# "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:** 140
**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 8, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2781 "2025-06-08T15:24:39Z")
Wordle 1,450 2/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > LEASE > > For a minute there, I thought today was the day! ---
**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 8, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2782 "2025-06-08T15:33:29Z")
Wordle 1,450 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 UNITE SCARE BLASE LEASE Looks like four is a bad score today. Damn repeating E got me again. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2783 "2025-06-08T21:01:04Z")
> **Wordle 1,450 5/6\* 6/8/2025** > > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > R **E** U **SE** β†’ Wow! Do I have a shot at a 2? Hmm, lots of ?ENSE words, so probably not, but I should try one of them that exercises WoFcons at least > T **E** N **SE** β†’ Ok, that wasn’t it. Maybe a double-E (which is to say, three of 'em?) > G **E** E **SE** β†’ Nope. ?EASE, I’ll try > C **EASE** β†’ Aw, darn, an L. Should have tried it in my WoFcon phase > **LEASE** > > Scoredle likes my second guess, and then sees the three words I finished with and picks the right one. So it finishes with a birdie while I take a bogey on the misplay (should have had no worse than par). Hmph. ---
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Wordle 1,450 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 steam phase erase lease ---
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Wordle 1,451 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SOLAR HOARY BOARD ---
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Wordle 1,451 3/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SHARD BOARD ---
**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 9, 2025, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2787 "2025-06-09T07:08:28Z")
Wordle 1,451 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 point mouse board ---
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**Wordle 1,451 4/6 β€” 2025-06-09 Mon** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **BOARD** ---
**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 9, 2025, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2789 "2025-06-09T09:21:37Z")
Wordle 1,451 2/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned} Bastards ! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2790 "2025-06-09T11:03:31Z")
Wordle 1451 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE BOARD OVARY was the only other possibility, but I was betting that the NYT would stay away from gynecological terms. ---
**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 9, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2791 "2025-06-09T11:23:27Z")
Wordle 1,451 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BOARD ---
**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 9, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2792 "2025-06-09T11:41:36Z")
Wordle 1,451 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO BROAD BOARD Was trying to choose between those two, and picked wrong again. ---
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Wordle 1,451 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Wrest Razor Acorn Board ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2794 "2025-06-09T13:57:37Z")
Wordle 1,451 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 SWORD ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 GOURD ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 HOARD 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BOARD I think if I hadn’t learned English from SF and specially Fantasy books I would’ve thought of β€œBOARD” before β€œHOARD” πŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 9, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2795 "2025-06-09T14:24:07Z")
Wordle 1,451 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > FRAUD > BOARD ---
**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 9, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2796 "2025-06-09T14:38:26Z")
Wordle 1,451 3/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ORATE ROACH BOARD Nice start. I had BOARD, HOARD, or ROACH. Any of them would have guaranteed a birdie, assuming I hadn’t missed any possibilities (I hadn’t). So this was pretty quick and easy. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2797 "2025-06-09T14:59:38Z")
> **Wordle 1,451 4/6\* 6/9/2025** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 > 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > LE **A** SE β†’ I was hoping for one E. With two WoFcons gone, I’ll focus on more vowels next. > PI **A** N_O_ β†’ O is nice. Probably goes before the A. Two WoFcons left, I should try at least one, and there’s a good word to try one with > _R_ **OA** CH β†’ Move that after the vowels. ?OAR? evokes > **BOARD** > > It was the only word remaining. Scoredle sinks a 50/50 putt for par. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2798 "2025-06-09T15:01:09Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > WoFcons What’s a WoFcon? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2799 "2025-06-09T15:09:21Z")
Short for β€œWheel of Fortune consonant” - R, S, T, L, and N, generally the most common consonants found in English text. Since I start each day with yesterday’s solution, I usually want to pick words that use as many of them as early as possible, as they might not have been present in my start word. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2800 "2025-06-09T15:18:14Z")
Thanks!, I’ll take them in account in future guesses πŸ™‚ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=139) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=141)