# "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:** 175
**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 23, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3481 "2025-07-23T22:36:37Z")
Wordle 1,495 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SPENT LATER WATER A good second word. Yeah, a little bit trappish, but in my estimation the only non-stupid possibilities were WATER and CATER. I was surprised to learn from Rufus that HATER had been an actual answer. So I suppose my birdie did have an element of luck. πŸ€ ---
**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 23, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3482 "2025-07-23T23:17:20Z")
Wordle 1,495 6/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 storm train party rated later water ---
**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 24, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3483 "2025-07-24T04:27:20Z")
Wordle 1,496 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PUCKA QUAKE No notes ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3484 "2025-07-24T04:45:48Z")
Wordle 1,496 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHALE GAUZE QUAKE Third guess was just careless. ---
**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 24, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3485 "2025-07-24T07:03:38Z")
**Wordle 1,496 4/6 β€” Thu 24 Jul 2025-07-24** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **QUAKE** ---
**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:** [July 24, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3486 "2025-07-24T07:05:08Z")
Wordle 1,496 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COAST GRAND FLAME QUAKE ---
**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 24, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3487 "2025-07-24T08:17:53Z")
Wordle 1,496 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} Wow. ---
**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 24, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3488 "2025-07-24T10:39:34Z")
Wordle 1,496 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 BLAME CRANE SHAPE QUAKE This could have gone very very badly. I was in a hurry and too stubborn to step away from hard mode. There were still 7 or 8 legit words left. The β€œPhew” comment would have been appropriate today, par notwithstanding. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3489 "2025-07-24T11:48:05Z")
Wordle 1496 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CRIMP HEADY QUAKE Decided to go off my usual SLANT-CHORE-DUMPY sequence at 2 with a consonant-heavy word that would hit most of the consonants of both CHORE and DUMPY at once. CRAMP had already been used, so nothing to lose by trying CRIMP instead to check for the I. Drew a blank, so now I was floundering. HEADY had already been used, but it was the best I could think of to find some letters; at least it got me the E. After this, I thought that maybe the empty space before the A might be filled up with a QU. QUAKE hadn’t been used, so I went with it, and got lucky, because there were other possibiities I didn’t see. If I’d stuck with my standard sequence, I’d have had xUAxE after 3, and QUAKE would have been the only possibility. Always good to get a cost-free reminder of why I should stay with my standard sequence until I know enough to guess at a solution. ---
**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 24, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3490 "2025-07-24T13:43:07Z")
Wordle 1,496 5/6\* ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DRAPE AMAZE WEAVE QUAKE ---
**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 24, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3491 "2025-07-24T14:20:43Z")
Wordle 1,496 4/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART GLADE INANE QUAKE ---
**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 24, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3492 "2025-07-24T14:35:03Z")
Nother one 🀬 Wordle 1,4 **97** 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦘 Ai assisted ---
**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 24, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3493 "2025-07-24T14:44:00Z")
Wordle 1,496 6/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Anime Trade Space Glaze Awake Quake I was tempted to look up used wordles in an archive but I couldn’t break the spell, kept slinging letters. ---
**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 24, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3494 "2025-07-24T14:47:37Z")
Wordle 1,496 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY NAKED SPAKE QUAKE ---
**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 24, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3495 "2025-07-24T14:50:34Z")
Wordle 1,496 4/6 ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST FLAME QUAKE This was heading south in a hurry. Got very lucky on the answer. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3496 "2025-07-24T16:27:59Z")
> **Wordle 1,496 4/6\* 7/24/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > W_A_T_E_R β†’ Perhaps no more vowels are needed? Last three WoFcons can be covered with > L_E_ **A** NS β†’ E on the end? If all consonants before the A, I need a letter that can go in that second slot, and H fits the bill with > CH **A** F **E** β†’ E is where I expected. I don’t see many more all-consonant words… so, ah, QU- and > **QUAKE** > > I wasn’t very imaginative. Scoredle shows twelve possibles for my last guess, only half of them bogus. Scoredle itself goes the distance, with a tap-in for double bogey. ---
**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 24, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3497 "2025-07-24T16:56:56Z")
Wordle 1,496 3/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO STYLE QUAKE ---
**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 24, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3498 "2025-07-24T21:59:20Z")
Wordle 1,496 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 steam plane grace quake ---
**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:** [July 25, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3499 "2025-07-25T04:13:49Z")
Wordle 1,497 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 25, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3500 "2025-07-25T05:30:49Z")
Wordle 1,497 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PROBE GONER GOFER No notes [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=174) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=176)