# "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:** 2
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/21 "2024-11-20T14:41:35Z")
Wordle 1,250 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CRIED NIECE Flipped a coin, and lost… NICHE ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/22 "2024-11-20T15:16:42Z")
Wordle 1,250 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 🟦⬜⬜🟦🟧 ⬜🟧🟦🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE CRONE MINCE NICHE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/23 "2024-11-20T15:23:58Z")
> **Wordle 1,250 5/6\* 11/20/2024** > > ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > GO_IN_G β†’ That’s not bad. I’ll try an E and two other WoFcons in the mix, so > R_E_S_IN_ β†’ E is good. And, with L & T still to go, I shuffled words around and came up with a really good one > _IN_L_E_T β†’ And nada. Not many places left to put the N & I, if I invert their order from the previous, then the E, I can try a new consonant and repeat the E to try > **NI** E_C_ **E** β†’ Really though that was going to be it! The word was a little more, uh, uncommon, shall we say… > **NICHE** > With its second guess, Scoredle places the second letter and tries two other spots for the first, which - by process of elimination - gets the first two letters placed with the third guess, one faster than I got it - so it finishes in four. Rather masterful play, when I look at it. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/24 "2024-11-20T15:48:33Z")
Wordle 1,250 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Time to eliminate vowels.) OURIE (Placed the E, picked up an I. Let’s go for a WoFcon. Haven’t used an L.) LIEGE (Nope. But I did place the I) NICHE (Nic(h)e!) ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/25 "2024-11-21T01:25:07Z")
Wordle 1,250 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OILER SINCE NICHE My second word narrowed it down to one! Didn’t post yesterday, but I parred it, and joined the DOING/GOING club. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/26 "2024-11-21T05:03:03Z")
Wordle 1,251 4/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STAIR SLINK SWING SPINE ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/27 "2024-11-21T05:32:07Z")
Wordle 1,251 2/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SPINE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/28 "2024-11-21T05:36:23Z")
Wordle 1,251 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE SWINE SPINE ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/29 "2024-11-21T09:39:26Z")
Wordle 1,251 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,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 L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/30 "2024-11-21T11:50:29Z")
Worldle 1251 2/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 42 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SPINE ETA: My wife, who uses SMILE as her starting word, should have an even better shot at the 2 than I did. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/31 "2024-11-21T13:05:39Z")
Wordle 1,251 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPIEL SPINE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/32 "2024-11-21T14:04:03Z")
> **Wordle 1,251 2/6\* 11/21/2024** > > 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _NI_CH **E** β†’ Hmmm. ??INE looks like a nice progression, though it feels a bit trappish. Four WoFcons still out there, I can’t see a word that covers two, so I’ll settle for one > **SPINE** > > Stroke of luck, there. Scoredle shows 54 possibles after the start word, about a third of which are non-bogus. A lot of them use the ending I settled on, so that was probably for the best. Scoredle itself finishes in three due to a slightly piggish detour that leaves it with one letter to go. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/33 "2024-11-21T14:21:45Z")
Wordle 1,251 5/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SMELL Dumb dumb dumb! SCREW SNIDE SPINE I’m a bit distracted. I’m at the emergency room waiting while my husband is having a CT scan of his head for a massive headache for the last 5 days. ☹ ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/34 "2024-11-21T15:40:02Z")
Wordle 1,251 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟧🟧 🟧⬜⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE STONE SPINE Lucky choice. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/35 "2024-11-21T15:44:39Z")
Wordle 1,251 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Not a terrible start. Let’s roll the dice on placing those greens.) SINGE (Ooh, I placed them AND got two more letters! I see SEINE, SNIDE, SNIPE and SPINE. A par isn’t as good as a birdie, but it’s better than a bogey. Sleuth word.) SPEED (And that decides it!) SPINE ---
**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:** [November 21, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/36 "2024-11-21T16:20:29Z")
Wordle 1,251 4/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE DOILY PUNCH SPINE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/37 "2024-11-22T02:19:00Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > SINGE (Ooh, I placed them AND got two more letters! I see SEINE, SNIDE, SNIPE and SPINE. A par isn’t as good as a birdie, but it’s better than a bogey. Sleuth word.) You didn’t need a sleuth word. You had SxIxE for all 4 possibilities, with two variables: whether the N was in the 2nd (SNIDE and SNIPE) or 4th (SEINE and SPINE) spot, and what the 5th letter was (note that P is in one word in each parenthesis above). If you go with either SNIPE or SPINE on 3, you know where the N is, and whether or not the solution has a P, and those two things tell you which word is the solution. Without giving up a shot at the 3. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/38 "2024-11-22T02:48:16Z")
Wordle 1,251 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CAMEO STILE PRANK SPINE Too many S\_I\_E choices. Had to lay up and shoot for the par. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/39 "2024-11-22T05:04:27Z")
Wordle 1,252 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHORE ALERT LEARN PEARL ---
**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:** [November 22, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/40 "2024-11-22T05:04:48Z")
Wordle 1,252 2/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT PEARL A 2 streak! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=3)