# "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:** 23
**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:** [December 23, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/441 "2024-12-23T14:56:02Z")
Wordle 1,283 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART AVOID SAPPY SAUNA ---
**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:** [December 23, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/442 "2024-12-23T15:21:30Z")
Wordle 1,283 4/6 🟧⬜🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE SAPPY SAVOR SAUNA Couldn’t see this one for the longest time. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/443 "2024-12-23T17:13:38Z")
Wordle 1,283 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 IRATE SALON SANDY SAUNA I don’t use the previous answer list, but my memory said that SANDY has been used before. Nevertheless, I looked and looked and looked and could find nothing else, so reluctantly, I went with it. My brain overlooked both the AU combo and the second A. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/444 "2024-12-23T17:15:35Z")
Wordle 1,283 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ARENA SAUNA Again with the deja vu. I had the same results from plant as when it was hyena a couple weeks ago, so went with the same β€œarena” I came up with then for the second guess. Got lucky it wasn’t fauna. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/445 "2024-12-23T17:49:02Z")
> **Wordle 1,283 4/6\* 12/23/2024** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 > 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > BR_A_W_N_ β†’ I got one word stuck in my brain and tried it, even though (as I noticed when the letters were flipping) it duplicated a letter that was already out > **S** O_NA_R β†’ HItting the S here was nice, as it left just three patterns left: SN??A, SA?N?, S??NA. First word I saw was of the second pattern, so > **SA** I **N** T β†’ And I was mite bewildered until I saw one word that fit both the second and third patterns > **SAUNA** > NANNY is Scoredle’s second guess, going all-out to place a letter. It’s next two guesses are the same as mine, so it also finishes with a par. It turns out my lousy second guess ended up very lucky, as the two nonbogus words left were my two next guesses. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/446 "2024-12-24T05:04:52Z")
Wordle 1,284 5/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/447 "2024-12-24T05:16:26Z")
**Tuesday, December 24th** Wordle 1,284 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT LASER EAGLE Saw eagle immediately and guessed it before looking for any other words. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/448 "2024-12-24T08:05:06Z")
Wordle 1,284 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LANES EAGLE EAGLE for the birdie. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2024, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/449 "2024-12-24T08:25:55Z")
**Wordle 1,284 4/6 β€” 2024-12-24** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STARE** **DOILY** β€” _possibly amble angle ankle eagle fable gable; already used = ample apple cable maple whale_ **BEING** β€” _eliminating letters_ **EAGLE** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/450 "2024-12-24T11:56:29Z")
Wordle 1284 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 500 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 26 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 9 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CRIME FABLE LADLE EAGLE I just plain didn’t see the solution as a possibility until after 4. After 2, I saw FABLE, GABLE, LADLE, and VALVE in addition to a number of previously used words. Either FABLE or GABLE at 3 would get me a 4 if the solution was in that group. If I’d gone with the latter, it would have gotten me a 4 anyway. Such is life. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/451 "2024-12-24T12:09:39Z")
Wordle 1,284 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPEAK ANGLE EAGLE ---
**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:** [December 24, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/452 "2024-12-24T12:35:53Z")
Wordle 1,284 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[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 S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \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 M} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/453 "2024-12-24T15:23:57Z")
> **Wordle 1,284 5/6\* 12/24/2024** > > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > S **A** UNA β†’ One and only one A, so that’s something. My usual move here is to go three WoFcons and an E, and why not go with that? > T **A** R_E_S β†’ That’s why not. Whiffed on the WoFcons. That E pretty much has to be at the end, since it’s not in 4th it’s not EAGER. Had trouble of thinking of words with L here (Hello, LADLE!) and went with > C **A** CH **E** β†’ Which was of no help, other than certainly resolving that E’s position. CANOE is gone too but I can slip in a U with > V **AG** U **E** β†’ and now I see it > **EAGLE** > Second word in a row with three vowels, split between a pair and another one. Scoredle has fits with this one; a six from its own start and from my start, and after my second guess, it loses on a 50/50 chance on the sixth guess. Maybe my second guess was pretty lousy? Dunno. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/454 "2024-12-24T15:31:36Z")
Wordle 1,284 5/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟧 🟦⬜⬜⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟦⬜🟧 🟦🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE ABODE FALSE LATHE EAGLE ---
**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:** [December 24, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/455 "2024-12-24T15:47:36Z")
Wordle 1,284 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (Unplaced E and A. This could turn trappy. Better try some WoFcons.) NAVEL (Placed the A and picked up an L. Probably xAxLE.) EAGLE (Cool.) ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/456 "2024-12-24T15:55:58Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Maybe my second guess was pretty lousy? Dunno. It wasn’t great. It reuses a letter from your first guess that had already been eliminated. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/457 "2024-12-24T16:23:40Z")
Wordle 1,284 3/6\* 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST ANKLE EAGLE ---
**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:** [December 24, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/458 "2024-12-24T17:57:07Z")
Wordle 1,284 3/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AGILE GABLE EAGLE I really thought I had the deuce after a very fortunate start word. Re-using an already-placed letter is a big blind spot for me. But even if I’d seen EAGLE at two, it still would have been a coin flip, so I’m good with the birdie. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/459 "2024-12-24T21:11:10Z")
That’s what I get for staying up late to Wordle. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/460 "2024-12-25T05:13:59Z")
**December 25th, 2024** πŸŽ„ Wordle 1,285 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SCARE SHARE Well this went well. My first two guesses eliminated scare/snare/spare/stare, leaving only share. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=24)