# "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:** 245
**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 16, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4881 "2025-10-16T15:31:18Z")
Wordle 1,580 4/6\* ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ PASTE 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ CARTA 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 CANTY 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CATTY ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4882 "2025-10-17T02:23:10Z")
Wordle 1,581 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POESY FLOSS CROSS GROSS ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4883 "2025-10-17T04:44:35Z")
Wordle 1,581 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHORE CROSS GROSS ---
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Wordle 1,581 5/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4885 "2025-10-17T09:36:32Z")
Wordle 1581 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DROSS GROSS ---
**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:** [October 17, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4886 "2025-10-17T09:36:51Z")
**Wordle 1,581 4/6 β€” Fri 17 Oct 2025-10-17** πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** β€” _possible = frosh gross_ **GROSS** ---
**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 17, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4887 "2025-10-17T10:15:28Z")
Wordle 1,581 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Aping Gusty Gross ---
**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 17, 2025, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4888 "2025-10-17T11:27:59Z")
Wordle 1,581 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE GRIND GROSS For the 3rd guess, Grows and Grubs were also possible. I got lucky. ---
**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 17, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4889 "2025-10-17T11:38:18Z")
Wordle 1,581 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FISHY SWORE CROSS GROSS ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4890 "2025-10-17T14:01:23Z")
Wordle 1,581 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BROIL GROOM GROWN GROUP GROSS indeed ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4891 "2025-10-17T14:28:18Z")
> **Wordle 1,581 4/6\* 10/17/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CATTY β†’ Whiff. Do we have a good first word second? I think so! > _S_EN_OR_ β†’ Three letters, that’s good. L is still out there, and so are we (U and I - that pun never gets old!) and the first word I see with them included is > _RO_IL **S** β†’ It don’t run in our blood. But, we have a terminal S here, and since Wordle doesn’t like regular plurals or third-person singular, there’s not too many words left, and one of them is > **GROSS** > P is the start letter for a lot of the possible words left after my third guess, so I can kinda see why Scoredle chooses a word starting with it for its second guess. In the end, that guess enables Scoredle to score a birdie on a 50-50, a full stroke better than I did (also a 50-50, but for par). ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4892 "2025-10-17T14:37:10Z")
Wordle 1,581 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE PASTY FLUSH GROSS Eww! ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4893 "2025-10-17T14:38:46Z")
Wordle 1,581 3/6 ⬜🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST GROSS Two threes in a row! Can failure be far behind? ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4894 "2025-10-17T14:40:47Z")
since Wordle doesn’t like regular plurals or third-person singular, @Gordon_G , not sure if you know the above tendency in Wordle. ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4895 "2025-10-17T14:59:07Z")
Wordle 1,581 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER TORAH DROID CROON GROSS ---
**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 17, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4896 "2025-10-17T15:54:00Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > since Wordle doesn’t like regular plurals or third-person singular,@Gordon_G , not sure if you know the above tendency in Wordle. Ouch; no I didn’t know that. Does NYT publish this hint or is it just what players have deduced? I see on a wordle stats page that only 36 of 2,315 possible target words have S in 5th position, MUCH less than it would be without this restriction. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4897 "2025-10-18T06:28:14Z")
Wordle 1,582 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LANES HAVEN ---
**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 18, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4898 "2025-10-18T06:59:27Z")
Wordle 1,582 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CHEAP HAVEN ---
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**Wordle 1,582 6/6 β€” Sat 18 Oct 2025-10-18** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** **WAXEN** **MAVEN** **HAVEN** ---
**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 18, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4900 "2025-10-18T08:51:44Z")
Catastrophe strikes! Wordle 1,582 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE GRIND OCEAN WAKEN MAVEN HAVEN The first two clues eliminated 7 of the most common letters and some of the commonest positions of the 3 letters found. Good? No. Not good at all. It would be much better to have a least one Green letter to focus on. I spent time thinking of possible words, but must have had a mental block. OAKEN, PAEAN, PAEON were the first three words I came up with. (I’d never heard of PAEON but Google mentioned it when I double-checked the spelling of PAEAN.) When OCEAN occurred to me, I typed it in without further ado. (I even forgot to check the already-used list, where OCEAN appears.) One Green. Whippee! Demoralized I just typed fitting words as soon as I thought of them and was lucky to get a Six. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=244) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=246)