09T07:13:55Z")
Wordle 1,420 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 stare route tripe ---
**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 9, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2334 "2025-05-09T07:33:57Z")
Wordle 1,420 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLOPE TRIPE ---
**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 9, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2335 "2025-05-09T09:36:41Z")
Wordle 1,420 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \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:** [May 9, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2336 "2025-05-09T10:14:06Z")
Wordle 1,420 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Arise Tribe Trike Tripe ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2337 "2025-05-09T11:47:14Z")
Wordle 1420 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE TRIBE TRIPE After 2, I figured the solution had the form TRvcE or cRvTE. For the latter, I came up with BRUTE and WRITE, both of which had been used, and for the former, TRIBE, TRICE, TRIKE, TRIPE, TRITE, and TRUCE, of which TRICE and TRITE had been used. Went with TRIBE on 3, and took TRIPE over TRIKE on 4. ---
**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 9, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2338 "2025-05-09T11:47:36Z")
Wordle 1,420 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TRESS TROVE TRITE TRIPE either that or TRIKE ---
**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 9, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2339 "2025-05-09T12:07:55Z")
Wordle 1,420 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE PRIDE GRIPE TRIPE 50-50 chance after two - GRIPE or TRIPE. Of course I picked the wrong one. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2340 "2025-05-09T12:15:54Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > I suspect that the used word list might have helped. Also I really need to check vowels. I’m not sure there was a guaranteed solve in hard mode. Good question! I don’t play hard mode because I’m just not going to tell myself β€˜I know ways to solve this puzzle faster, but I’m not going to use them just because.’ And traps are part of that, of course. And I maintain a used words spreadsheet, which has advantages over a list. But suppose I’d decided to play hard mode today, and I’d accidentally deleted my spreadsheet and had no idea which words had been used already? My priorities in checking letters are (a) the WoFcons, (b) E,A,O which are the most common vowels (I know this because spreadsheet πŸ™‚ ), and (c) after that, consonants in rough order of frequency: C,H,D,P,G,M, etc. (Ditto. I may not remember past solutions, but I’m not going to forget what I know about letter frequencies.) I figure I can fill in an I or U later if I’m missing a vowel. But checking the β€˜big three’ vowels usually narrows things down a lot. So after my starting word SLANT I have a yellow T, and that’s all. I still need to take it on the run, baby, and check R,E,O. TR is a natural starting combo for a word, and P\>V so TROPE rather than TROVE. If the solution is TRIPE, I get lucky. But suppose it’s one of those other TR possibilities: TRIBE, TRICE, TRIKE, TRITE, and TRUCE. Even if I’m a lousy guesser, if I pick one of the TRIxE words, I’ll get it in 6 at worst. (I’d have probably gone TRITE-TRIBE-TRIKE-TRICE, unless the I didn’t go green in which case TRUCE on 4. So if the solution is TRICE, I get a 6.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=116) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=118)