# "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:** 179
**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 28, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3561 "2025-07-28T15:39:48Z")
Wordle 1,500 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SAGGY SAVVY Looks like I was lucky to get a four. ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3562 "2025-07-28T15:46:41Z")
Wordle 1,500 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 HUMAN LATER DAISY SAPPY SAVVY Quite the tricky word, and my random starter did me no favors today. Fortunately, my third word eliminated SASSY, so I wasn’t in danger of a fail (SAGGY and the less-likely SAVOY were remaining). Getting out of this one with a bogey feels like a win, actually. ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3563 "2025-07-28T16:09:47Z")
Wordle 1,500 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART FANCY SAUCY SAVVY ---
**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, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3564 "2025-07-28T16:13:46Z")
Wordle 1,500 6/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 BONEY (Napoleon got me a final Y!) ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 HARPY ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 FACTY (I didn’t know this word existed) ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 GASSY (Sorta giving up because I was in a trap) 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 SALLY (as in β€œsally port”) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SAVVY (_As God as my witness, I thought it was β€œSavy”_) ---
**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 28, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3565 "2025-07-28T18:53:51Z")
Wordle 1,500 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY PASTY SAGGY SAVVY ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3566 "2025-07-28T19:16:06Z")
Your Wordle guesses read like a story. ---
**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 29, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3567 "2025-07-29T04:53:10Z")
Wordle 1,501 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO BOAST OMEGA Another one where my investigative word turned out to be the word. Pure luck. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3568 "2025-07-29T05:38:48Z")
Wordle 1,501 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHOAL ANNOY COMMA OMEGA Got frustrated about guess three and started putting in anything that worked. Did not think to check more vowels. ---
**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 29, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3569 "2025-07-29T07:05:55Z")
**Wordle 1,501 4/6 β€” Tue 29 Jul 2025-07-29** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** **OMEGA** ---
**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 29, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3570 "2025-07-29T10:29:33Z")
> [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](#): > > Your Wordle guesses read like a story. The story of my life ! Wordle 1,501 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[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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \\ \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 29, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3571 "2025-07-29T11:15:09Z")
Wordle 1501 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY OMEGA Apparently the solution was the only remaining possibility after 2, but all I had at that point was vowels, and it’s hard for me to see a word without consonants to give it form. It wasn’t particularly easy to see after 3, for that matter. ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3572 "2025-07-29T12:21:51Z")
Wordle 1,501 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO STYLE ABOVE - stupid, stupid guess. Not paying attention! OAKEN OMEGA ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3573 "2025-07-29T14:10:15Z")
Wordle 1,5 **02** 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ai assisted 🦘 ---
**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 29, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3574 "2025-07-29T14:42:37Z")
Wordle 1,501 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CLEAN OPERA knowing no R, just fishing for letters OMEGA ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3575 "2025-07-29T15:09:15Z")
> **Wordle 1,501 4/6\* 7/29/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > S_A_VVY β†’ That’s about the best I could expect, so… I’ll check E & O and two WoFcons > _A_L_O_N_E_ β†’ All vowels. Had to think about this for a while. In retrospect, surprised I did not see OPERA before I tried > **O** R **E** _A_D β†’ And the mountain nymph led me directly to the one word that was left > **OMEGA** > > Solving without consonants is hard on my brain. Scoredle gets par through a different route, but also with a unique tap-in at the end. ---
**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 29, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3576 "2025-07-29T16:19:47Z")
Wordle 1,501 3/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MOVIE LEMON OMEGA Nice to get that M off the bat, and shuffling those three blues was actually fairly helpful. I saw CHEMO right away, but resisted. (NYT would use it for a crossword, I’m sure, but too many negative connotations for the daily Wordle, methinks.) OMEGA turned out to be the only other legit word left, but it took me forever to see it. Almost gave up and put in CHEMO a couple of times, but I stuck it out, and _finally_… ---
**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 29, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3577 "2025-07-29T17:27:33Z")
Wordle 1,501 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My posts kept getting deleted posting from the phone. Grr. Here too! something is up with the spacing. LEAST ARENA OMEGA Turns out ARENA was a fantastic pick! It left just two words, OMEGA and EDEMA. I won the coin toss, too! ---
**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 29, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3578 "2025-07-29T17:37:56Z")
Wordle 1,501 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 CURIO ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ PEONY 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ EXTOL 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ OBESE 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OMEGA ---
**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 29, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3579 "2025-07-29T17:41:20Z")
Wordle 1,501 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY QUAKE OMEGA ---
**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 29, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3580 "2025-07-29T19:36:26Z")
Wordle 1,501 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 Long drive today. Should have had this in three. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=178) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=180)