# "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:** 137

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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:** [June 4, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2721 "2025-06-04T16:01:33Z")

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Wordle 1,446 4/6

⬛⬛🟦⬛🟦  
⬛🟧🟧⬛⬛  
⬛🟧🟧🟦⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

OPERA  
LEANT  
BEACH  
CEASE

I talked myself out of a birdie. Was going to go for LEAST at two, but decided N would be a better choice. Oh well.

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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:** [June 4, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2722 "2025-06-04T16:35:52Z")

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Wordle 1,446 4/6

🟨⬛🟩⬛🟩  
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩  
🟨⬛🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

stale  
phase  
erase  
cease

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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:** [June 4, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2723 "2025-06-04T17:36:06Z")

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Wordle 1,446 2/6

⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RELAY  
CEASE

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2724 "2025-06-05T05:48:11Z")

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Wordle 1,447 4/6

⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
LATHE  
PATSY  
DATUM

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2725 "2025-06-05T07:09:18Z")

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Wordle 1,447 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛  
⬛🟩🟨⬛🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

focal  
stare  
haunt  
datum

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2726 "2025-06-05T07:31:20Z")

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**Wordle 1,447 4/6 — 2025-06-05 Thu**  
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨  
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
 **LEAST**  
 **CRIMP**  
 **BOUND**  
 **DATUM**

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2727 "2025-06-05T09:33:11Z")

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Wordle 1,447 3/6\*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ \end{aligned}

❗

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**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2728 "2025-06-05T09:35:47Z")

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Wordle 1,447 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

slant  
chore  
patty  
datum

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2729 "2025-06-05T10:26:49Z")

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Wordle 1447 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
DUMPY  
DATUM

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2730 "2025-06-05T11:46:10Z")

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Wordle 1,447 4/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜  
🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
STAMP - rats, I already knew A wasn’t #3  
MATTY  
DATUM

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2731 "2025-06-05T12:09:06Z")

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Wordle 1,447 3/6

🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛  
⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

AUDIO  
GAUDY  
DATUM

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2732 "2025-06-05T14:00:12Z")

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Wordle 1,447 3/6\*

⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨  
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

> **Summary**
>
> LEAST  
> BATCH  
> DATUM

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2733 "2025-06-05T14:56:00Z")

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Wordle 1,447 3/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RELAY  
OASIS  
DATUM

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2734 "2025-06-05T15:20:45Z")

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Wordle 1,447 4/6

⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦  
🟦🟧⬜⬜⬜  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
HOIST  
TALLY  
DATUM

This took forever. My screen went dark twice while I mulled over possibilities.

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2735 "2025-06-05T16:25:37Z")

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Wordle **1,448** 3/6  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦘 🥱

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2736 "2025-06-05T17:21:13Z")

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Wordle 1,447 3/6\*

⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛  
🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Older  
Daisy  
Datum

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2737 "2025-06-05T17:53:27Z")

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> **Wordle 1,447 4/6\* 6/5/2025**
>
> ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
> ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
> 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> CE_A_SE → Slow start, wasted E. Try A & O and three WoFcons  
> LOR_A_N → No help there. Need to try T. I see one word that has it (and I should have tried AUDIT, but first I saw)  
> _AU_GH_T_ → Nothing placed yet. I thought about this one for a long time. Kept trying to keep A & U together, then thought about them separated and saw  
> **DATUM**
> 
> Took a long time for the answer to hit me. Scoredle also gets a par, with about a 1/2 to 1/4 shot at a birdie (depending on the bogusity of a couple of the 18 words left after its second guess).

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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:** [June 5, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2738 "2025-06-05T20:16:14Z")

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Wordle 1,447 3/6

⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛  
⬛🟦⬛🟦⬛  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

LOUPE  
SUGAR  
DATUM

And a nice symmetrical pattern! 😊

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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:** [June 6, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2739 "2025-06-06T04:24:02Z")

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Wordle 1,448 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STAIN  
BRICK  
GLIDE  
EDIFY

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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:** [June 6, 2025, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2740 "2025-06-06T04:34:55Z")

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Wordle 1,448 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨  
🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
SHINE  
PLIED  
DEIFY  
EDIFY

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