# "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:** 169
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3361 "2025-07-16T11:53:24Z")
Wordle 1,488 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO STYLE BEEFY PENNY NERVY ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3362 "2025-07-16T12:53:39Z")
Wordle 1,488 6/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ PRIED 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ REACT ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ SERUM ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 HERON 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ NERVE 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 NERVY (that was close!) ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3363 "2025-07-16T13:26:42Z")
Wordle 1,488 4/6\* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛🟨🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Trial Ropey Berry Nervy ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3364 "2025-07-16T13:34:17Z")
Wordle 1488 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE RIVEN NERVY ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3365 "2025-07-16T13:52:25Z")
Wordle 1,488 4/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DECOR REIGN NERVY The nerve! NERVY is not too common. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3366 "2025-07-16T14:47:22Z")
Wordle 1,4 **89** 5/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🤬 🦘 🥱 ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3367 "2025-07-16T14:51:45Z")
Wordle 1,488 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LEVER as it turned out, a good guess VERSE knowing there is no second E, but wanted to place the R NERVY ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3368 "2025-07-16T15:05:15Z")
Wordle 1,488 5/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY DERBY TERRY FERNY NERVY ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3369 "2025-07-16T15:18:11Z")
Wordle 1,488 5/6 ⬜🟦⬜🟦🟦 🟦🟧🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE RENEW HERON NERDY - should have gone with my first inclination, which was. . . NERVY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3370 "2025-07-16T17:15:56Z")
> **Wordle 1,488 4/6\* 7/16/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FOIST → Whiff. That’s no way to start a new streak. Well, it does lead to a solid follow-up, of A, E and the last three WoFcons > L **E** A_RN_ → And that ain’t bad. Can’t see a way to put a U in there, so perhaps a Y on the end… Perhaps Weird Al provides some inspiration > **NER** D **Y** → Ah, so close. > **NERVY** > > Scoredle goes the distance, but the double-bogey putt is a tap-in. There was a set of 3 repeated-E words after my second guess that I didn’t see, so missing par was very possible. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3371 "2025-07-17T04:37:30Z")
Wordle 1,489 3/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO RADON MODAL Easy-peasy ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3372 "2025-07-17T05:51:02Z")
I’m Wordle 1,489 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHOAL FOCAL MODAL ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3373 "2025-07-17T09:18:09Z")
Wordle 1,489 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned} 3rd guess couldn’t have been right, but it probably helped… > [@psychobunny](#): > > I’m Wordle That explains a lot !! ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3374 "2025-07-17T10:46:33Z")
**Wordle 1,489 4/6 — Thu 17 Jul 2025-07-17** 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **THEFT** **MODAL** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3375 "2025-07-17T11:42:23Z")
Wordle 1489 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY MODAL ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3376 "2025-07-17T12:02:13Z")
Wordle 1,489 3/6 🟨⬛🟩⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO STYLE MODAL ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3377 "2025-07-17T13:18:13Z")
Wordle 1,489 3/6\* ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Beard Madly Modal ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3378 "2025-07-17T14:13:08Z")
Wordle 1,489 5/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST FINAL CORAL LOYAL ← crap. I had already eliminated the leading L. MODAL ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3379 "2025-07-17T14:31:56Z")
Wordle 1,489 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART DANCE Doh! I knew there was no I PLAID MODAL ---
**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:** [July 17, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3380 "2025-07-17T14:39:37Z")
Wordle 1,489 6/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ PEONY ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ BOLAS (laughs from my inner 5 year old) ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 LOCAL ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 TOTAL (bad idea, shouldn’t repeat letters) 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 MORAL 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MODAL “phew” indeed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=168) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=170)