# "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:** 16
**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:** [December 12, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/301 "2024-12-12T16:30:14Z")
Wordle 1,272 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE POINT SLING VYING ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/302 "2024-12-13T00:38:22Z")
Wordle 1,272 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCONE WRING DYING VYING Voluntary hard mode kicked my ass this time. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/303 "2024-12-13T05:14:07Z")
Wordle 1,272 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE NOISY VYING Luckily I didn’t see DYING ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/304 "2024-12-13T05:40:56Z")
Wordle 1,273 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE LONER COWER BUMPY BOXER Horrible trap today. Had to try to eliminate as many choices as possible. The sleuth word helped but it still could have been BORER. Also I was thinking that BOXER had been used before. Just happy to survive today. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/305 "2024-12-13T07:22:32Z")
Wordle 1,273 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/306 "2024-12-13T10:16:39Z")
Wordle 1,273 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[yellow,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 R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\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 X} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/307 "2024-12-13T10:44:28Z")
Wordle 1,273 5/6 β€” **2024-12-13** β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **GUMBO** β€” _to eliminate letters because it could be (borer boxer gofer mover mower roger rower)_ **BOXER** β€” _it was either BORER or BOXER_ This was a fun puzzle. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/308 "2024-12-13T12:28:39Z")
Wordle 1,273 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LOSER BOXER ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/309 "2024-12-13T13:32:54Z")
Wordle 1,273 4/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 According to Wordlebot, only 70% of folks are getting this in 6 or less. Lots of streaks going down today. ORATE ROPER SOBER BOXER ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/310 "2024-12-13T13:45:43Z")
Wordle 1273 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 77 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 16 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE ROWDY BOXER Could’ve also been MOVER; JOKER and POKER had already been played. Another fun one; narrowed it down to seven or eight possibles after 2 (DOPER was on the borderline IMO) but came up with a good sleuth word again today. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/311 "2024-12-13T14:00:42Z")
Wordle 1,273 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST [Vowel hunt] LOUIE [xOxEx Use another WoFcon] WOMEN [last WoFcon] ROBED [BORER or BOXER] BOXER [Streak still alive] ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/312 "2024-12-13T14:52:41Z")
Wordle 1,273 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Whew! Thought my streak was gonna end. INEPT REACH LOWER JOKER FOYER BOXER ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/313 "2024-12-13T15:25:43Z")
> **Wordle 1,273 5/6\* 12/13/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > VYING β†’ I’ve started with a whiff three of the last four days. Quite a little streak I’ve got going! Yet another chance for a good first word second. > L_E_AST β†’ Unplaced E after two guesses. I wanted to KO the vowels here, but in retrospect I should have gone ROGUE > C **O** UP_E_ β†’ Not that this is too bad. I played around with five letter words that included an R and found a slangy one that Wordle took > F **O** _R_ **E** _X_ β†’ And that X made the solution easy > **BOXER** > I guess it’s a good day to hear what you want to hear and disregard the rest. Looking at the trap and Scoredle’s list of possibles on my fourth guess, I got very lucky with the guess I made. Scoredle makes a six from my start; ironically it does better than with its own start, which ends in a fail. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/314 "2024-12-13T15:32:41Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I guess it’s a good day to hear what you want to hear and disregard the rest. I saw what you did there. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/315 "2024-12-13T15:50:27Z")
Wordle 1,273 4/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟦🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE POISE BORED BOXER I feel fortunate to have gotten in in four. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/316 "2024-12-13T16:51:59Z")
Wordle 1,273 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST COVEN GOOEY BOXER ---
**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:** [December 13, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/317 "2024-12-13T22:20:49Z")
Wordle 1,273 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STONE LOWER PICKY HOVER BOXER Another day, another trap. I scored a six yesterday (didn’t have time to post here); BEING, GOING, DYING, and VYING were the last four. Grrr. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/318 "2024-12-14T04:49:30Z")
Wordle 1,273 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE DINER SOBER BOXER ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/319 "2024-12-14T04:55:03Z")
Wordle 1,273 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCORE MOVER BOXER ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/320 "2024-12-14T05:07:12Z")
**Saturday, December 14th** Wordle 1,274 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ROLES BROIL DROOL Back to back pedestrian 4s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=17)