# "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:** 250
**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 22, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4981 "2025-10-22T11:41:28Z")
Wordle 1,586 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟦🟦🟦⬛⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 AVOID TUNER STUNT From whiff to birdie. Nice! Six legit words were left (STUNT, SHUNT, STUNK, STUNG, BLUNT, UNCUT). I was due for a little luck. ---
**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 22, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4982 "2025-10-22T11:46:35Z")
Wordle 1,586 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GRADE TOUCH STUMP FUNKY STUNT ---
**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 22, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4983 "2025-10-22T13:17:32Z")
Wordle 1,586 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SKINT STUNT ---
**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 22, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4984 "2025-10-22T13:50:02Z")
Wordle 1,586 4/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ TREAD ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 GHOST 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 SPLIT 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STUNT ---
**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 22, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4985 "2025-10-22T14:21:07Z")
Wordle 1,586 4/6\* 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE SALON STUNK STUNT ---
**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 22, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4986 "2025-10-22T14:29:58Z")
Wordle 1,5 **87** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 22, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4987 "2025-10-22T14:49:42Z")
Wordle 1,586 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER MIAOU SLUNK STUNT ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4988 "2025-10-22T15:30:25Z")
> **Wordle 1,586 3/6\* 10/22/2025** > > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > DE_T_OX → Slow start. But, time for a good first guess second, with A & I featuring along with a couple WoFcons > _T_RAI_N_ → Found an N, but no vowels hit. U or Y? and where does the T fit? If I try U, I can try to place the T and another WoFcon with > **STUNT** > > An unexpected birdie. Scoredle shows seven nonbogus possibles for that last guess, so perhaps this was a chip-in? Scoredle makes a masterful second guess, but was still only one-in-four to convert the biride - which it does. ---
**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 22, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4989 "2025-10-22T17:02:01Z")
Wordle 1,586 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE WRING STUNT ---
**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 22, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4990 "2025-10-22T18:28:58Z")
Wordle 1,586 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST STUNT - couldn’t be anything else ---
**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 23, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4991 "2025-10-23T04:08:44Z")
Wordle 1,587 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO DRIVE DRINK DRILL ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4992 "2025-10-23T04:20:31Z")
Wordle 1,587 5/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CRIME GRILL FRILL DRILL ---
**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 23, 2025, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4993 "2025-10-23T08:56:39Z")
Wordle 1,587 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4994 "2025-10-23T09:09:14Z")
Wordle 1,587 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE DOILY DRILL I got the exact same yellow-L three days ago and saw no reason to deviate from the Clue #2 I "carefully selected’ then! R is the 3rd commonest of all Wordle letters, according to the 'Net, behind only E and A. Is it wrong to leave it unasked? But I think an R, if there is one, will fall into place easily when it’s needed. ---
**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 23, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4995 "2025-10-23T09:39:53Z")
Wordle 1,587 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 23, 2025, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4996 "2025-10-23T10:27:04Z")
Wordle 1,587 4/6 ⬛🟦🟧🟦⬛ ⬛⬛🟧🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧⬛ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLIDE BUILD DRILY DRILL Thought I had a birdie until the double letter got me. ---
**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 23, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4997 "2025-10-23T11:20:57Z")
Wordle 1,587 4/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 POINT FAIRY CRIME DRILL ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4998 "2025-10-23T13:03:59Z")
> **Wordle 1,587 3/6\* 10/23/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > STUNT → Whiff. Two WoFcons left, add three vowels and stir, and you get > A **RI** E **L** → Hmmm. [GFDK]RILL, perhaps? Is KRILL sufficiently common? I feel like we’ve done GRILL before, so I’ll try > **DRILL** > > From whiff to birdie is a nice feeling. Scoredle avoids the trap by guessing a past-tense vowel for its second word, which leaves it with a tap-in par. ---
**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 23, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/4999 "2025-10-23T13:30:58Z")
**Wordle 1,587 4/6 — Thu 23 Oct 2025-10-23** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** **DRILL** ---
**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 23, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5000 "2025-10-23T13:33:04Z")
Now with 5,000 posts, we are halfway through this thread… Some history; a reverse chronology: **2024-11-19, Wordle 1,249 was GOING** Thread #3 was started by @Bullitt. ➜ `https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/2?u=bullitt` ■ • **2023-03-25, Wordle 644 was VOTER** Thread #2 was started by @RTFirefly. ➜ `https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2?u=bullitt` ■ • **2022-02-10, Wordle 237 was ULCER** Post #1,284 in thread #1 by @EllisDee was the first time Wordle was hosted by [nytimes.com](http://nytimes.com). ➜ `https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/1284?u=bullitt` ■ • **2021-12-24, Wordle 189 was WEARY** Thread #1, post #1 by @Briny_Deep was when we started to play Wordle, created by Josh Wardle from Wales, hosted on [powerlanguage.co.uk](http://powerlanguage.co.uk). ➜ `https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604?u=bullitt` ■ • The old link was this. It is now a broken link: ➜ `https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle` ■ • Per wiki, Josh Wardle now lives in Brooklyn: ➜ `https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Wardle` ■ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=249) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=251)