# "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:** 123
**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 15, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2441 "2025-05-15T14:48:16Z")
Wordle 1,426 X/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > ABODE > FREAK > HAREM > WAGER > PAGER > > Dammit. ---
**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 15, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2442 "2025-05-15T14:58:07Z")
Wordle 1,426 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Dammit! _Again_ I forget to use my new start word!!) WATER (Shoulda known better than to try a word with another T.) EAGER (I somehow don’t feel as though I _earned_ this birdie. So many inattentive mistakes.) ---
**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 15, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2443 "2025-05-15T15:15:09Z")
Wow! I don’t think I’ve seen so many fails and β€˜phews’ in one day! Wordle 1,426 3/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE STEAM EAGER A really lucky guess, as there were some 40 words to choose from, apparently. ---
**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 15, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2444 "2025-05-15T15:46:23Z")
Wordle 1,426 X/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ VOICE LEARN BREAK GIFTS WAGER PAGER A lot of streaks dying today. Once I knew it had to be another damn -ER word, there were just too many possibilities left. And the one I didn’t think of was the repeating E. Possibly my worst wordle performance ever. I wouldn’t have gotten this if I had seven guesses. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2445 "2025-05-15T18:22:53Z")
I was wondering how badly today’s carnage compared with that for the infamous PARER (Wordle 454). For PARER, Dopers in this thread reported: 1,2,3: 0 4: 2 5: 2 6: 4 X: 12 One of those X’s was mine. Today, so far: So far today, if I’ve counted right, we’re: 1,2: 0 3: 5 4: 2 5: 1 6: 2 X: 5 So not as bad, but still a lot of losses. Wonder what the NYT has said, if anything, about today’s scores. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2446 "2025-05-16T05:35:21Z")
Wordle 1,427 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO STILE WIDTH NINTH FIFTH ---
**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 16, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2447 "2025-05-16T09:53:22Z")
Wordle 1,427 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,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 F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \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 16, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2448 "2025-05-16T09:57:31Z")
And my new streak starts at 1… **Wordle 1,427 5/6 β€” 2025-05-16 Fri** β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **VUGHY** **FIFTH** ---
**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 16, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2449 "2025-05-16T10:03:30Z")
Wordle 1,427 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY UNION VISIT WIDTH FIFTH ---
**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 16, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2450 "2025-05-16T10:26:05Z")
Wordle 1,427 4/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Music Inlay Write Fifth ---
**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 16, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2451 "2025-05-16T10:48:27Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I was wondering how badly today’s carnage compared with that for the infamous PARER (Wordle 454). > > For PARER, Dopers in this thread reported: > > 1,2,3: 0 > 4: 2 > 5: 2 > 6: 4 > X: 12 > > One of those X’s was mine. > > Today, so far: > > So far today, if I’ve counted right, we’re: > > 1,2: 0 > 3: 5 > 4: 2 > 5: 1 > 6: 2 > X: 5 > > So not as bad, but still a lot of losses. Wonder what the NYT has said, if anything, about today’s scores. Yes, PARER was a carnage. One of those Xs was mine too. If my notes are correct, I have X/6 for 12x since I started playing on 2021-12-24. The other day (EAGER) my streak ended at 150. To date my longest streak was 267, and that ended a year ago when the Wordle was BEVEL. My 12 Wordle misses since 2021-12-24, with links: ❌-12 EAGER Wordle 1,426, X/6 on 15 May 2025; my streak was 150 ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3) - #2435 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2435) β–  ❌-11 FUNKY Wordle 1,275 X/6 on 15 Dec 2024 ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3) - #335 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/335) β–  ❌-10 SKIER Wordle 1,073, X/6 on 26 May 2024 ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2) - #7575 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7575) β–  ❌-9 BEVEL Wordle 1,072, X/6 on 25 May 2024; my streak was 267 ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2) - #7555 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/7555) β–  ❌-8 FEAST Wordle 523, X/6 on 24 Nov 2022 ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #7511 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7511) β–  ❌-7 PINEY Wordle 500, X/6 on 01 Nov 2022 ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #7059 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/7059) β–  ❌-6 VIGOR Wordle 476, X/6 on 08 Oct 2022 ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #6642 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6642) β–  ❌-5 TRICE Wordle 457, X/6 on 19 Sep 2022 ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #6286 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6286) β–  ❌-4 PARER Wordle 454, X/6 on 16 Sep 2022 ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #6193 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/6193) β–  ❌-3 TREAT Wordle 427, X/6 on 20 Aug 2022 ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #5647 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/5647) β–  ❌-2 FLOCK Wordle 394, X/6 on 18 Jul 2022 ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #4953 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/4953) β–  ❌-1 CATER Wordle 270, X/6 on 16 Mar 2022; my first streak ended at 81 ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #2179 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/2179) β–  ---
**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 16, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2452 "2025-05-16T12:02:48Z")
Wordle 1,427 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART THINK PITHY FIFTH ---
**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 16, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2453 "2025-05-16T15:06:36Z")
Wordle 1,427 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > POTTY > WIDTH > MIRTH > FIFTH > > I was getting worried it was gonna be a repeat of yesterday! ---
**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 16, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2454 "2025-05-16T15:22:30Z")
Wordle 1,427 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟧🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST FILTH FIFTH Even with three letters on my second guess, I had a hard time coming up with anything. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2455 "2025-05-16T15:44:37Z")
> **Wordle 1,427 5/6\* 5/16/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > EAGER β†’ Whiff. Three WoFcons, I and O coming up > LO_I_NS β†’ That’s… not great. One WoFcon left, and either U or Y. Here’s a word… > _T_ **I** CKY β†’ Not bad. Do I have a second I? Here’s a very odd word… > D **I** XI_T_ β†’ It actually took it! Well, only two places left for the T to go, and one has an H after it, so after staring at ?I?TH for a while I finally saw > **FIFTH** > > Turns out it was basically the only word left, per Scoredle, but it sure took a lot of time to finally see it. Scoredle also finishes in five. ---
**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 16, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2456 "2025-05-16T15:51:08Z")
Wordle 1,427 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RATIO INLET MISTY WIDTH FIFTH Somewhat appropriate that many of us solved on our FIFTH guess today. Still, not a terribly satisfying comeback after yesterday’s carnage. Though a five is better than a fail any day. My streak stands at one!! ---
**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 16, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2457 "2025-05-16T19:14:06Z")
Wordle 1,427 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 slate quoth girth fifth ---
**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 17, 2025, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2458 "2025-05-17T04:03:06Z")
Wordle 1,428 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TABLE FOUND SONIC GROWN ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2459 "2025-05-17T05:00:42Z")
Wordle 1,428 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CLOSE GROOM GROUP GROWN At least I didn’t lose again. ---
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