# "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:** 148
**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 18, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2941 "2025-06-18T16:58:17Z")
Wordle 1,460 5/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 🟦⬜⬜🟧⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ACORN NIECE BUNCH PUNCH MUNCH - This came to mind first, but verbs are seldom the answer, so went with the other two. πŸ™„ ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2942 "2025-06-19T04:03:11Z")
Wordle 1,461 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TRAIN MERIT LURID CURIO ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2943 "2025-06-19T04:19:04Z")
Wordle 1,461 2/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CURIO Haven’t had a two in ages. ---
**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 19, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2944 "2025-06-19T07:03:31Z")
**Wordle 1,461 4/6 β€” 2025-06-19 Thu** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **CURIO** ---
**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 19, 2025, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2945 "2025-06-19T09:26:32Z")
Wordle 1,461 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2946 "2025-06-19T10:22:37Z")
Wordle 1461 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CURIO The solution was the only possibility after 2, and it took me awhile to find it. ---
**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 19, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2947 "2025-06-19T11:08:02Z")
Wordle 1,461 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ounce Mucho Curio Wordlebot said I shoulda had it in two, mucho waste of a lucky start word ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2948 "2025-06-19T11:11:49Z")
A nice two today… Wordle 1,461 2/6 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COURT CURIO ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2949 "2025-06-19T11:15:15Z")
> **Wordle 1,461 3/6\* 6/19/2025** > > ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M **U** N_C_H β†’ That’s a heck of start. I’ll add an E and two WoFcons and try > **CU** TE_R_ β†’ CUR??, is it that easy? > **CURIO** > > Took me about ten seconds, thanks to the start. Scoredle is more careful about the possibles that end in Y, so it checks them first and takes a par. ---
**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 19, 2025, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2950 "2025-06-19T11:26:17Z")
Wordle 1,461 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BROIL CURIO honestly could not think of another word that fit ---
**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 19, 2025, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2951 "2025-06-19T11:27:36Z")
Wordle 1,461 2/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO CURIO ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2952 "2025-06-19T13:21:46Z")
Wordle 1,461 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ POLIS 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟨 CHOIR 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CURIO Once you realize that the word ends in β€œIO” I think CURIO is the only word that fits. ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2953 "2025-06-19T14:51:20Z")
Wordle 1,461 2/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY (Get the rest of the vowels out of the way.) CURIO (That was pretty much my go-to in this situation. If it happens again, I’ll have to try another word: HOURI. But I’m happy with today’s outcome) ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2954 "2025-06-19T14:54:07Z")
Wordle 1,461 3/6 🟧🟦⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST CURIO - Almost screwed up and tried β€œchoir” ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2955 "2025-06-19T16:17:45Z")
Wordle 1,461 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STALE GROIN BORIC CURIO Good second word narrowed it down to two. Of course I chose the wrong one, but I’m happy with this after the whiff. ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2956 "2025-06-19T16:58:12Z")
Wordle 1,461 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > LEAST > BOUND > RUMOR > CURIO ---
**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 19, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2957 "2025-06-19T18:17:26Z")
Wordle 1,461 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 amber strip lyric curio ---
**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 19, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2958 "2025-06-19T19:30:03Z")
Busted πŸš“ Wordle 1,4 **62** X/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 😒 ---
**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 20, 2025, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2959 "2025-06-20T04:03:13Z")
Wordle 1,462 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SHORT TABLE TAUPE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2960 "2025-06-20T05:21:28Z")
Wordle 1,462 4/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NASTY TABLE TAUPE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=147) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=149)