# "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:** 200
**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 22, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3981 "2025-08-22T13:04:15Z")
Wordle 1,525 4/6\* 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ TRIAL ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 CHART 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ RATED 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATTY ---
**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 22, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3982 "2025-08-22T13:09:23Z")
Wordle 1,525 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO STYLE PARTY RATTY ---
**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 22, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3983 "2025-08-22T14:09:25Z")
**Wordle 1,525 5/6 β€” Fri 22 Aug 2025-08-22** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **BOUND** **PRIVY** β€” _it might be ratty tarry tarty_ **TARTY** **RATTY** ---
**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 22, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3984 "2025-08-22T14:22:23Z")
Wordle 1,525 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STRAY RATTY ---
**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 22, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3985 "2025-08-22T14:23:37Z")
Wordle 1, **52** 6 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 22, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3986 "2025-08-22T15:10:54Z")
Wordle 1,525 4/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY RASPY RANDY RATTY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3987 "2025-08-22T15:47:38Z")
> **Wordle 1,525 3/6\* 8/22/2025** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > EX **T** OL β†’ That’s not bad, and I can follow up with A, I and two more WoFcons with > S **AT** IN β†’ R is still out there. I don’t see anything with ?ATR?. RAT??, RATU? goes nowhere, is RATCH a word? Or I can try the Y with > **RATTY** > > A stroke of luck for birdie. Scoredle falls into the first-letter trap with its second guess, and ends up with a bogey - with five more guesses outstanding at that point. That may be a worse trap than the ?OUND series. ---
**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 22, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3988 "2025-08-22T17:20:49Z")
Wordle 1,525 4/6 🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦🟧⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AIOLI - no idea why I started with this SLATE - unlikely to be a β€˜u’ in the answer, so likely ending in β€˜y’ with a double β€˜t’ CATTY RATTY ---
**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 22, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3989 "2025-08-22T18:19:29Z")
Wordle 1,525 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 GROWN LASER TARRY RATTY LATER is one of my go-to second words; it would have given me a birdie. Not sure why I went with LASER instead. Lack of sleep, perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3990 "2025-08-22T18:38:40Z")
Wordle 1525 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT TREAD RATTY Could’ve also been GATOR, WARTY, or RAITA; ACTOR, AORTA, ATRIA, PARTY, and RATIO had already been used. I’ve been using TREAD as my second word for a while now when I get these two yellows on my opening word of SLANT. It’s been working out pretty well. ---
**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 22, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3991 "2025-08-22T18:41:18Z")
Wordle 1,525 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BATCH RATTY ---
**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 22, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3992 "2025-08-22T23:04:21Z")
Wordle 1,525 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 storm train party ratty ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3993 "2025-08-23T03:28:21Z")
Wordle 1526 4/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 AUDIO ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 HOURI ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 BIJOU 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 UNION ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3994 "2025-08-23T04:43:32Z")
Wordle 1,526 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SCION ONION UNION ---
**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 23, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3995 "2025-08-23T05:25:28Z")
Wordle 1,526 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 23, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3996 "2025-08-23T05:25:56Z")
ASIDE BRING UNION ---
**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 23, 2025, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3997 "2025-08-23T07:16:15Z")
**Wordle 1,526 4/6 β€” Sat 23 Aug 2025-08-23** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **BOUND** **PRIVY** **UNION** ---
**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 23, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3998 "2025-08-23T07:32:49Z")
Wordle 1,526 2/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO UNION The choice of starter made this relatively easy.. @Frodo, you seemed more inclined to go for the obscurer ones first. ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/3999 "2025-08-23T09:08:01Z")
Wordle 1,526 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \\ &\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 I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4000 "2025-08-23T10:16:27Z")
Wordle 1,526 6/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 cramp welts bough dunno nouny the answer Tough one, could only keep my medical theme for two words (arguably three if baby baskets are medical) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=199) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=201)