# "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:** 217
**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 11, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4321 "2025-09-11T11:22:54Z")
CHAIN CHAIR ---
**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 11, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4322 "2025-09-11T11:51:32Z")
Wordle 1,545 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟩🟩⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POUTY DRAIN FLAIR CHAIR I started with POUTY because it was in today’s mini crossword, and sometimes I see the same word in different puzzles on the same day. So I gave it a shot. LOL I just noticed POUTY was yesterday’s 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 11, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4323 "2025-09-11T13:49:54Z")
Wordle 1,545 4/6 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BRASH HOARD what a stupid third guess CHAIR ---
**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 11, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4324 "2025-09-11T14:22:41Z")
Wordle 1,546 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ai assist 🤪 🦘 ---
**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 11, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4325 "2025-09-11T14:26:23Z")
Wordle 1,545 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE BROIL CHAIR ---
**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 11, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4326 "2025-09-11T14:58:29Z")
Wordle 1,545 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY AMOUR CHAIR ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4327 "2025-09-11T15:17:10Z")
> **Wordle 1,545 4/6\* 9/11/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > POUTY → Whiff. Need a good first word second here > _R_E **A** LS → OK, not bad. Could be just an A, but I is still out there, so I should try it along with the last WoFcon. I’ll trust the B here > B_R_ **AI** N → Now that I know where the F should go, I should not have trusted the B > **CHAIR** > > My guesses are not identical to Scoredle’s but they are amazingly parallel in terms of the letters they find and their placement. Naturally, we both finish with that tap-in par. ---
**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 11, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4328 "2025-09-11T15:51:48Z")
Wordle 1,545 3/6 🟧🟦🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CHART CHAIR Really thought I had a two. ---
**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 11, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4329 "2025-09-11T16:16:38Z")
Wordle 1,545 3/6 ⬛🟧🟦⬛⬛ 🟧🟧⬛🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 WHITE CHOIR CHAIR Starting word left only CHOIR, CHAIR, and CHAIN - any of which eliminates one of the other two - or KHAKI, the only one not starting with C. So I was basically guaranteed a birdie or better. CHOIR was the first one I saw, but I didn’t beat the 1/4 odds. Oh well. ---
**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 11, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4330 "2025-09-11T19:53:53Z")
Wordle 1,545 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 storm barge prawn chair ---
**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 11, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4331 "2025-09-11T23:25:49Z")
Wordle 1,545 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 POWER 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟩 CIGAR 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHAIR ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4332 "2025-09-12T00:51:56Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > LOL I just noticed POUTY was yesterday’s word! 🤦‍♂️ And the words for the two days before that were CHIRP TRICK, which sounds like an avian parody of a certain late 1970s-1980s band. ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4333 "2025-09-12T04:40:03Z")
Wordle 1,546 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POESY GROOM THROW THROB ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4334 "2025-09-12T06:00:18Z")
Wordle 1,546 5/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO TROPE TORCH THROW THROB ---
**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 12, 2025, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4335 "2025-09-12T07:22:42Z")
**Wordle 1,546 4/6 — Fri 12 Sep 2025-09-12** ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** — _it might be broth froth throb throw; previous Wordles include broth froth throw; possible remaining is throb_ **THROB** ---
**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 12, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4336 "2025-09-12T07:40:52Z")
Wordle 1,546 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \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 H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 12, 2025, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4337 "2025-09-12T07:44:49Z")
Wordle 1,546 4/6 ⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 storm north throw throb ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4338 "2025-09-12T09:54:04Z")
Wordle 1546 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE THROB THROW had already been used. ---
**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 12, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4339 "2025-09-12T10:04:51Z")
Wordle 1,546 4/6\* 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Odium Spook Bacon Throb ---
**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 12, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4340 "2025-09-12T12:27:40Z")
Wordle 1,546 5/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHASE THING THUMP THROW THROB [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=216) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=218)