# "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:** 248
**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 20, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4941 "2025-10-20T13:34:57Z")
Wordle 1,584 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE DOILY BROIL LIMBO I wasn’t trying for a Two with DOILY: it just seemed to give good coverage. After that I spent quite a bit of time to come up with only a single fitting word, but BROIL failed. Finally I did salvage a Par. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4942 "2025-10-20T13:42:14Z")
Is the NYT site fucked up for anyone else? My stats were gone and when I login it says β€œWe are collecting your stats. Check back later” then it still asks to create a free account or sign in and there is a black message on top of the puzzle saying β€œError. Oops Something has gone wrong.” I’m pissed if my entire history is gone, I had like 1600. Ah, seems like there is a huge Amazon Web Services outage and that is affecting Wordle. Started this morning. ---
**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, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4943 "2025-10-20T13:45:32Z")
Wordle and connections are not loading now. My Wordle streak has gone to zero. Even though I finished the puzzle today and shared rn it looks like I’m on guess three. It won’t load and has me logged out. Other nyt games other than connections are fine. Amazon outage I read in NYT is affecting Wordle among other apps. ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4944 "2025-10-20T15:00:39Z")
Wordle 1,584 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE BROIL LIMBO BROIL was a lucky guess! There was only one valid answer after that. ETA: Weird! It let me play. Then after I read about the outage I went back and it says β€œOops, there is a problem.” ETA again: Apparently, #1584 is Sunday’s puzzle? I thought i played yesterday… ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4945 "2025-10-20T15:11:46Z")
Same word I used, Rebo! Though I got Par while you Birdied. I do NOT use any computer aids to solve these Wordles (except the two web-pages I’ve mentioned.) HOWEVER I have been testing ChatGPT (mainly to amuse myself) and presented it with a puzzle based on #1584; and posted the result to a thread about AI: ``` https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ai-overhyped/1005471/248?u=gordon_g ``` The specifics of the Wordle puzzle are in spoiler tags there, so you can click now even if you’ve not yet done #1584. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4946 "2025-10-20T15:32:04Z")
Apparently the AWS hiccup has been resolved; I had no problem a few minutes ago. > **Wordle 1,584 5/6\* 10/20/2025** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _I_DEA_L_ β†’ Well, that’s something. Mix in two WoFcons and an O to get > **L** _OI_NS β†’ Perhaps LIONS would have been better. I played around with adding an R for a bit (it turns out LIRPA is not a Wordle word, darn!) and it took > **LI** V_O_R β†’ Which at least placed the I. Then I looked for words with T and saw > **LI** TH **O** β†’ which placed the O, and then I looked for some doubles but realized it had to be > **LIMBO** > > It turns out my fourth guess was a 50-50, and I took the wrong word. With its second guess, Scoredle tries to double up one of the opener letters, and ends up placing the other one. After that, it’s an easy par for the algorithm. ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4947 "2025-10-20T15:53:16Z")
Did something to gum up the works, but I remember my guesses: CRANE HOIST BIOME LIMBO ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4948 "2025-10-20T15:59:46Z")
Wordle 1,584 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL DOILY 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, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4949 "2025-10-20T17:03:01Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Wordle 1,584 4/6 β€” Sun 20 Oct 2025-10-20 Oops, _ **Mon** _ 20 Oct 2025-10-20 not Sunday! ---
**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 20, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4950 "2025-10-20T19:14:00Z")
Wordle 1,5 **85** 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 legit shot at 2 - happy with Birdie ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4951 "2025-10-21T00:14:59Z")
Wordle 1584 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY LIMBO _β€œHow low can you go?”_ Apparently the answer is 4, lately. Last 13 games, I’ve got two 3’s, two 5’s, and a shitload of 4s. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4952 "2025-10-21T04:25:58Z")
Wordle 1,585 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO NOTES EXTOL DETOX ---
**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 21, 2025, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4953 "2025-10-21T04:29:36Z")
Wordle 1,585 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 21, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4954 "2025-10-21T04:40:56Z")
Wordle 1,585 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO DODGE DEPOT DETOX ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4955 "2025-10-21T09:41:36Z")
**Wordle 1,585 4/6 β€” Tue 21 Oct 2025-10-21** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** **DETOX** ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4956 "2025-10-21T09:51:58Z")
Wordle 1,585 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER WAIVE XENON DETOX I think the hiccup might have been related to their rollout of the new β€œcreate your own puzzle” feature. ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4957 "2025-10-21T09:59:48Z")
Wordle 1,585 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[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 H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 21, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4958 "2025-10-21T10:07:18Z")
Wordle 1,585 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Notch Metro Detox ---
**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 21, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4959 "2025-10-21T11:43:22Z")
Wordle 1,585 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 COURT SLAIN EMPTY DETOX ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4960 "2025-10-21T13:08:55Z")
Wordle 1585 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY DETOX [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=247) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=249)