# "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:** 223
**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 18, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4441 "2025-09-18T13:16:38Z")
Wordle 1,552 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SIEVE OXIDE GUILE KNIFE ---
**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 18, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4442 "2025-09-18T13:35:18Z")
Looks like I was not the only one who had trouble today, Which is weird because the word was a pretty common word. Wordle 1,552 6/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ GREAT ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ PEONY 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 NICHE 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 INDIE ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 SNIVE 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 KNIFE ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4443 "2025-09-18T14:47:16Z")
Wordle 1,552 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY OUTIE SNIDE KNIFE ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4444 "2025-09-18T14:54:04Z")
Wordle 1,552 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟧 ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - leaving only. . . KNIFE ---
**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 18, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4445 "2025-09-18T15:20:09Z")
Wordle 1,552 2/6\* ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE KNIFE My new start word has been serving me well, lately! ---
**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 18, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4446 "2025-09-18T16:01:48Z")
Wordle 1,5 **53** X/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🀬 no Ai 🦘 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 Bah humbug ---
**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 18, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4447 "2025-09-18T16:47:02Z")
Wordle 1,552 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CHAIN INTER SNIDE KNIFE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4448 "2025-09-18T20:39:57Z")
> **Wordle 1,552 5/6\* 9/18/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > T_E_ETH β†’ A single T would have also been nice, but we can’t have everything. I’ll try A and three more WoFcons with > S **N** AR **E** β†’ Oh, boy, does this look like a trap. There is another vowel in there, so I’ll try it with O… but I can’t see a way to get an L in there, so I’ll try > G **N** OM **E** β†’ So, perhaps an I? I should have tried INDIE but first I saw > _I_ **N** NI **E** β†’ So the I must be in the middle. Looking at what’s left to go before the N, it’s gotta be a K, and the last letter just falls into place > **KNIFE** > > I was really nervous there for a while, but I was relieved when I saw I was running out of letters to go at the start. Scoredle has nothing but the starting lettter for the first three guesses, placing it on the third, but eliminates enough to also finish with a bogey. ---
**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 19, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4449 "2025-09-19T03:26:22Z")
Wordle 1,552 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 storm glade niche knife ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4450 "2025-09-19T04:31:39Z")
Wordle 1,553 2/6 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LATER ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4451 "2025-09-19T04:51:34Z")
Wordle 1553 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’m up to seven 4’s and four 3’s. I almost got a 3 on this one but just before clicking Enter I noticed 1st and 2nd letters could be reversed for a slightly more challenging(?) word. ---
**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 19, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4452 "2025-09-19T05:54:28Z")
Wordle 1,553 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CLEAR LATER ---
**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 19, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4453 "2025-09-19T09:37:52Z")
Wordle 1,553 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \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 19, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4454 "2025-09-19T09:57:00Z")
Wordle 1553 2/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LATER Lucky, lucky, lucky! True, all 2s are lucky in different ways. But I could see more than a dozen unused possibilities after my starting word, and my choice at 2 was just the one that gave me the best chance of getting a 3. Didn’t expect it to turn green. πŸ™‚ This is my 1331st game. 1331 is a cool number. It’s 11 cubed, and its digits make up the 3rd row of Pascal’s Triangle. ---
**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 19, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4455 "2025-09-19T11:23:45Z")
**Wordle 1,553 4/6 β€” Fri 19 Sep 2025-09-19** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** **LATER** Added β€” my 1098th game. Nice going, @psychobunny and @RTFirefly ! ---
**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 19, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4456 "2025-09-19T11:57:50Z")
Wordle 1,553 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DRAIN PARSE HATER - could be cater, later, water CLAWS - got the L LATER ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4457 "2025-09-19T13:49:30Z")
Wordle 1,553 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TREAD LATER ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4458 "2025-09-19T13:53:02Z")
Wordle 1,553 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE CARET LATER ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4459 "2025-09-19T13:55:19Z")
Wordle 1,553 4/6\* 🟨🟨🟨⬜🟨 REACT 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ TREAD 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 ASTER 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LATER (I was going to use HATER but decided that the NY Times probably would prefer another word in the current political context) Disappointing that it took me 4 tries after getting so many letters on the first attempt ☹ ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4460 "2025-09-19T14:42:47Z")
Wordle 1,553 2/6 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY LATER [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=222) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=224)