# "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:** 121
**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 13, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2401 "2025-05-13T07:09:16Z")
Wordle 1,424 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CAMEO LEARN SHARE AWARE ---
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Wordle 1,424 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \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 R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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 W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 13, 2025, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2403 "2025-05-13T09:26:34Z")
**Wordle 1,424 4/6 β€” 2025-05-13 Tue** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **AWARE** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2404 "2025-05-13T10:03:58Z")
Wordle 1424 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE AWARE ---
**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 13, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2405 "2025-05-13T11:31:34Z")
Wordle 1,424 4/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPARE FLARE AWARE ---
**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 13, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2406 "2025-05-13T12:50:35Z")
Wordle 1,424 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO ASTER AWARE ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2407 "2025-05-13T14:33:05Z")
Wordle 1,424 4/6 ⬜🟦🟧⬜🟧 ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE STARE FLARE AWARE ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2408 "2025-05-13T14:51:53Z")
Wordle 1,424 5/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Sorry, I forgot to use my new word today.) QUAKE (Partly checking vowels: mostly trying to place the E.) PLANE (Getting serious about WoFcons. Also getting nervous.) GRAVE (FINALLY! A non-vowel! And R?A?E doesn’t do anything, so ??ARE it is!) AWARE (Toldja.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2409 "2025-05-13T15:07:29Z")
> **Wordle 1,424 5/6\* 5/13/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 > 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BIC_E_P β†’ About what I expected. Add an A, and three WoFcons to get one really good first guess second > SL **A** T **E** β†’ This is looking subtly trappish. Try something with an R or an N next? (If C weren’t already gone, would try CRANE…) > F_R_ **A** M **E** β†’ R was a good choice, but now I’m stumped. I slept on it, then started throwing letters up there, and got a hit on > _W_H **ARE** β†’ which made it obvious it was > **AWARE** > > It’s Scoredle’s day - a birdie from my start, and would have saved par after my third guess. I really needed to do a better job of repeating vowels there to see what the eventual answer was. ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2410 "2025-05-13T15:41:59Z")
Wordle 1,424 3/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RAISE GLARE AWARE There are surprisingly few \_\_ARE words once S and L are off the table. One, in fact. ---
**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 13, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2411 "2025-05-13T18:19:55Z")
Wordle 1,424 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > GRAVE > AWARE ---
**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 13, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2412 "2025-05-13T23:08:44Z")
Wordle 1,4 **25** 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 a mere 9 hours late πŸ₯± 🦘 ---
**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 14, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2413 "2025-05-14T01:13:37Z")
Wordle 1,424 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 shoed merit afire azure aware ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2414 "2025-05-14T05:19:47Z")
Wordle 1,425 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CONDO BONGO ---
**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 14, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2415 "2025-05-14T10:15:07Z")
Wordle 1,425 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Debut Bingo Bongo ---
**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 14, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2416 "2025-05-14T11:17:18Z")
Wordle 1,425 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ \end{aligned} ---
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Wordle 1,425 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO HELLO BONGO ---
**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 14, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2418 "2025-05-14T13:22:01Z")
**Wordle 1,425 4/6 β€” 2025-05-14 Wed** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **BONGO** ---
**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 14, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2419 "2025-05-14T13:51:57Z")
Wordle 1,425 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY (Vowel hunt.) UNION (Possibly only one vowel? Let’s try more WoFcons.) THONG (That G looks intriguing. If I double up on the O, at least I can place it.) BONGO (Isn’t that just the way? The solution is always the last word you try.) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2420 "2025-05-14T14:53:03Z")
> **Wordle 1,425 5/6\* 5/14/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > AWARE β†’ Whiff. O, I and three WoFcons, coming up > T **O** ILS β†’ One stinkin’ O. Better try a U. If I throw in an N… uh, oh, the ?OUND trap might be here, and I’ve only KOed three of the eight words of that trap, meaning my next guess had better use at least two of BFHMP. So I can test two of those and the U with > P **O** UCH β†’ And… that wasn’t the trap. Oh, well. Turns out MOOCH would have been a better word. Ooh, MOMMY is still out there as well, I’d better check at least one M, but also a second O, and some other consonant as well, so > M **O** _O_DY β†’ It’s time to try that N. I’m getting rather nervous, but my possibles have to be shrinking by now > **BONGO** > GONZO and BOFFO (both a bit slangy) were still on the table. Seems like everything I did ended up being the worst move for that stage. Scoredle finishes with a par; I suspect my obsession with one particular trap sealed my bogey doom. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=120) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=122)