# "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:** 176
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3501 "2025-07-25T05:52:17Z")
Wordle 1,497 6/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHORE LONER WACKY BUMPY GOFER Used two sleuth words with nothing. One of the worst traps ever. Got lucky at the end. ---
**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 25, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3502 "2025-07-25T07:49:16Z")
Wordle 1,497 X/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \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 M} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} Bastard. ---
**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 25, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3503 "2025-07-25T11:38:25Z")
Another 6. **Wordle 1,497 6/6 β€” Fri 25 Jul 2025-07-25** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** β€” _It might be forge foyer gofer gorge hover joker roger rover rower vower wooer yoker; previous Wordles have included forge foyer rover rower wooer_ **VOWER** **YOKER** **GOFER** ---
**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 25, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3504 "2025-07-25T12:56:41Z")
Wordle 1,497 4/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Fetid Chafe Offer Gofer πŸ€” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3505 "2025-07-25T13:39:08Z")
Wordle 1497 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MOWER GOFER ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3506 "2025-07-25T14:07:04Z")
Wordle 1,497 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LONER COWER FOYER GOFER garbage word ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3507 "2025-07-25T14:11:00Z")
Wordle 1,497 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ DAIRY ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 ROGER (I thought I had it, only one letter missing!) 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 GONER (NOPE) 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 GOMER (What the hell is a gomer?) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GOFER (what? I thought it was β€œgoffer”) ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3508 "2025-07-25T14:17:01Z")
Wordle 1,497 X/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© AUDIO STYLE HOVER - oh great, one of these POWER - time to use a sleuth word CRUMB - no help, but not many letters left JOKER? - nope, bust ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3509 "2025-07-25T14:28:05Z")
Wordle 1,497 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Scoredle 4/6\* 14,855 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ARISE (402) ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 REFER (2) 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 OFFER (1) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GOFER Not a fan of GOFER as a Wordle word, even though I got it in four, I think it’s a bogus word. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3510 "2025-07-25T15:05:25Z")
> **Wordle 1,497 X/6\* 7/25/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 > > QUAK_E_ β†’ Slow start. With A gone, let’s try an O and three WoFcons > L **O** N **ER** β†’ Oh, hell. I have six spaces to try from 16 vowels. There are some subtraps, [BCMPS]OWER, I should try that first > S **O** W **ER** β†’ Nope. What’s next? > D **O** P **ER** β†’ Eh, maybe not the best one to try. With a V, we have [CHM]OVER, so a swing at > H **O** V **ER** β†’ Ahhh. What’s left? > _F_ **O** Y **ER** > BOXER, BORER, and others whose bogusness I cannot objectively evaluate were still out there, as well as the answer. I think this trap, or the similar one with A, has let to the bulk of my misses. ---
**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 25, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3511 "2025-07-25T15:59:24Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Bastard. Ditto Wordle 1,497 X/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟦🟧⬜🟧🟧 ---
**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 25, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3512 "2025-07-25T16:52:53Z")
Wordle 1,497 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CHIDE ENEMY ROGER GOFER I thought of GOFER, but dismissed it as not β€œWordle-y” enough. That’s what I get for thinking! ETA: Looks like ROGER saved me from the trap! ---
**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 25, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3513 "2025-07-25T19:11:29Z")
Bah humbug… 🀬 Wordle 1,4 **98** X/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ€ͺ 🦘 ---
**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 25, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3514 "2025-07-25T22:52:13Z")
Wordle 1,497 4/6 πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 GUIDE GREAT GONER GOFER I thought GUIDE would be a challenging start word, but I went with what the random generator gave me. Turns out that G saved me from a nasty trap. I generally dislike -ER words as solutions (seems like Wordle leans on them a little too heavily), especially questionable ones like this. So I’ll consider myself lucky today. ---
**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 25, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3515 "2025-07-25T23:06:49Z")
Wordle 1,497 X/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© storm round polar cower boxer hover ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3516 "2025-07-26T04:58:38Z")
Wordle 1,498 5/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SAUTΓ‰ GAUNT THIRD HAUNT After three I had TAUNT, HAUNT, DAUNT or JAUNT. I needed a sleuth word starting with T. It worked out a little better 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:** [July 26, 2025, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3517 "2025-07-26T06:51:12Z")
Wordle 1,498 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ALIEN SHORT HAUNT ---
**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 26, 2025, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3518 "2025-07-26T07:46:51Z")
Wordle 1,498 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO MAUVE GAUZY HAUNT ---
**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 26, 2025, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3519 "2025-07-26T09:12:41Z")
Wordle 1,498 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 stare talon gaunt ditch haunt ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3520 "2025-07-26T09:28:20Z")
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