# "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:** 192
**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 12, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3821 "2025-08-12T15:09:29Z")
Wordle 1,515 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟦🟧⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST ZONAL WOMAN NOMAD Seems like everybody had an easy time of this but me. ---
**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 12, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3822 "2025-08-12T15:31:52Z")
Wordle 1,515 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST HARDY NOMAD ---
**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:** [August 12, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3823 "2025-08-12T15:43:01Z")
Wordle 1,5 **16** 5/6 🀷 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🦘 Ai solved 😫 ---
**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 12, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3824 "2025-08-12T15:43:25Z")
Wordle 1,515 2/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 MEDIA NOMAD The random generator gave me two low-tier consonants and they both hit! I didn’t want to botch a good start so I took my time, but I needn’t have worried muchβ€”NOMAD and DATUM were the only non-bogus words available. ---
**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 12, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3825 "2025-08-12T19:18:25Z")
Wordle 1,515 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 storm money woman nomad ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3826 "2025-08-12T21:10:31Z")
Wordle 1515 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE ANNOY NOMAD Lost the coin toss at 3. ---
**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 12, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3827 "2025-08-12T21:49:55Z")
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY NOMAD ---
**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:** [August 13, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3828 "2025-08-13T01:20:53Z")
Wordle 1,515 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Payee Drank Nodal Nomad ---
**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:** [August 13, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3829 "2025-08-13T04:16:30Z")
Wordle 1,516 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME RIVER KEFIR Nasty one, I think. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3830 "2025-08-13T04:53:37Z")
Wordle 1,516 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SERIF KEFIR Didn’t think this would be an answer but couldn’t find anything else. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3831 "2025-08-13T05:16:36Z")
My Ai solution said it was the only choice…..but I think it’s a bit too obscure. πŸ€” ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3832 "2025-08-13T05:57:45Z")
> **Summary** > > I only got 1516 by getting the last 4 letters and then guessing until one of them was a word. ---
**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 13, 2025, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3833 "2025-08-13T07:55:05Z")
**Wordle 1,516 6/6 β€” Wed 13 Aug 2025-07-13** β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **BOUND** **PRIVY** **EERIE** **REMIX** **KEFIR** ---
**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:** [August 13, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3834 "2025-08-13T09:52:02Z")
Wordle 1,516 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3835 "2025-08-13T10:55:54Z")
Scoredle 4/6\* 14,855 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ARISE (146) 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ FIRED (3) 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ REFIT (1) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KEFIR An absolutely bogus word, where β€œbogus” is defined as β€œI never heard it in my life!” But when you have eliminated all of the obvious options, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be ethe answer. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3836 "2025-08-13T13:46:40Z")
Wordle 1516 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DIVEY RERIG KEFIR _ **Way** _ too obscure for this game, AFAIAC. I’m not sure if I was today days old when I learned that it was a word, but I’d have had no idea of what it was. A local official somewhere in Eurasia, maybe? β€œThe Ambassador to Kazakhstan attended a party hosted by the Kefir of Samarkand.” Yeah, that sounds about right. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3837 "2025-08-13T14:13:37Z")
Wordle 1,5 **17** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ai assist 🀷 🦘 ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3838 "2025-08-13T14:27:56Z")
Wordle 1,516 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART REPLY FEVER KEFIR Solved by brute force of assuming -EFIR and trying all initial letters ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3839 "2025-08-13T14:28:55Z")
Wordle 1,516 5/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ PIETY ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ PERIL 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ REDID ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 AESIR 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KEFIR absolutely nasty word, I had to google β€œWords ending in -ir” to find it, I consider that cheating but I don’t have the time today to test all the combinations as I’ve done in the past. ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3840 "2025-08-13T14:58:53Z")
Wordle 1,516 6/6\* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST WENCH DERBY FEMUR REFER KEFIR W the actual F? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=191) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=193)