# "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:** 247
**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 19, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4921 "2025-10-19T09:44:54Z")
I recover from my Double Bogey yesterday with a Birdie today! Wordle 1,583 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE REPAY IDEAL After clue #1 14 fitting words occurred to me (of which 10 had already been used). I had NO intention of trying to score Two but wanted to know what word patterns were likely. Repay put the E and A into their likeliest positions and R,P,Y were among the likeliest new letters. After my bad experience on #1582, I did NOT want to introduce all new letters on Clue 2. I wanted to pin down the location of a vowel. After Clue 2’s result, only two words occurred to me. The other was Equal but it was on the already-used list. ---
**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 19, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4922 "2025-10-19T11:44:33Z")
> [@Gordon\_G](#): > > I recover from my Double Bogey yesterday with a Birdie today! Same here! A 6 yesterday, a 3 today. ---
**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 19, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4923 "2025-10-19T12:17:26Z")
Wordle 1,583 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 OTHER SCALE PLEAD IDEAL ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4924 "2025-10-19T13:17:55Z")
Wordle 1,583 2/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 inlet Ideal ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4925 "2025-10-19T13:54:15Z")
Wordle 1,583 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPEAK GLEAN IDEAL ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4926 "2025-10-19T15:08:26Z")
> **Wordle 1,583 4/6\* 10/19/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > H_A_V_E_N β†’ Huh. Is that all the vowels I’ll need? Smash 'em together and add three WoFcons, and try > T_EA_RS β†’ Not much help there. L is still out there, though, and I can try it with a couple more consonants as in > G_L_ **EA** M β†’ So the L goes at the end, and… what else? Not many consonant pairs left that can fit in at the start. I thought QUEAL (?) for a second, then started in on toying with I and saw it > **IDEAL** > > For a tap-in par, that took a long time to figure out. Scoredle also makes a good third guess for the ultimate tap-in, without even a bogus word or two for distraction purposes. ---
**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 19, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4927 "2025-10-19T15:09:52Z")
Wordle 1,583 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER WAIVE AEGIS IDEAL ---
**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 19, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4928 "2025-10-19T15:16:48Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > The henry is a unit of electrical conductance. [Henry (unit) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_(unit)) **In** ductance, please. ---
**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 19, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4929 "2025-10-19T15:49:39Z")
Wordle 1,583 3/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST IDEAL This is either four or five 3’s in a row. ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4930 "2025-10-19T16:11:05Z")
Wordle 1,583 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE BIDET IDEAL ---
**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:** [October 19, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4931 "2025-10-19T17:48:12Z")
Wordle 1,5 **84** 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ai assisted 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4932 "2025-10-19T23:23:11Z")
Wordle 1583 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY IDEAL Looks like I never posted yesterday’s. I’m not sure what my third word was, but I’m putting my best guess here: Wordle 1582 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CANON WAXEN HOMER HAVEN I always start with SLANT, and I’d been thinking for awhile of trying CANON at 2 when getting yellow AN to start with, so I did that yesterday. My third word, whatever it was, got me to the mini-trap of H/M/RAVEN so I did HOMER as a sleuth word at 4 to settle for 5 and avoid the chance of a 6. ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4933 "2025-10-20T02:25:46Z")
Wordle 1,583 2/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 BREAD IDEAL The random word generator is on a roll! For the second day in a row, my starting word eliminated everything but the solution. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4934 "2025-10-20T04:31:30Z")
Wordle 1,584 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LINGO LIMBO ---
**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 20, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4935 "2025-10-20T05:01:10Z")
Ha! Jinx, @psychobunny - different starter, exact same followup. Wordle 1,584 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO LINGO LIMBO ---
**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 20, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4936 "2025-10-20T11:00:30Z")
Wordle 1,584 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 VALID LINER LIGHT LIPPY LIMBO How low can you go? Well, I could have gone one lower, I suppose, but this one had me flummoxed. The terminal O was just not on my radar. ---
**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 20, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4937 "2025-10-20T11:44:26Z")
Wordle 1,584 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HINGE MISTY LIMBO ---
**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 20, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4938 "2025-10-20T11:59:02Z")
Wordle 1,584 5/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Augur Close Jolly Litho Limbo ---
**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 20, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4939 "2025-10-20T12:22:16Z")
Wordle 1,584 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER ABOIL LIMBO ---
**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 20, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4940 "2025-10-20T12:55:53Z")
**Wordle 1,584 4/6 β€” Sun 20 Oct 2025-10-20** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** **LIMBO** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=246) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=248)