# "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:** 143

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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 12, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2841 "2025-06-12T10:57:44Z")

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**Wordle 1,454 5/6 — 2025-06-12 Thu**  
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛🟩🟨🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
 **LEAST**  
 **CRIMP**  
\*\*BOUND \*\*  
 **GIVEN**  
 **VIXEN**

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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 12, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2842 "2025-06-12T11:20:03Z")

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Wordle 1,454 3/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
GIVEN  
VIXEN

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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 12, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2843 "2025-06-12T11:34:26Z")

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Wordle 1,454 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨  
⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

AUDIO  
STYLE  
BRIEF  
VIXEN

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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 12, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2844 "2025-06-12T13:08:53Z")

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Wordle 1,454 4/6\*

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛  
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛  
⬛🟩🟨🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Tease  
Enjoy  
Liven  
Vixen

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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 12, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2845 "2025-06-12T14:33:08Z")

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Wordle **1,455** 4/6  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩  
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦘 🥱

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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 12, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2846 "2025-06-12T14:59:39Z")

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Wordle 1,454 5/6

⬜⬜⬜🟦🟦  
⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜  
⬜🟧🟦🟧⬜  
⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
HOIST  
PINED  
LINEN  
VIXEN

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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 12, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2847 "2025-06-12T15:17:12Z")

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Wordle 1,454 3/6\*

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

> **Summary**
>
> LEAST  
> FREED  
> VIXEN

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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 12, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2848 "2025-06-12T15:33:35Z")

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Wordle 1,454 4/6

⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛🟦🟧  
⬛🟧🟦🟧🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

OPIUM  
TRAIN  
LIVEN  
VIXEN

Thought about VIXEN at three but decided using both V and X would be foolish. Oh well.

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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 12, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2849 "2025-06-12T15:35:46Z")

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Wordle 1,454 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RELAY  
OUTIE  
MIXED  
VIXEN

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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 12, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2850 "2025-06-12T16:02:58Z")

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> **Wordle 1,454 4/6\* 6/12/2025**
>
> ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
> 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜  
> ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> PLA_I_D → Not much of a start. My thoughts immediately went to STEIN, but that wouldn’t move the I, so I anagrammed to  
> _IN_S **E** T → Placed E is nice, I’ll try the three letters I know in the middle three spots (plus the last WoFcon) for  
> M **I** _N_ **E** R → So N at the end, I see one word that jumps right out at me so I’ll go for it  
> **VIXEN**
> 
> Scordle places the I with its second guess, but bogs down and ends up with a bogey. Scoredle also liked my first third guess. I hit a 50/50 shot for the par (though if I had seen WIZEN first I could have gone the distance).

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**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 12, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2851 "2025-06-12T19:24:30Z")

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Wordle 1,454 4/6\*

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ POETS  
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ REALM  
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 NICHE  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIXEN

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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 13, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2852 "2025-06-13T00:54:11Z")

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Wordle 1,454 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟨⬛🟨🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟨🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

storm  
navel  
vined  
vixen

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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 13, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2853 "2025-06-13T04:22:43Z")

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Wordle 1,455 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩  
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
SHINE  
MIDGE  
BILGE

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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 13, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2854 "2025-06-13T06:39:45Z")

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Wordle 1,455 3/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STAND  
LIVER  
BILGE

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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 13, 2025, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2855 "2025-06-13T07:08:01Z")

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**Wordle 1,455 5/6 — 2025-06-13 Fri**  
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛  
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩⬛🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
 **LEAST**  
 **CRIMP**  
 **BOUND**  
 **BIBLE**  
 **BILGE**

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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 13, 2025, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2856 "2025-06-13T09:38:48Z")

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Wordle 1,455 4/6\*

\begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned}

> [@Bullitt](#):
>
> \*\*BOUND \*\*

It appears that discourse doesn’t like bold spaces !

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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 13, 2025, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2857 "2025-06-13T10:21:07Z")

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Wordle 1455 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩  
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
BULGE  
BILGE

Looks like I forgot to post yesterday’s.

Wordle 1454 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
DUMPY  
VIXEN

BEGIN, GIVEN, and FEIGN had been played, and you never see WIZEN except in its adjectival form, e.g. a wizened old man.

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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 13, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2858 "2025-06-13T11:17:29Z")

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Wordle 1,455 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜  
🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜  
🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
EBONY  
BIBLE  
BILGE

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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 13, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2859 "2025-06-13T11:51:37Z")

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Wordle 1,455 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

AUDIO  
STYLE  
BILGE

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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 13, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2860 "2025-06-13T11:59:10Z")

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> [@pjd](#):
>
> It appears that discourse doesn’t like bold spaces !

I’m on an iPhone and sometimes spaces are inserted and I don’t catch it.

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