# "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:** 183
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3641 "2025-08-02T07:09:44Z")
Wordle 1,505 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 storm kempt drift daunt ---
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Wordle 1,505 2/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO DAUNT My starter made this rather easy. ---
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Wordle 1,505 3/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} ! ---
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**Wordle 1,505 3/6 β€” Sat 02 Aug 2025-08-02** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **BOUND** **DAUNT** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3645 "2025-08-02T09:59:02Z")
Wordle 1505 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT DAUNT ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3646 "2025-08-02T12:11:22Z")
Wordle 1,505 4/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO SQUAD FLYER DAUNT Tried to go for two but whiffed. Thought about DAUNT on three but for some reason I thought it had already been used recently, so I tried something with an E and Y. I couldn’t come up with anything else so I played it and that turned out to be it. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3647 "2025-08-02T12:32:21Z")
Wordle 1,505 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
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Wordle 1, **506** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŽ‡ no Ai πŸ˜‡ ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3649 "2025-08-02T14:25:22Z")
Wordle 1,505 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PAINT TAUNT JAUNT DAUNT ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3650 "2025-08-02T14:44:41Z")
Wordle 1,505 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY MIAOU KAPUT DAUNT ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3651 "2025-08-02T16:35:59Z")
Wordle 1,505 4/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟧⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST TAUNT DAUNT ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3652 "2025-08-02T16:41:36Z")
Wordle 1,505 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TRADE AUDIT DAUNT The D kept me from falling into the old \_AUNT trap, paving the way for a fairly easy birdie. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3653 "2025-08-02T16:55:25Z")
> **Wordle 1,505 X/6\* 8/2/2025** > > ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > B **A** _N_JO β†’ OK not a bad start. I’ll try what I have with two more WoFcons, and a… Y, I think > _N_ **A** S_T_Y β†’ I suspect there’s still another vowel out there. First one I see is a U, so I’ll try that > V **AUNT** β†’ Oh no, not this trap again. Wish I could remember what it was last time. > T **AUNT** β†’ Not that. > G **AUNT** β†’ Or that. > H **AUNT** > > And so I end up like a U.S. WWII carrier dive bomber. Scoredle gets a birdie. A very frustrating day of Wordle. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3654 "2025-08-02T16:56:03Z")
Wordle 1505 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ WEARY ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 BOAST (Stupid choice, already knew the A didn’t go there) 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 DAVIT (I knew it was a word, somehow, it’s a ship’s crane) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DAUNT ---
**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:** [August 2, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3655 "2025-08-02T17:57:35Z")
Wordle 1,505 2/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST DAUNT What? Total luck! ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3656 "2025-08-03T07:03:56Z")
**Wordle 1,506 4/6 β€” Sun 03 Aug 2025-08-03** πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **BOUND** **PRIVY** **LUMPY** ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3657 "2025-08-03T07:06:32Z")
Wordle 1,506 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 storm clamp lumpy ---
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Wordle 1,506 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRUNE deliberate guessing word here, just to get the E and R out of the way. LUMPY ---
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Wordle 1,506 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Bosom Melty Lumpy ---
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Wordle 1,506 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,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 Q} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=182) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=184)