# "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:** 211
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4201 "2025-09-04T05:11:14Z")
Wordle 1,538 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES BLEND ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4202 "2025-09-04T05:17:09Z")
Wordle 1,538 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO DERPY which apparently is actually a word! BLEED BLEND ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4203 "2025-09-04T05:58:25Z")
I played it safe, and chose STEAL Which resulted in consecutive 4s, a bad start. But hit back with another 2 today, 6th one in the last 8. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4204 "2025-09-04T07:03:49Z")
A 2 is good! 4 for me today. **Wordle 1,538 4/6 — Thu 04 Sep 2025-09-04** ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** **BLEND** ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4205 "2025-09-04T07:45:55Z")
Wordle 1,538 2/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4206 "2025-09-04T10:24:28Z")
Wordle 1,538 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Vomit Pukey Dress Blend ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4207 "2025-09-04T10:44:28Z")
Wordle 1538 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT BLING BLEND ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4208 "2025-09-04T11:50:24Z")
Wordle 1,538 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO STYLE BLEED BLEND ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4209 "2025-09-04T13:58:00Z")
> **Wordle 1,538 4/6\* 9/4/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > F_E_TCH → Slow start. Like to try an A. And another vowel? Naw, three WoFcons instead. > _L_A_NE_S → Struck out on the A. E in the middle? I could double up the L to try to place it with > K_N_ **E** _L_L → ?LEN?, looks like > **BLEND** > > Scoredle first tries to double up on the known letter, then goes straight to the solution for a birdie. Makes my par look a little pedestrian, but I’ll take it. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4210 "2025-09-04T14:22:16Z")
Wordle 1,538 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPINE EMEND BLEND ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4211 "2025-09-04T14:45:57Z")
Wordle 1,538 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE DEMON BLEND ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4212 "2025-09-04T14:54:28Z")
Wordle 1,538 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY LOUIE STELE FLECK BLEND ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4213 "2025-09-04T17:15:00Z")
Wordle 1,538 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦 🟦⬛🟦🟦⬛ ⬛🟧🟧⬛🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 QUITE LONER CLEAN BLEND First time the randomizer has given me a Q word, and it basically resulted in a wasted guess. Things went fairly smoothly from there, however. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4214 "2025-09-04T19:37:27Z")
Wordle 1,538 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟧🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST BLEND Yup, dumb luck. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4215 "2025-09-04T23:07:44Z")
Wordle 1,538 2/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 storm blend 🫨 ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4216 "2025-09-05T05:40:01Z")
Wordle 1,539 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO DIRTY DRIFT Easy Peasy. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4217 "2025-09-05T05:48:52Z")
Wordle 1,539 5/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TRICE WRIST PRINT DRIFT Not so easy for me. I thought I was trying good letters. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4218 "2025-09-05T07:08:20Z")
Wordle 1,539 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 storm retch trunk drift ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4219 "2025-09-05T07:26:14Z")
**Wordle 1,539 4/6 — Fri 05 Sep 2025-09-05** ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** **DRIFT** — _THIRD had already been used_ ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4220 "2025-09-05T08:14:38Z")
Wordle 1,539 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[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=210) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=212)