# "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:** 212
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4221 "2025-09-05T09:54:51Z")
Wordle 1,539 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4222 "2025-09-05T09:55:12Z")
SHIRT DRIFT ---
**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 5, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4223 "2025-09-05T09:57:07Z")
Wordle 1,539 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Grave Orbit Drift ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4224 "2025-09-05T10:00:58Z")
Wordle 1539 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE FRUIT DRIFT GRIFT had been used fairly recently - I remember thinking (and perhaps saying) it was an appropriate word for our times. ---
**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 5, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4225 "2025-09-05T12:07:03Z")
Tried a new starting word today. Didn’t help. It still took me five. Wordle 1,539 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAM COURT PRINT GRIFT DRIFT ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4226 "2025-09-05T13:18:24Z")
Today’s word was hard to get for me, luckily I’m married to a genius (who learned English just by reading books, without any formal instruction apart from the feeble attempts of our high school teachers) and she guessed it in the last attempt when I had all but given up. Wordle 1,539 6/6\* 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ DRYAD 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ DRONE 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ DRUID 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ DRILL 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ DRIPS 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRIFT ---
**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 5, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4227 "2025-09-05T14:19:13Z")
Wordle 1,539 2/6\* ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE DRIFT DRIFT eliminated DAIRY, DRILL, and IDIOT, so I chose it. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4228 "2025-09-05T14:24:41Z")
> **Wordle 1,539 5/6\* 9/5/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BLEN_D_ β†’ D is useful. Let me try another WoFcon, with two - no, three - vowels > _T_O_D_AY β†’ WoFcon good, vowels bad. Hmm, can’t find a word with we both (that is, U and I) so I’ll try > **D** UC_T_S β†’ At least the D is placed. Gotta be an I. I’ve heard this word before, but never tried it at Wordle, while it seems not very common, I’m grasping at straws > **D** _I_GH **T** β†’ T is placed. I pretty much has to be in the middle. R is still out there to use after the D; DRI?T gives us > **DRIFT** > I would have been a better letter to focus on for the third guess, in the event. It might have helped me match pars with Scoredle, which used an elegant word to place the one letter known after the first word. ---
**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 5, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4229 "2025-09-05T14:34:47Z")
Wordle 1,539 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TROUT GRIFT I blame the current administration for making me think of this DRIFT ---
**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 5, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4230 "2025-09-05T14:38:23Z")
Wordle 1,539 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY HOURI STRIP TRICK DRIFT ---
**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 5, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4231 "2025-09-05T15:50:52Z")
Wordle 1,539 3/6 ⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST DRIFT ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4232 "2025-09-05T19:50:49Z")
Wordle 1,540 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ai assisted 🀷 🦘 ---
**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:** [September 6, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4233 "2025-09-06T04:13:42Z")
Wordle 1,540 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [September 6, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4234 "2025-09-06T04:14:05Z")
SCALP LIVER HELLO BULGE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4235 "2025-09-06T04:46:35Z")
Wordle 1,540 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES BULGE ---
**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 6, 2025, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4236 "2025-09-06T07:06:31Z")
**Wordle 1,540 4/6 β€” Sat 06 Sep 2025-09-06** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** **BULGE** β€” it was either that or velum\* ---
**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 6, 2025, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4237 "2025-09-06T07:06:44Z")
Wordle 1,540 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO QUEUE (let’s get Q and duplicate Us out the way while we check for E) BULGE Many, many words possible here - hell, could have gone with BUGLE as the first B one. Got lucky. ---
**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 6, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4238 "2025-09-06T07:21:43Z")
Wordle 1,540 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 storm plank bevel bilge bulge ---
**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 6, 2025, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4239 "2025-09-06T08:48:13Z")
Wordle 1,540 4/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \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:** [September 6, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4240 "2025-09-06T09:32:30Z")
Wordle 1540 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE BELLE BULGE BILGE had already been used. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=211) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=213)