# "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:** 244
**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:** [October 15, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4861 "2025-10-15T14:54:34Z")
Wordle 1,579 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR SPOOK SPOOF After two clues I thought of seven possible words but SWOON, SPOON and SNOOP were in the already-used words list. Assuming I didn’t miss any words, SNOWY, SPOOK and SPOOF would all guarantee a Four, but asking SWOOP would have risked a Five. I’d eliminated R so needn’t worry about a certain β€œnew-fangled” word: The only SPORK I knew was Charlie Sporck, one of the quirkier Silicon Valley CEO’s. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4862 "2025-10-15T15:06:07Z")
Wordle 1,579 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ GREAT 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ SOLID 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ SPOON 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOOF ---
**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:** [October 15, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4863 "2025-10-15T15:50:18Z")
Wordle 1,579 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SPOKE SPOIL SPOON SPOOF Thought I had the deuce, then I was _sure_ I had the birdie. That F escaped my attention. Didn’t get a chance to post yesterday, it was a good one: CRIME SWARM FORUM ---
**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:** [October 15, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4864 "2025-10-15T15:55:14Z")
Wordle 1,579 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟦⬜ 🟦⬜🟧🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST FLOSS SPOOF Looks like I was lucky to get a four today, considering all the fives and the fact that I had a whiff on the first 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:** [October 15, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4865 "2025-10-15T17:38:00Z")
Definitely a typo. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4866 "2025-10-15T18:54:11Z")
> **Wordle 1,579 4/6\* 10/15/2025** > > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _FO_RUM β†’ Hey, an F off the bat is not bad. I need an E, and a couple WoFcons, so I swap the letters and try > _OF_TEN β†’ Not much help there. If I try A, and move those letters to the end, I’m seeing > AL **OOF** β†’ Double-O! And it pretty much has to be > **SPOOF** > > This was a good day to be playing yesterday’s solution as start word. Still, tough enough to give only a par, though a tap-in. Scoredle gets a par as well, but uses my third guess for its second, then goes straight for a bogus word to cut down its options. Tough break for the algorithm, and it apparently didn’t cull the nonbogus options. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4867 "2025-10-15T20:19:53Z")
Wordle 1,579 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL I know it was used and I recently scored a two with it, but I wanted to test for O, I, and L SPOON SPOOF ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4868 "2025-10-16T04:10:48Z")
Wordle 1,580 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME SAPPY CATTY For some reason I had an intuition that it would be double letters after the A ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4869 "2025-10-16T04:33:59Z")
Wordle 1,580 3/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LATCH CATTY ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4870 "2025-10-16T10:11:19Z")
Wordle 1,580 X/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \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 T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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 T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \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 T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} Bastard. I think I’ll call it a day. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4871 "2025-10-16T10:19:14Z")
Wordle 1,580 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Dairy Salty Panty Catty Fatty ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4872 "2025-10-16T11:01:22Z")
Wordle 1580 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT TREAD CHOMP CATTY Could’ve also been CACTI. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4873 "2025-10-16T11:50:51Z")
Wordle 1,580 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4874 "2025-10-16T12:23:38Z")
Wordle 1,580 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR CATTY The first two words are the same as I used for #1579. After the 2nd clue, Catty was the ONLY word I could think of that fit. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4875 "2025-10-16T13:03:23Z")
Wordle 1,580 2/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TEACH CATTY I decided to go for two and got lucky. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4876 "2025-10-16T13:49:42Z")
Wordle 1,580 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE ALLOY GRAVY TABBY CATTY ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4877 "2025-10-16T14:07:41Z")
Wordle 1,580 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SATIN DATUM CATTY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4878 "2025-10-16T14:16:03Z")
> **Wordle 1,580 5/6\* 10/16/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > SPOOF β†’ Whiff. Good first word second time… > L **AT** ER β†’ That worked well. But what next? N is still out there, and so are we (U and I). Not seeing vowels very much here, except maybe a Y, which would lead to > N **ATTY** β†’ Good guess! But now a bit of a trap. At least my start word used P and F. Trust the B? > B **ATTY** β†’ Nope. Next letter! > **CATTY** > ?ATCH was also a possible for my third guess, which would have led to a very different set of plays - I lucked out that I chose the option I did. Scoredle makes an incredible play with its fourth guess (with about 10 nonbogus options to choose from) to get a tap-in bogey. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4879 "2025-10-16T15:22:18Z")
Wordle 1,580 3/6 🟧⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST CATTY Had a hunch it was going to end in β€˜y’ with a double consonant. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4880 "2025-10-16T15:28:32Z")
Wordle 1,580 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER TOADY LAITY At this point, my non-bogus choices were PASTY, PANTY, and CATTY. Time to accept a bogey and find a sleuth word. CHINS CATTY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=243) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=245)