# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451>\
**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:** 125

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**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 18, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2481 "2025-05-18T13:09:58Z")

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Wordle 1,429 5/6\*

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛  
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛  
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Angst  
Choir  
Equip  
Vivid  
Livid

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**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 18, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2482 "2025-05-18T13:47:33Z")

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Wordle 1,429 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨  
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
SPOIL  
FLUID  
LIVID could have been LIPID I suppose

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**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 18, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2483 "2025-05-18T14:01:56Z")

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Wordle 1,429 3/6\*

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

> **Summary**
>
> LEAST  
> LIMBO  
> LIVID

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**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 18, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2484 "2025-05-18T14:42:59Z")

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Wordle 1,429 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟦🟦🟧  
🟦🟧🟦⬜⬜  
🟧🟧⬜🟧🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
HOIST  
GUILD  
DILLY  
LIPID  
LIVID

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**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 18, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2485 "2025-05-18T14:47:55Z")

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Wordle 1,429 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜  
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RELAY  
LOUIS  
VOUCH  
LIVID

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2486 "2025-05-18T14:57:24Z")

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> **Wordle 1,429 5/6\* 5/18/2025**
>
> ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
> ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
> ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜  
> 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> GROWN → Whiff. Time for the ultimate first guess second.  
> S_L_ATE → Not much help. Two Ls? Also should check U and I, which evokes the word  
> QU_IL_L → Which is some help. Two Is? Or possibly an LI??Y word, but I can’t see one right now, so I’ll go with a two-I word  
> **LI** P **ID** → I was so close. That makes me  
> **LIVID**
> 
> Well, not really. I’m pretty happy with that bogey, all things considered, given my start. Scoredle misses the par with the same closing sequence as I guessed. Mine had a lot more luck involved, though - there were six nonbogus words left after my fourth guess, though a couple are slangy, so I was in danger of a loss.

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**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 18, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2487 "2025-05-18T19:07:01Z")

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Wordle 1,429 4/6

⬛⬛🟦🟦⬛  
🟧🟧⬛⬛⬛  
🟧🟧⬛⬛⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

AGILE  
LIMBO  
LINTY  
LIVID

Not a bad par, I guess.

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**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 18, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2488 "2025-05-18T21:45:35Z")

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Just about blew my streak  
Wordle 1,4 **30** 6/6  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🦘 🌄

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**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 19, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2489 "2025-05-19T04:02:56Z")

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Wordle 1,430 4/6

🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜  
⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

TRACE  
STICK  
DITCH  
PITCH

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2490 "2025-05-19T05:02:48Z")

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Wordle 1,430 4/6

⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
LITHE  
DITCH  
PITCH

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**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 19, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2491 "2025-05-19T07:09:06Z")

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**Wordle 1,430 3/6 — 2025-05-19 Mon**  
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨  
🟨⬛🟨⬛🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
 **LEAST**  
 **CRIMP**  
 **PITCH**

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**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 19, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2492 "2025-05-19T07:28:10Z")

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Wordle 1,430 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛  
🟨⬛🟨🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

stake  
topic  
pitch

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**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 19, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2493 "2025-05-19T09:48:27Z")

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Wordle 1,430 3/6\*

\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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned}

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**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 19, 2025, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2494 "2025-05-19T10:20:27Z")

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Wordle 1,430 3/6\*

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

hello  
Punch  
Pitch

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2495 "2025-05-19T10:22:38Z")

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Wordle 1430 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
DITCH  
PITCH

After 2, HUTCH, HITCH, WITCH, and ITCHY had all been used, and I was pretty sure the NYT wasn’t gonna use BITCH or BUTCH, so that left DITCH and PITCH. Lost the metaphorical coin toss. Such is life.

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**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 19, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2496 "2025-05-19T12:21:44Z")

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Wordle 1,430 4/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨  
🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
THINK  
PITHY  
PITCH

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**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 19, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2497 "2025-05-19T12:24:34Z")

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Wordle 1,430 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛  
⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

AUDIO  
SPIRE  
NIPPY  
PITCH

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**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 19, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2498 "2025-05-19T14:09:32Z")

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Wordle 1,430 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RELAY  
SWING  
QUOIT  
PITCH

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**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 19, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2499 "2025-05-19T14:18:31Z")

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Wordle 1,4 **31** 5/6  
⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩  
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩  
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩  
⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦘 🥱

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**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 19, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2500 "2025-05-19T14:25:27Z")

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Wordle 1,430 3/6

🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟦⬜🟦⬜🟦  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
HOIST  
PITCH

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