# "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:** 180
**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 29, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3581 "2025-07-29T21:18:08Z")
Wordle 1,501 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 storm mocha omega ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3582 "2025-07-30T04:45:59Z")
Wordle 1,502 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 30, 2025, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3583 "2025-07-30T04:49:52Z")
weird - reply box seems to be acting up. AUDIO AMBLE ARTSY ASSAY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3584 "2025-07-30T05:52:34Z")
Wordle 1,502 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3585 "2025-07-30T06:23:58Z")
Something is weird with my posts. Spoiler tags aren’t working and I can’t preview. Also everything double spaces. I’ll just say that my third guess was for letter placement and I got lucky. ---
**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 30, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3586 "2025-07-30T07:24:08Z")
Wordle 1,502 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 P} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \\ &\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 S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} Surprized that my potentially offensive 4th guess was allowed. ---
**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 30, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3587 "2025-07-30T07:26:50Z")
@MrDibble , @psychobunny - click the 1st button in the tool bar to toggle between modes. See posts in ATMB & SF for details… another helpful update to the SDMB for our convenience. ---
**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 30, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3588 "2025-07-30T07:28:01Z")
Yeah, I saw the ATMB thread afterwards. ---
**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 30, 2025, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3589 "2025-07-30T08:01:00Z")
**Wordle 1,502 6/6 β€” Wed 30 Jul 2025-07-30** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **CRIMP** **BOUND** β€” _It might be assay asway hashy saggy savvy shaky washy; previous Wordles have included sassy savvy shaky; so, can try assay asway saggy washy_ **SAGGY** **ASWAY** **ASSAY** ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3590 "2025-07-30T09:03:19Z")
You need to talk to me like I’m an idiot. I’m on an iPhone. I tried looking at the threads you mentioned but I didn’t understand. When I am replying to a post I see a blue A in the upper left hand corner. If I click that to the left I see the preview box but everything is in a weird font. So I don’t hijack any more can you point me to the exact thread where I can get step by step instructions that are at my level ie when you are typing a post you will see a bunch of letters at the top such as an A, a B in bold and an I in italic. The A has a slider thing you can move left and the preview screen will pop up. ---
**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 30, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3591 "2025-07-30T09:58:48Z")
Yes, that’s the one… If you can see β€œM+”, then you’ll get the preview box, and spoilers work etc. You just have to live with the weird font. There’s a good German word for it :- [Verschlimmbesserung](https://www.dictionary.com/e/translations/verschlimmbesserung/) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3592 "2025-07-30T10:24:07Z")
Wordle 1502 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY ASSAY Could’ve been GASSY. In Firefox on a PC, everything’s working the same today as it’s been working. ---
**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 30, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3593 "2025-07-30T11:48:11Z")
Wordle 1,502 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO STYLE ASSAY ---
**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 30, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3594 "2025-07-30T12:08:07Z")
Wordle 1,502 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tango Erase Splay Assay ---
**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 30, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3595 "2025-07-30T13:32:39Z")
Wordle 1,502 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ARSON ASSAY Thats a tough word! ---
**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 30, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3596 "2025-07-30T14:31:36Z")
Wordle 1,5 **03** 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ai assist at end.🀷 🦘 ---
**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 30, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3597 "2025-07-30T14:50:45Z")
Wordle 1,502 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY BYWAY ASSAY Hating the new look in the compose field. @codinghorror, get in here and fix this! ---
**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 30, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3598 "2025-07-30T15:05:43Z")
Wordle 1,502 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PAMPA ASSAY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3599 "2025-07-30T15:49:44Z")
> **Wordle 1,502 4/6\\\\\\\* 7/30/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > OMEG_A_ β†’ Slow start, not entirely unexpected. But, I get a great word to use as my first guess second > TR_A_IN β†’ Not much help. L & S are still out there, I’ll try Y rather than U for another vowel, and get > P_A_L_S_ **Y** β†’ Two places where A can be, three for S. There’s one word that is almost certainly place the S, and must place the A, so > **ASSAY** > ASWAY was also possible. By employing its double-up strategy (which I’m thinking is likely an emergent thing) Scoredle finishes with a solid birdie. Also, not liking this new edit box for my posts. ---
**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 30, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3600 "2025-07-30T15:55:19Z")
Wordle 1,502 4/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 YIELD STORY FUSSY ASSAY A double-double! Haven’t had one of those in a while. This one is proof that eliminating letters is just as important as finding them, if not more. A was the last vowel I brought in, and I might not have thought of doubling it had I hit one earlier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=179) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=181)