# "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:** 226
**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 22, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4501 "2025-09-22T14:54:31Z")
Wordle 1,556 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ DREAM ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ PHONY (wow, no hits in 2 attempts) 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ QUIST (I assumed U and I would be involved so %QUI% words would be the best bet) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 QUILL ---
**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 22, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4502 "2025-09-22T15:09:55Z")
Wordle 1,556 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST BUILD QUILL ---
**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 22, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4503 "2025-09-22T16:15:37Z")
Wordle 1,5 **57** 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 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 22, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4504 "2025-09-22T16:26:56Z")
> **Wordle 1,556 4/6\* 9/22/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > COVEN → Whiff. Good first word second could be > TRA_I_ **L** → Thought for a second I had a double-whiff. OK, I’d like to try the S, and if I move the I to the middle there’s not much to go between it and the L, so perhaps a double L, let’s try > SH **ILL** → U is still out there, and after trying what few other letters remain I got around to it and saw > **QUILL** > > Surprised I got the par. Scoredle also guesses the U late; it gets hung up on a three-possibles situation after its third, and guesses wrong in an attempt to avoid a possible six which leaves it with a bogey. ---
**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 22, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4505 "2025-09-22T16:35:25Z")
Wordle 1,556 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 WORTH SNAIL QUILL I was looking for something with an E, but somehow didn’t see PIXEL, LIBEL, or IMPEL. My blundering worked to my advantage today! ---
**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 22, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4506 "2025-09-22T17:09:19Z")
Wordle 1,556 4/6\* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE HAIKU QUILT QUILL ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4507 "2025-09-23T04:22:06Z")
Wordle 1,557 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO STOLE TOUCH YOUTH MOUTH Guessed wrong on the 50/50. ---
**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 23, 2025, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4508 "2025-09-23T04:42:59Z")
Wordle 1,557 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POUTY COUTH MOUTH ---
**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 23, 2025, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4509 "2025-09-23T07:39:41Z")
**Wordle 1,557 4/6 — Tue 23 Sep 2025-09-23** ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** — _TOUGH had already been used so it’s gotta be…_ **MOUTH** ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4510 "2025-09-23T09:25:28Z")
Wordle 1,557 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \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 23, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4511 "2025-09-23T11:24:57Z")
Wordle 1557 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MOUTH Could’ve (maybe) also been HOTTY; YOUTH and TOUGH had been used. ---
**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 23, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4512 "2025-09-23T12:07:26Z")
Wordle 1,557 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 BEACH ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 SOUTH 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOUTH ---
**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 23, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4513 "2025-09-23T13:26:38Z")
Wordle 1,557 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART THINK MOUTH ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4514 "2025-09-23T14:06:41Z")
Sweet considering blank Wordle 1,5 **58** 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 no Ai 🎇 🦘 ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4515 "2025-09-23T14:18:01Z")
Wordle 1,557 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE ABOUT MOUTH I’ll take a birdie after the whiff! ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4516 "2025-09-23T14:57:15Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Guessed wrong on the 50/50. Same Wordle 1,557 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦🟧⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST BOOTH YOUTH MOUTH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4517 "2025-09-23T14:59:34Z")
> **Wordle 1,557 3/6\* 9/23/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > Q_U_ILL → Pairs well with an O. Ooh, could be the ?OUND trap. FOURS would KO or verify three of the trap words, but I’d really like to try the T here as well, so > _T_ **OU** RS → And a good thing too. Terminal-T could mean DOUBT or ?OUNT (C, F, M), penultimate T could be ?OUTH (C, M, Y), I’ll try an initial M to give me good coverage > **MOUTH** > > Fairly lucky on a 1-in-7 par shot. Scoredle’s follow-up word leaves it with fewer words than mine, but it guesses wrong and winds up with a par. ---
**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 23, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4518 "2025-09-23T15:25:18Z")
Wordle 1,557 3/6 ⬛🟧⬛⬛⬛ 🟦🟧⬛🟦⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 DOING TORUS MOUTH I finally got a chance to use one of Scordle’s favorite words, and it worked out quite well. I’ve been on a roll with the birdies lately… which of course means I’m about due for a little humbling. We’ll see. ---
**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 23, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4519 "2025-09-23T18:17:14Z")
Wordle 1,557 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RELAY QUOIT MOUTH ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4520 "2025-09-24T05:29:02Z")
Wordle 1558 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT BLUNT Obviously lucky to start off with three greens! And it helped even more that the unknown middle letter had to be a vowel. So I went through the alphabet with the first letter: blent, blint, blont, _blunt_, clent, clint, clont, clunt…and the possibilities were BLUNT, FLINT, GLINT. FLINT had been used, I liked BLUNT better, and so I won the metaphorical coin toss. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=225) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=227)