# "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:** 170
**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 17, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3381 "2025-07-17T14:40:45Z")
Wordle 1,490 5/6 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WdaF ??? πŸ€” 🦘 Never getting there on my own as dis not know the word. 🀷 Ai assist ---
**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 17, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3382 "2025-07-17T15:10:44Z")
Wordle 1,489 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST MOMMA MODAL ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3383 "2025-07-17T15:50:27Z")
> **Wordle 1,489 4/6\* 7/17/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > NERVY β†’ Whiff. Oddly enough, I can cover O, A and the last three WoFcons with > _L_ **O** _A_ST β†’ which I never knew was a word. OK, if that AL goes on the end, I can try > F **O** C **AL** β†’ Placed, but not much help there. Looks a bit trappish, but what comes immediate to mind is > **MODAL** > POLKA and DOULA were still alive for my third guess - either would have been tough. Scoredle hits a 50/50 putt for par. ---
**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 17, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3384 "2025-07-17T17:01:27Z")
Wordle 1,489 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY OCTAL SHOAL ZONAL MODAL ---
**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:** [July 18, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3385 "2025-07-18T00:50:53Z")
Wordle 1,489 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 THING FLARE VOCAL LOYAL MODAL Really thought I’d saved par; I looked and looked, and convinced myself that LOYAL was the only possible answer. Nope, there were two. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3386 "2025-07-18T04:14:41Z")
Wordle 1,490 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO BROOL LORIS Yes, I meant to type BROIL for my second guess. No, I have never heard the words BROOL or LORIS but I will take the birdie anyway. ---
**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 18, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3387 "2025-07-18T05:49:37Z")
Wordle 1,490 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO TOXIC MOVIE ROBIN LORIS I do know what a Loris is ---
**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 18, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3388 "2025-07-18T09:36:01Z")
**Wordle 1,490 3/6 β€” Fri 18 Jul 2025-07-18** πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **LORIS** β€” _the only possibility_ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3389 "2025-07-18T09:49:42Z")
Wordle 1490 4/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT PULSE LOGOS LORIS I think of myself as pretty well-read, but I was today days old when I found that β€˜loris’ is a word. And I needed to go through all the words beginning with LO in my dead-trees dictionary to discover it. Dafuq, Wordle?! ---
**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 18, 2025, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3390 "2025-07-18T10:19:10Z")
Wordle 1,490 3/6\* \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \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 S} \\ \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:** [July 18, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3391 "2025-07-18T10:26:35Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I think of myself as pretty well-read, but I was today days old when I found that β€˜loris’ is a word. And I needed to go through all the words beginning with LO in my dead-trees dictionary to discover it. Dafuq, Wordle?! The slow loris is a cool animal to watch at the zoo, as it moves very slowly. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3392 "2025-07-18T12:10:15Z")
I had to throw in the towel on this one. Not a common word by any means. (as defined by β€œI have never heard of it”…laugh if you must) Definitely on the same thumbs-down list as PINEY. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3393 "2025-07-18T13:45:54Z")
Wordle 1,490 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Uh, I was just slapping letters out there on the third guess and have never heard the word. SLATE CHOIR (answer) ---
**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 18, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3394 "2025-07-18T13:50:25Z")
Wordle 1,490 2/6\* 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST LORIS To be honest, I got a hint from Threads that today’s puzzle would cause a lot of discussion. So I picked a hard word. Because of the L, there were only a few to choose from, though. ---
**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 18, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3395 "2025-07-18T13:55:15Z")
Wordle 1,490 X/6\* Defeat! ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 HEROS (3 letters! I thought I had it in the bag) ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 TORUS (nope, but I least I had the O position…) ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 FORMS ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 WORDS ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 GORBS (whatever that is) ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 CORNS (nope, lost) loris? Loris? LORIS? ok, I guess πŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3396 "2025-07-18T14:10:10Z")
@Frodo - FYI, plurals are never a Wordle solution. ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3397 "2025-07-18T14:28:49Z")
Thanks!, I wish I’d known that before πŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3398 "2025-07-18T14:30:13Z")
> **Wordle 1,490 3/6\* 7/18/2025** > > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M **O** DA_L_ β†’ Not a bad start. I can check E and two more WoFcons with > **LO** NE_R_ β†’ Move the R to middle, can I get a word with T or S? There’s one with S, and the I > **LORIS** > > It’s an animal, but I knew the word from a denial-of-service attack on webservers. Shockingly, Scoredle misses this entirely, with a 3-4 trap that it fails to fill until it gets both letters out of order on the very last guess. ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3399 "2025-07-18T14:31:16Z")
Wordle 1,490 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO STYLE LORIS I spent A LOT of time on that third guess. Like others who have already posted, I had no idea loris was a word and had to look it up before I played it. Wordlebot says POLIS was also a valid guess, but I never would have thought of that as an actual word either. Also, WordleBot cheats. It _always_ uses CRANE as its first guess, except today when it used SLATE which just happened to give it the S and L which allowed it to get it in 3. No way it would have gotten it in 3 if it started with CRANE. ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3400 "2025-07-18T14:31:51Z")
Wordle 1,4 **91** 4/6 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Finally with **NO** Ai help πŸŽ‡ 🦘 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=169) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=171)