# "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:** 205
**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 28, 2025, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4081 "2025-08-28T09:06:01Z")
Wordle 1,531 3/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4082 "2025-08-28T09:18:26Z")
Wordle 1531 2/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SPLIT Could’ve also been SPILT or SMOLT; SPELT and SMELT had already been used. ---
**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 28, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4083 "2025-08-28T11:43:55Z")
Wordle 1,531 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO CIVIL SPLIT ---
**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 28, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4084 "2025-08-28T13:12:22Z")
Wordle 1,531 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPLIT First deuce in a while, I won’t pretend it was anything but lucky. ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4085 "2025-08-28T14:02:25Z")
Wordle 1,531 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY TULIP SPLIT > [@wordlebot](#): > > There was only one possible solution left β€” and you got it! Well done. I HATE when wordlebot pats me on the head! ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4086 "2025-08-28T14:12:47Z")
Wordle 1,532 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 28, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4087 "2025-08-28T14:28:36Z")
Wordle 1,531 2/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST SPLIT Easy-peasy, lemon squeezy! ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4088 "2025-08-28T15:03:24Z")
Back on the saddle: Wordle 1,531 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ FRIED 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ LOGIC 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ PLAIN 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟨 TULIP 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPLIT ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4089 "2025-08-28T15:24:31Z")
> **Wordle 1,531 4/6\* 8/28/2025** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩🟨⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _T_OWER β†’ Well, that’s something. My good first word second becomes > **S** _T_A **I** N β†’ Which is definitely progress. I experimented with a way to get both U and L into it and Wordle took my Frankensteinesque construction of > **S** _L_U **IT** β†’ Which led directly to the answer > **SPLIT** > > Scoredle, naturally, goes straight to the answer on my third guess, as I probably should have done if I hadn’t gotten so obsessed with vowel coverage. After its second guess, it goes straight to the tap-in birdie. I guess I was a little off my feed when I did this. ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4090 "2025-08-28T15:41:00Z")
Wordle 1,531 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟦🟦🟧 ⬜⬜🟦🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST VISIT SPLIT ---
**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 28, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4091 "2025-08-28T21:58:10Z")
Wordle 1,531 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 FLUID PERIL LAPIN SPLIT This gave me way more trouble than it should have. I didn’t like LAPIN, but after stepping away, I still couldn’t see anything else when I came back hours later. Just couldn’t let that second vowel go. ---
**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 28, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4092 "2025-08-28T23:13:59Z")
Wordle 1,531 3/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 storm saint split ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4093 "2025-08-29T04:35:23Z")
Wordle 1,532 5/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRACE WRATH GRANT GRAFT ---
**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 29, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4094 "2025-08-29T05:36:22Z")
Wordle 1,532 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CRAFT GRAFT Easy enough with that second choice. ---
**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 29, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4095 "2025-08-29T07:05:52Z")
**Wordle 1,532 4/6 β€” Fri 29 Aug 2025-08-29** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **LEAST** **BOUND** **PRIVY** β€” _it might be craft graft tract; previous Wordles have included craft tract_ **GRAFT** ---
**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 29, 2025, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4096 "2025-08-29T07:07:12Z")
Wordle 1,532 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 storm trunk craft draft graft ---
**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 29, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4097 "2025-08-29T07:45:49Z")
Wordle 1,532 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4098 "2025-08-29T10:18:38Z")
Wordle 1532 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT GRAFT I could find 14 legit possibilities, and the other 13 had already been used. ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4099 "2025-08-29T12:12:27Z")
Wordle 1,532 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 DYING GREAT GRAFT The word generator gave me an interesting start word today. I thought it was going to be a whiff, but that G turned out to be a nice get, which led to a, well, GREAT second word for the tap-in birdie. ---
**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 29, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4100 "2025-08-29T12:24:47Z")
Wordle 1,532 5/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PLATE START GRANT GRAFT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=204) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=206)