# "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:** 13
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/241 "2024-12-08T05:12:30Z")
Wordle 1,267 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE LOUSY MILKY FILLY HILLY ---
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Wordle 1,268 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHAME HENNA HYENA ---
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Wordle 1,268 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \\ &\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 E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \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 A} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \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 N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \\ \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:** [December 8, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/244 "2024-12-08T11:50:02Z")
Wordle 1,268 4/6, 2024-12-08 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE DOILY PUNCH HYENA ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/245 "2024-12-08T12:29:29Z")
Wordle 1268 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 99 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 12 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT AMEND HYENA After my starting word, the only words I could see besides AMEND were CANNY and RAINY, both of which had been used. After AMEND, I couldn’t see **any** possible solution for the longest time. Had the devil of a time finally spotting it, and it turned out to be the only possible solution after 2. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/246 "2024-12-08T14:08:03Z")
Wordle 1,268 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE HENNA HYENA After two I was having trouble coming up with anything. All I could think of was ACHED which I didn’t think was good as a past tense. Then I thought of HENNA and even though it had the double letter it turned out to be a good choice. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/247 "2024-12-08T14:30:05Z")
Wordle 1,268 3/6 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART HAVEN HYENA ---
**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:** [December 8, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/248 "2024-12-08T15:18:41Z")
Wordle 1,268 3/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟧🟦 🟦⬜🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE AMEND HYENA - Well, THAT took awhile to see. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/249 "2024-12-08T15:30:36Z")
> **Wordle 1,268 3/6\* 12/8/2024** > > 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **H** ILL_Y_ β†’ I guess the I should go after the H, so then try > **HY** P_E_R β†’ Which pretty much leads directly to > **HYENA** > > Scoredle pulls the exact same sequence of guesses. Only 23 possibles after the start word, with only about three having any possibility of being used at all. That was really quick. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/250 "2024-12-08T15:49:09Z")
Wordle 1,268 3/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Good start. Probably ends in Y. ABBEY or ALLEY) ALLEY (No? Try xYxxx) HYENA (I’ll take the birdie.) ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/251 "2024-12-08T16:30:54Z")
Wordle 1,268 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ARENA HYENA Green N in fourth position plus another yellow got me excited to try for a 2, and I saw arena pretty much immediately. So I just shot from the hip and guessed it without looking for more possibilities. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/252 "2024-12-08T16:50:33Z")
Wordle 1,268 4/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST FREAK OMEGA HYENA ---
**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:** [December 8, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/253 "2024-12-08T17:19:18Z")
Wordle 1,268 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLANT OPINE AMEND HYENA Talked myself out of a three. I actually had AMEND typed in at two, which would have led to an easy birdie, but decided I wanted to try more vowels. Then I stupidly forgot to use the A. πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/254 "2024-12-09T08:13:42Z")
Wordle 1,269 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES CLUNG FLUNG ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/255 "2024-12-09T10:11:48Z")
Wordle 1269 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 29 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 8 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT BLINK CLUNG FLUNG Lost the metaphorical coin toss on 3. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/256 "2024-12-09T10:30:17Z")
Wordle 1,269 4/6, 2024-12-09 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE DOILY PUNCH FLUNG β€” _pretty much the only possible word left_ ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/257 "2024-12-09T11:18:36Z")
Wordle 1,269 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/258 "2024-12-09T12:26:29Z")
Wordle 1,269 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL FULLY FLUNG ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/259 "2024-12-09T13:54:14Z")
Wordle 1,269 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Whiff. Time for CURIO.) CURIO (One U. Time for WoFcons. There’s almost certainly an L. FLUNG or PLUMB?) FLUNG (Birdied again!) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/260 "2024-12-09T15:54:28Z")
> **Wordle 1,269 4/6\* 12/9/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > HYE **N** A β†’ That’s something, though not a lot to go on. At least I’ve KOed half the vowels so far. I’ll try two more with a couple of WoFcons mixed in > _L_OI **N** S β†’ Gotta be a U in there. So, the L must move over to second… ?LUN? gives several possibles, first one I see is > C **LUN** K β†’ Running low on vowels. Next! > **FLUNG** > BLUNT was still out there. Scoredle gets unlucky with the first-letter-missing trap and finishes in five. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=14)