# "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:** 174
**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 22, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3461 "2025-07-22T13:42:17Z")
Wordle 1,494 2/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Notch Burnt ---
**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 22, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3462 "2025-07-22T14:11:55Z")
Wordle 1,4 **95** 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ€ͺ Ai assisted 🦘 one of THOSE 😱 ---
**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 22, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3463 "2025-07-22T14:29:13Z")
Wordle 1,494 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TRUST BURNT story of my youth ---
**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 22, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3464 "2025-07-22T15:39:26Z")
Wordle 1,494 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY (I get to try HOURI again!) HOURI (Okay, try for some WoFcons.) WURST (Ooh, and everything’s placed. One more WoFcon.) BURNT (BAM!) JFTR, I hate, Hate, HATE words that past-tense with a T when the RIGHT way to do it is with an ED. LEARNT, DREAMT, LEAPT; they can all go eat a dick. SLEPT can stay. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3465 "2025-07-22T15:45:47Z")
> **Wordle 1,494 4/6\* 7/22/2025** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _T_IZZY β†’ About what I expected. Take E & A and two more WoFcons to try > LEAS **T** β†’ And that’s not much. I’d like to try the last two WoFcons here with O & U, but couldn’t think of a word - and decided the vowels were more important, so > O **U** GH **T** β†’ and with R & N at the top of my mind, the next word just jumped out at me > **BURNT** > > Scoredle’s other two possibles for the last guess were bogus. It suggested COUNT or COURT for my third guess, which would have been better in theory but worse in practice. Scoredle also makes par on this puzzle. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3466 "2025-07-22T23:37:20Z")
Wordle 1,494 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 staid trick motor retry burnt ---
**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 23, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3467 "2025-07-23T05:52:22Z")
Wordle 1,495 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME WATER My daughter got it in two. ---
**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 23, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3468 "2025-07-23T07:52:42Z")
2? Nice! I barely got it. I needed 6. _ **PHEW!!!** _ **Wordle 1,495 6/6 β€” Wed 23 Jul 2025-07-23** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** β€” _It might be after earth eater extra gater hater rater taker tater taxer water; previous Wordles have included earth extra hater; letters to eliminate are F X G H K W; so can try fight_ **FIGHT** β€” _It might be eater extra rater taker tater taxer water; previous Wordles have included extra; letters to eliminate are X K W; so can try kylix_ **EXTRA** β€” _It might be tater water_ **WATER** β€” _I flipped a coin an won. Barely!_ _ **PHEW!!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3469 "2025-07-23T09:07:09Z")
Wordle 1,495 4/6 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LATER CHEWY WATER Definitely needed a sleuth word and tried to rule out the three most likely, although not forgetting the possibility of EATER. ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3470 "2025-07-23T09:53:36Z")
Wordle 1,495 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} Stupid 3rd guess … pay attention pjd. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3471 "2025-07-23T10:10:10Z")
Wordle 1495 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 294 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 19 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT TREAD WATER Could’ve also been EATER (which was the first word I thought of); AFTER, CATER, EARTH, EXTRA, and HATER had already been used. ---
**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 23, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3472 "2025-07-23T13:43:57Z")
Wordle 1,495 6/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO STYLE HEART CATER TRAMP WATER I figured I’d better try a sleuth word on 5, but I could have picked a better one like TEMPS. I still had three possible words on 6, made a lucky guess. That’s what I get for trying to do Wordle before my morning coffee. ---
**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 23, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3473 "2025-07-23T13:52:03Z")
Wordle 1,495 5/6\* 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ RELAY 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ARISE ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 BARGE (Stupid choice, I already knew there was no final E) ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 TATER 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WATER (should’ve used this one first instead of repeating Ts) ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3474 "2025-07-23T14:04:56Z")
Hehe …inspired Wordle 1,4 **96** 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŽ‡ 🦘 Could have been sooo wrong. No Ai. ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3475 "2025-07-23T14:08:27Z")
Wordle 1,495 2/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART WATER ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3476 "2025-07-23T14:15:39Z")
Wordle 1,495 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 creed tower water ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3477 "2025-07-23T14:42:22Z")
Wordle 1,495 5/6 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY CADRE WAGER DIVOT WATER ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3478 "2025-07-23T15:06:27Z")
Wordle 1,495 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST TREAD WATER ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3479 "2025-07-23T15:07:24Z")
> **Wordle 1,495 4/6\* 7/23/2025** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BU_R_N_T_ β†’ That’s a pretty good start, and it goes immediately to a pretty good followup > S_TARE_ β†’ Hit on both vowels. One WoFcon left, and a good guess to try it with > L **ATER** β†’ Uh-oh. This is a serious trap. E, T & R just from the letters I already know. C, H, M, P, W, what else? I could make a case for D, G & O. This might be a worse trap than the famous ?OUND. For the heck of it, I’ll go with the option that doesn’t sound the same as the others > **WATER** > > This one could easily have sunk me. It did sink Scoredle, which also hit the trap on the third guess but was much less lucky. From its own start, Scoredle hits the same trap at two but finishes in five, so what’s up with that? ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3480 "2025-07-23T15:58:21Z")
Wordle 1,495 4/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦🟦🟧 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE SHEAR EAGER WATER - Very lucky with this one It appears that I somehow spaced out the last two days’ puzzles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=173) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=175)