# "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:** 142
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2821 "2025-06-11T00:38:47Z")
Wordle 1452 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY TAFFY BATTY had already been played; won the mental coin toss between TAFFY and TABBY. But I had to verify with my wife that I’d won that mental coin toss, because in mid-game, the FTFNYT blocked any further access to the game with an ad for a subscription. Neither my wife nor I could figure out a way around the ad so that I could finish today’s game. Fortunately, I’d already made my first three guesses, so I was down to only a few possibilities for guess #4. I don’t know whether I’ll be able to access Wordle in the morning, so if I’m not in the thread, you’ll know why. ---
**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 11, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2822 "2025-06-11T04:04:19Z")
Wordle 1,453 3/6 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALIEN CLAIM PLAID Im a lumberjack and Im okay ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2823 "2025-06-11T07:15:52Z")
Wordle 1,453 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SLAIN CLAIM PLAID ---
**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 11, 2025, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2824 "2025-06-11T07:55:33Z")
**Wordle 1,453 4/6 β€” 2025-06-11 Wed** πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** β€” _it’s either plaid or plain_ **PLAIN** β€” _I lost the coin toss_ **PLAID** ---
**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 11, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2825 "2025-06-11T10:29:39Z")
Wordle 1,453 2/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned} Wow. I’m sure there must’ve been at least several other options.. (I don’t use any lists or tools.) I too am a lumberjack. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2826 "2025-06-11T11:00:11Z")
Wordle 1453 3/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CRIME - dead mean don’t wear… PLAID Was able to dig out from under the FTFNYT’s ad in time to play yesterday’s game on my phone last night, so I’m still playing and my streak is officially intact. (Whew.) > [@pjd](#): > > I too am a lumberjack. Do you [sleep all night and work all day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FshU58nI0Ts)? πŸ˜‰ ---
**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 11, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2827 "2025-06-11T11:05:23Z")
Yes. (apart from the working all day bit) ---
**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 11, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2828 "2025-06-11T11:33:40Z")
Wordle 1,453 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO RABID PLAID ---
**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 11, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2829 "2025-06-11T11:40:18Z")
Wordle 1,453 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SLAIN PLAID nice symmetry today ---
**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 11, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2830 "2025-06-11T12:24:54Z")
Wordle 1,453 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tenth Mould Plaid ---
**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 11, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2831 "2025-06-11T14:30:51Z")
Wordle 1,453 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE CRIMP PLAIN PLAID Talked myself out of a birdie again. I had PLAIN typed in at two, but got spooked as I kept seeing other words. Today is Wednesday. I’m off to go shopping and have buttered scones for tea. ---
**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 11, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2832 "2025-06-11T14:42:30Z")
Wordle 1,453 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY LATCH ALONG PLAID ---
**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 11, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2833 "2025-06-11T14:53:24Z")
Wordle 1,453 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > PLAIN > PLAID ---
**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 11, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2834 "2025-06-11T15:04:58Z")
Wordle 1,453 3/6 🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ACORN HEIST PLAID Talk about dumb luck. ---
**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 11, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2835 "2025-06-11T15:43:52Z")
could’ve gone so wrong 😱 Wordle **1,454** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🦘 πŸ₯± 😴 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2836 "2025-06-11T15:58:12Z")
> **Wordle 1,453 5/6\* 6/11/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > T_A_FFY β†’ Well, that’s something. Then, I mixed up an agglomeration of three more WoFcons, that A, and an E, and tried a word I didn’t think was valid > S **LA** NE β†’ but it was, so having gotten it, I decided to try something similar with R and I and another consonant > G **LAI** R β†’ all these bogus guesses today, but at least I made some progress. It’s gotta be consonants the rest of the way, so I’ll try > C **LAI** M β†’ Nope. What’s next? > **PLAID** > > Turned out I had a 50/50 for par. Ah, well. Scoredle makes par with a tap-in, so much better played by the algorithm today. ---
**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 11, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2837 "2025-06-11T23:00:33Z")
Wordle 1,453 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 stare plank plaid ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2838 "2025-06-12T04:07:48Z")
Wordle 1,454 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHORT ALIEN WIZEN VIXEN ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2839 "2025-06-12T05:28:49Z")
Wordle 1,454 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE LINEN WIDEN GIVEN VIXEN Got to go back to being more systematic. ---
**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 12, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2840 "2025-06-12T09:33:55Z")
Wordle 1,454 5/6\* \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[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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \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 V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ \end{aligned} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=143)