# "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:** 18
**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:** [December 15, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/341 "2024-12-15T16:32:13Z")
Wordle 1,275 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE POISE - Well, then it’s got a β€˜u’ in it. FUNNY - Dumb: it couldn’t be a double β€˜n’ FUNKY ---
**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:** [December 15, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/342 "2024-12-15T18:47:16Z")
Wordle 1,275 2/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ROUSE FUNKY I was overdue for a little good luck! ---
**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:** [December 15, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/343 "2024-12-15T21:01:38Z")
Wordle 1,275 6/6\* UGH. ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CUBIC RUMOR FUZZY FUNNY FUNKY ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/344 "2024-12-16T03:52:04Z")
Wordle 1,275 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SNORE MUNCH FUNKY This 4 brought to you by the previous answers list. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/345 "2024-12-16T05:04:07Z")
Wordle 1,275 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE NOISY FUNKY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/346 "2024-12-16T05:51:54Z")
Wordle 1,276 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO FLOAT ABBOT BOAST ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/347 "2024-12-16T05:59:14Z")
Wordle 1,276 3/6 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE BLAST BOAST ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/348 "2024-12-16T11:13:27Z")
Wordle 1,276 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \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 N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/349 "2024-12-16T12:11:32Z")
Wordle 1276 3/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 15 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 1 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT BRAVE BOAST After 1, BEAST, FEAST, and COAST had aready been used, leaving BOAST, ROAST, TOAST, YEAST. and AVAST. BRAVE had the B and R from the first two, the V from AVAST, and the E from YEAST, identifying the solution any which way. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/350 "2024-12-16T12:33:32Z")
Wordle 1,276 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BLAST BOAST ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/351 "2024-12-16T12:50:03Z")
**Wordle 1,276 4/6 β€” 2024-12-16** πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **TOAST** **BOAST** ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/352 "2024-12-16T14:57:12Z")
Wordle 1,276 2/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BOAST WOW! Thats much better than yesterday’s 6/6! ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/353 "2024-12-16T15:31:16Z")
Wordle 1,276 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT BREAD BOAST This was fun. After countless previous answers had been eliminated I was left with b/r/toast, d/graft and yeast. Bread positively id’d among those six possibilities, so guaranteed 3 assuming I found them all. Now I’m wondering how much I want to stick with hard mode. I enjoy the idea of hard mode, but coming up with words to positively ID among a half dozen possibilities is fun. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/354 "2024-12-16T15:42:34Z")
> **Wordle 1,276 4/6\* 12/16/2024** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FUNKY β†’ Whiff once again. First word second next > _S_L **A** _T_E β†’ R is still out there, which evokes another one of my β€œfirst word second” options - this time as a third word, of course > R **OAST** β†’ Ha. T, C, B, Y (no, YOAST is not a word, but I do love me some froyo). Trust the B? > **BOAST** > > My first instinct on the second guess was to go with what I ended up guessing third; but I wanted to try E instead of O. Oh, well, said the fox, I probably would have picked the wrong trap letter anyway… ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/355 "2024-12-16T16:11:35Z")
Wordle 1,276 3/6 🟦⬜🟧🟦⬜ 🟦⬜🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE TRASH BOAST ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/356 "2024-12-16T16:44:24Z")
Wordle 1,276 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (This is a _real good_ start. TOAST, ROAST, COAST, BOAST, BLAST guarantees me at least a par, if I’m willing to sacrifice my chance for an eagle and choose a sleuth word {my first thought was BLAST}). BRACT (Okay, so my sleuth word still left two choices. Welp, time to roll dice.) BOAST (BOO.) (Oh, and also _YAH_. BOOYAH And even if I’d gone for the eagle, I would have gotten a birdie. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/357 "2024-12-16T16:54:53Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Trust the B? Tell me, if there had been a show called _ **Don’t Trust the C### in Apartment 23** _, would you have chosen COAST? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/358 "2024-12-16T17:40:37Z")
Would have been a CINCH. πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/359 "2024-12-17T06:06:46Z")
Wordle 1,277 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE SCOOP SCOWL ---
**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:** [December 17, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/360 "2024-12-17T11:35:33Z")
**Wordle 1,277 4/6 β€” 2024-12-17** πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** **PUNCH** **SCOWL** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=19)