# "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:** 178
**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 27, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3541 "2025-07-27T14:49:10Z")
Wordle 1,499 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHOVE PHONE CHOKE WHOLE ---
**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 27, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3542 "2025-07-27T14:52:03Z")
Wordle 1,499 3/6\* 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BOWEL WHOLE ---
**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 27, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3543 "2025-07-27T14:56:44Z")
Wordle 1,499 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO STYLE WHOLE ---
**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 27, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3544 "2025-07-27T15:49:41Z")
Wordle 1,499 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 🟦🟦⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST CHOKE - Stupid mistake WHOLE Brain fart on guess #3. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3545 "2025-07-27T16:13:58Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Does Scoredle have a bias that serves as a replacement for the human reactions β€œthat’s a bogus word” or β€œWordle would never use that”? Like it maybe has fed some billions of words of some text in and counted how common each word is as they are used by actual humans? I’ve been using Scoredle as a check on my Wordling for a while now, and I’ve never really noticed a definite pattern. If I recall correctly, Scoredle itself has one set of possible solution words and a larger set of valid guesses that will never be used as solutions. Scoredle starts from the superset of these two, and whittles things down. I think it checks which word of the remaining possible solutions would minimize the size of the largest set of possibles remaining after that word had been chosen. (I could probably phrase that better, but I’d do better by coding it). > [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Or a β€˜raciness’ rating so when it comes down to the end guesses, it just downgrades it’s chances of trying β€˜prick’ over β€˜trick’? Prick is one of those part-time dirty words, though (as is β€˜trick’ in another context). As George Carlin says, it’s OK to prick your finger… ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3546 "2025-07-27T16:23:10Z")
> **Wordle 1,499 3/6\* 7/27/2025** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _H_AUNT β†’ Not much to start with. I can try O & E with two more WoFcons by trying > S **HO** R **E** β†’ And that looks a bit trappish, but it’s not a bad one. Could be CHOKE, or > **WHOLE** > > Coin flip goes my way. Scoredle had a different coin flip for birdie, its second guess excluded my alternative but added a word that will probably never appear in an NYT puzzle that was excluded by my second guess. ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3547 "2025-07-27T16:46:22Z")
Wordle 1,499 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY LOUIE WHOLE > [@Cugel](#): > > Wordlebot, as usual, calls my guesses β€œlucky”. I seem to get β€œlucky” quite a bit. It also claimed one possible answer, when there was also DHOLE Wordlebot can be kind of a dick that way. ---
**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 27, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3548 "2025-07-27T17:06:48Z")
Wordle 1,499 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LUCKY TRAIL SLOPE WHOLE Didn’t find much with the first two guesses, but they eliminated enough to stay out of the trap when the vowels got placed. A satisfying par. ---
**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 28, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3549 "2025-07-28T01:12:56Z")
Wordle 1499 6/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ BRAID ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ PEONY ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 EMOTE ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 CHOKE 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 WHOSE 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WHOLE ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3550 "2025-07-28T04:25:54Z")
Wordle 1,500 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME LACKY PASTY SAVVY Mean one. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3551 "2025-07-28T05:54:21Z")
Wordle 1,500 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LANCE GAUDY HUMPS SAVVY Another one needing a sleuth word. ---
**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 28, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3552 "2025-07-28T07:17:26Z")
Wordle 1,500 5/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 steal spawn smack savor savvy ---
**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 28, 2025, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3553 "2025-07-28T09:21:04Z")
Wordle 1,500 5/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \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 S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3554 "2025-07-28T10:32:15Z")
Wordle 1500 4/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SABER GROUP SAVVY ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3555 "2025-07-28T10:38:39Z")
NM wrong forum ---
**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 28, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3556 "2025-07-28T10:58:58Z")
Tricky, tricky, tricky… Yes @MrDibble , a mean one. I sincerely feared I might X/6 this one, but I was able to pull it out. My humble streak of only 74 lives on! **Wordle 1,500 6/6 β€” Mon 28 Jul 2025-07-28** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** β€” _It might be assay hashy saggy savvy; letters to eliminate are Y H G V; so, can try glyph vughy_ **GLYPH** β€” _DOH! I should’ve played vughy instead; vughy = containing vughs which are small cavities or holes in a rock or vein; I would’ve gotten this in 5_ **ASSAY** **SAVVY** ---
**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 28, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3557 "2025-07-28T11:50:11Z")
Wordle 1,500 X/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© AUDIO STYLE SCRAM GUNKY SASSY SAPPY There goes my 2 day streak! ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3558 "2025-07-28T14:18:32Z")
Wordle 1,5 **01** 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sickie tonight so Ai welcome. 🦘 ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3559 "2025-07-28T14:53:12Z")
Wordle 1,500 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST RASPY SAVVY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3560 "2025-07-28T14:59:46Z")
> **Wordle 1,500 6/6\* 7/28/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WHOLE β†’ Whiff. Don’t know why I didn’t go TRAIN here, but first I saw > **S** T_A_IR β†’ Need to place the A, try the U, and I have one WoFcon left. I know just the word > **SA** UNA β†’ Oh, boy. With Y still around, it’s probably… SAGGY, SAPPY, SAVVY - uh oh, or SASSY. So I need to find a word starting with SA that can cover two of them. Some experimenting led me to > **SA** MPS β†’ Which left two possibles (I hope) for two guesses. > **SA** GG **Y** β†’ Not that one. > **SAVVY** > > That was a very near thing - I think it would have been the odd guess out. Scoredle says there was another possible, but it looks extremely bogus to me. From my start, Scoredle sinks a very lucky bogey - it had five possibles on that last guess, and at least four of them were not bogus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=177) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=179)