# "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:** 224
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4461 "2025-09-19T14:48:05Z")
> **Wordle 1,553 3/6\* 9/19/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > KNIF_E_ β†’ Slow start, but not unexpected. Would consider SLATE here, but need to anagram it to move the E… > S_TEAL_ β†’ Wow. One WoFcon left. I threw in the R and moved it around a lot, and finally found a word that fit… > **LATER** > ALTER would have also fit my bill. I was getting ready to give up on the R but saw the answer before I did. Good thing! Scoredle hits on a 1-in-178 chance (and a lot of those are nonbogus; I gave up trying to count them) to make its own birdie. ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4462 "2025-09-19T16:10:05Z")
Wordle 1,553 4/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜🟦 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟦🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE PAGER TASER LATER ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4463 "2025-09-19T16:14:00Z")
Wordle 1,553 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 EQUAL LEAST LATER Quick and easy birdie, despite getting dealt a Q word by the randomizer. ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4464 "2025-09-19T16:23:33Z")
Wordle 1,5 **54** 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 no Ai πŸ˜‡ 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4465 "2025-09-20T04:34:01Z")
Wordle 1,554 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NURSE CREED DEFER ---
**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 20, 2025, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4466 "2025-09-20T05:36:24Z")
Wordle 1,554 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO REEDY DEFER I have found sitting with Scrabble tiles and physically moving them around, with blanks for the unknowns, helps me a lot. ---
**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 20, 2025, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4467 "2025-09-20T08:03:35Z")
Wordle 1,554 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} Phew. Nearly changed my mind and went for DETER ---
**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 20, 2025, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4468 "2025-09-20T10:23:53Z")
**Wordle 1,554 4/6 β€” Sat 20 Sep 2025-09-20** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** β€” _it might be breed defer edger erred freed greed refed; previous Wordles include breed greed; possible remaining are defer edger erred freed refed_ **DEFER** β€” _this was the best choice of the likely possibles_ ---
**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 20, 2025, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4469 "2025-09-20T10:47:10Z")
Wordle 1,554 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY EERIE DEFER ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4470 "2025-09-20T11:41:48Z")
Wordle 1554 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DRIER DEFER Always happy to escape with a 4 when I’m in that situation after 2. ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4471 "2025-09-20T13:31:17Z")
Wordle 1,554 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART FEVER DEFER ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4472 "2025-09-20T14:06:03Z")
Wordle 1,5 **55** 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4473 "2025-09-20T14:39:45Z")
> **Wordle 1,554 5/6\* 9/20/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 > ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 > 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > LAT **ER** β†’ Uh oh. Looks like a trap in the making. I’ll try O for a vowel and the last two WoFcons in case it’s SNEER, otherwise this may be a long, trappish slog > NOS **ER** β†’ Try one of us (U or I) next. I see an I word first, and check if it takes it > BI_D_ **ER** β†’ It did. And there’s a D, good. Another E? or a U? I thought about words with EE but then saw > **D** UP **ER** β†’ and now I see > **DEFER** > EDGER and DRYER were still possible after my third and fourth guesses, respectively, so I could have easily gone the distance. Scoredle also takes a bogey, but a much more methodical one than mine. ---
**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 20, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4474 "2025-09-20T16:10:56Z")
Wordle 1,554 5/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟦🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST LEERY REFER DEFER ---
**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 20, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4475 "2025-09-20T16:27:30Z")
Wordle 1,554 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE YODEL CREED DEFER ---
**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 20, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4476 "2025-09-20T18:42:10Z")
Wordle 1,554 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 FORCE REFER DEFER Bing bang boom. ---
**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 20, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4477 "2025-09-20T22:09:07Z")
Wordle 1,555 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PROBE COVEN ---
**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 21, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4478 "2025-09-21T00:51:38Z")
Wordle 1554 5/6\* 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ FIERY ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 AFEAR (bad choice, I already knew the E was not in the 3rd position) ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 GOFER ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 REFER 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DEFER ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4479 "2025-09-21T04:34:49Z")
Wordle 1,555 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE NOVEL COVEN Almost went for the three but wanted a better vowel. ---
**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 21, 2025, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4480 "2025-09-21T07:06:47Z")
**Wordle 1,555 3/6 β€” Sun 21 Sep 2025-09-21** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **COVEN** Well that was easy enough! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=223) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=225)