# "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:** 249
**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 21, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4961 "2025-10-21T13:28:42Z")
Wordle 1,585 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TEPID DETOX ---
**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 21, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4962 "2025-10-21T14:22:41Z")
Wordle 1,585 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE GRIND TEDDY DETOX I _think_ asking ten of the commonest letters and getting just 3 yellows _might_ be a good start, but it makes it unclear how to proceed. After some effort I could only think of five possible words, three of which were in the already-used list. These used-up words included Duvet which the dictionary marks as β€œBritish.” The dictionary marks Detox as β€œInformal” so I asked it last. But Duvet should have told me that NYTimes aren’t sticklers for the β€œmost proper” of words. ---
**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 21, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4963 "2025-10-21T14:36:39Z")
Wordle 1,5 **86** 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 much work even knowing what it wasn’t πŸ€ͺ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4964 "2025-10-21T15:21:47Z")
> **Wordle 1,585 4/6\* 10/21/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > LIMB_O_ β†’ Slow start, but the next word almost writes itself > R_O_AS_T_ β†’ E and N are still out there, but I’d like to try U as well, so I’m seeing > QU_OTE_ β†’ Nothing placed yet. OK, figure O in 4th, try E in second, T between them - what can we try? See one with an X, might as well try it > **DETOX** > OFTEN/OPTED were also possible, so things could have gone off the rails a bit. Scoredle also gets a par, with three possibles left, so we’re pretty much in the same boat here. ---
**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 21, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4965 "2025-10-21T15:23:33Z")
Wordle 1,585 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 🟦🟧⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST TEMPO DETOX ---
**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 21, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4966 "2025-10-21T15:52:33Z")
Wordle 1,585 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 NOISE OTHER DEPOT DETOX Can’t complain about this one. Made progress with each guess for an easy par. ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4967 "2025-10-21T17:27:04Z")
Wordle 1,585 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ PIETY 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ TENOR 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 DETOX ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4968 "2025-10-21T17:28:06Z")
Did any of you lose your consecutive solving streaks - most likely due to the outages yesterday? I was surprised this morning to see my count at 1 when it should have been 454. Some reports have peoples’ counts being restored, but several hours later, my count remains at 1. ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4969 "2025-10-21T17:51:09Z")
Wordle 1,585 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE DERBY DEALT DETOX ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4970 "2025-10-21T17:56:12Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > Did any of you lose your consecutive solving streaks - most likely due to the outages yesterday? I was surprised this morning to see my count at 1 when it should have been 454. Some reports have peoples’ counts being restored, but several hours later, my count remains at 1. I didn’t lose my streak of 128. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4971 "2025-10-21T21:29:46Z")
The story (I’ll check my counts after midnight): [The outage that broke Wordle (and some players’ sanity)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-aws-outage-sparked-panic-among-diehard-wordle-players/ar-AA1OPTfp?ocid=BingNewsVerp) ---
**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 22, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4972 "2025-10-22T05:04:47Z")
Wordle 1,586 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRUNE SHUNT STUNT ---
**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 22, 2025, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4973 "2025-10-22T07:06:52Z")
**Wordle 1,586 3/6 β€” Wed 22 Oct 2025-10-22** πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** β€” _it’s either stung or stunt, and stung was previously used_ **STUNT** ---
**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 22, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4974 "2025-10-22T07:09:30Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > Did any of you lose your consecutive solving streaks - most likely due to the outages yesterday? I was surprised this morning to see my count at 1 when it should have been 454. Some reports have peoples’ counts being restored, but several hours later, my count remains at 1. Ouch that’s awful. Hopefully it has been restored? My streak is 160, so I didn’t lose mine. ---
**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 22, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4975 "2025-10-22T07:24:11Z")
Wordle 1,586 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 22, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4976 "2025-10-22T07:24:42Z")
ALIEN SNORT SHUNT STUNT ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4977 "2025-10-22T09:12:53Z")
Wordle 1,586 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CHUTE BLUNT STUNT ---
**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 22, 2025, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4978 "2025-10-22T10:06:25Z")
Wordle 1,586 3/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \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 22, 2025, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4979 "2025-10-22T10:06:36Z")
Wordle 1586 2/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT STUNT Could’ve also been STENT; SCENT, SHUNT, SPENT, and STINT had already been used. ---
**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 22, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4980 "2025-10-22T10:08:14Z")
Wordle 1,586 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Vicar Quest Stunt [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=248) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=250)