# "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:** 130
**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 25, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2581 "2025-05-25T17:30:01Z")
Wordle 1,436 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟦🟧⬛🟦⬛ ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 HOUSE TRAIN DRIFT GRIFT Joining the DRIFT/GRIFT club. Could have been a lot worse after that opening whiff. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2582 "2025-05-25T18:23:50Z")
Wordle 1436 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DRIFT GRIFT The solution is a word for our times, innit? After 2, saw FRUIT, DRIFT, and GRIFT; missed seeing BRUIT, and I’d have gotten a 5 if that had been the solution. ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2583 "2025-05-26T07:03:56Z")
**Wordle 1,437 4/6 — 2025-05-26 Mon** ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **DRONE** ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2584 "2025-05-26T07:42:44Z")
Wordle 1,437 6/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 scope wrote broke erode drove drone ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2585 "2025-05-26T08:45:09Z")
Wordle 1,437 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO PROSE CRONE DRONE ---
**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 26, 2025, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2586 "2025-05-26T09:31:27Z")
Wordle 1,437 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \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 E} \\ \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 26, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2587 "2025-05-26T10:39:08Z")
Wordle 1437 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT GRODY DRONE FROND had already been used. ---
**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 26, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2588 "2025-05-26T11:57:33Z")
Wordle 1,437 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO STYLE DRONE I should have gone with my first instinct. I thought of using DRONE as my second guess but used STYLE to include the Y and more common consonants, which didn’t help. ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2589 "2025-05-26T14:23:03Z")
Wordle 1,437 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 REL;AY OURIE SPORE DRONE ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2590 "2025-05-26T14:34:45Z")
Wordle 1,437 3/6 ⬜⬜🟧🟦🟦 ⬜🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ACORN FRONT DRONE - Almost went with prong, wrong, etc. ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2591 "2025-05-26T14:35:55Z")
Legit shot at eagle and guessed wrong 😢 Wordle **1,438** 3/6 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦘 🥱 ---
**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 26, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2592 "2025-05-26T15:23:38Z")
Wordle 1,437 2/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > DRONE > > DRONE is one of my favorite second words. I got lucky! ---
**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 26, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2593 "2025-05-26T17:34:47Z")
Wordle 1,437 3/6 ⬛🟧🟧⬛🟧 ⬛⬛🟦🟦⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AROSE BUNDT DRONE A really lucky start word! But lately I’ve gotten burned by playing too quickly. So after _almost_ typing in DRONE at two, I decided to take a step back, list out my options, and choose a smart sleuth word. Which was of course the right strategy, but going with my first instinct would have scored me an eagle! Go figure. ---
**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 26, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2594 "2025-05-26T17:53:57Z")
Wordle 1,437 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LOSER PROVE DRONE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2595 "2025-05-27T04:45:47Z")
Wordle 1,438 5/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHORE SHORT SNORT SPORT Got caught in the mini trap and was just unlucky. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2596 "2025-05-27T05:10:52Z")
Sorry. Second word was actually STORE ---
**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 27, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2597 "2025-05-27T09:05:44Z")
Wordle 1,438 4/6\* \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[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 M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \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 27, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2598 "2025-05-27T09:20:46Z")
**Wordle 1,438 3/6 — 2025-05-27 Tue** ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **SPORT** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2599 "2025-05-27T10:07:28Z")
Wordle 1438 2/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 39 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SPORT First 2 in nearly a month! As always, a lot of luck involved in a 2 - there were nine or ten unused possibilities. ---
**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 27, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2600 "2025-05-27T10:26:16Z")
Wordle 1,438 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY CURIO WORTH (Stupid!) TROMP SPORT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=129) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=131)