# "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:** 118
**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 9, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2341 "2025-05-09T12:34:00Z")
**Wordle 1,420 3/6 β€” 2025-05-09 Fri** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **TRIPE** ---
**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, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2342 "2025-05-09T12:54:55Z")
Apparently the new pope plays the Wordle daily according to his brother. He probably didn’t fail today. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2343 "2025-05-09T14:09:19Z")
> **Wordle 1,420 4/6\* 5/9/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BALMY β†’ Whiff. Try three WoFcons with O & E > S_T_O_R_ **E** β†’ Placed the E… is it U, I or another E? I’d also like to try an N for the heckuvit, so > **TRI** N **E** β†’ TRICE? TRIKE? TRITE? or, uh oh, maybe > **TRIPE** > > At the ending trap, three guesses between four possibles, so in 25% of multiverses out there, I took a loss today. Scoredle also finishes in four, but I bet it would have known not to try my third guess in the trap, so I think it was safe with a six at worst. ---
**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 9, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2344 "2025-05-09T14:16:47Z")
Wordle 1,4 **21** 4/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It did not stress my brain much. 🦘 ---
**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 9, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2345 "2025-05-09T15:09:53Z")
Wordle 1,420 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Let’s try ???TE, and double up on E.) EMOTE (That’s what I get for not trying a WoFcon. Well, at least the E is placed.) TRIPE (Best outcome I could have asked for.) ---
**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 9, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2346 "2025-05-09T15:28:29Z")
Wordle 1,420 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟧 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟦 🟧⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ---
**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 9, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2347 "2025-05-09T16:11:02Z")
Wordle 1,420 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OLIVE TRICE TRIBE TRIPE I could have guaranteed a par with a sleuth word at three, but figured I had a 2/3 shot at at least par (TRIBE, TRIPE, TRIKE), and a 1/3 shot at birdie if I stayed in hard mode, so I went for it, and landed on par anyway. But I missed TRITE, which would have landed me at six and grumpy. So _Phew!_ ---
**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, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2348 "2025-05-09T16:58:08Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Apparently the new pope plays the Wordle daily according to his brother. He probably didn’t fail today. Wonder what his streak is. ---
**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 9, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2349 "2025-05-09T17:08:24Z")
Wordle 1,420 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ENTRY ROUTE TRIBE ← lost the coin toss. TRIPE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2350 "2025-05-10T05:12:24Z")
Wordle 1,421 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO STALE YEAST I hope kaylasdad99 doesn’t forget to play today. ---
**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 10, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2351 "2025-05-10T07:17:21Z")
β€œβ€Wordle 1,421 2/6 β€” 2025-05-10 Sat\*\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** β€” _beast and feast have been used before, so…_ **YEAST** ---
**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 10, 2025, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2352 "2025-05-10T07:22:07Z")
Wordle 1,421 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 least beast feast yeast ---
**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 10, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2353 "2025-05-10T09:39:25Z")
Wordle 1,421 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2354 "2025-05-10T11:00:51Z")
Wordle 1421 3/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 15 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 7 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT ROAST YEAST Had a decent shot at the 2, but guessed wrong. After 1, BEAST, FEAST, BOAST, COAST, and TOAST had already been used (FEAST infamously on Thanksgiving Day 2022 when the NYT was getting cutesy; one of our posters got it in 1 that day), leaving ROAST, YEAST, and AVAST, matey. ---
**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 10, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2355 "2025-05-10T12:43:20Z")
Wordle 1,421 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PASTE STEAL ASTER BEAST YEAST ---
**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 10, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2356 "2025-05-10T12:48:56Z")
Wordle 1,421 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Eerie Bendy Yeast ---
**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 10, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2357 "2025-05-10T13:28:37Z")
Wordle 1,421 4/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BEAST LEAST YEAST ---
**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 10, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2358 "2025-05-10T14:30:56Z")
Wordle 1,421 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Dammit, now I need to find a new starter word! πŸ˜‰) ---
**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 10, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2359 "2025-05-10T14:43:25Z")
Wordle 1,421 2/6\* ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > YEAST > > Congrats, @kaylasdad99 ! ---
**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 10, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2360 "2025-05-10T14:43:29Z")
Wordle 1,421 4/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST BEAST YEAST [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=117) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=119)