# "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:** 252
**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 24, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5021 "2025-10-24T14:31:32Z")
Wordle 1,588 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TRESS TOWER TUNER TUBER ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5022 "2025-10-24T15:16:35Z")
Wordle 1,588 2/6 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER TUBER That was actually a no-brainer, with that start word. Also, fuck you, Wordlebot, for congratulating me on finding the only plausible word. ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5023 "2025-10-24T15:26:12Z")
Wordle 1,588 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE AUGER BUYER TUBER ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5024 "2025-10-24T15:33:35Z")
Correct, you can repeat an incorrectly placed letter in Hard Mode. Congrats @MrDibble ! ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5025 "2025-10-24T15:39:14Z")
Wordle 1,5 **89** 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🎇 😇 no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5026 "2025-10-24T15:53:02Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Also, fuck you, Wordlebot, for congratulating me on finding the only plausible word. Wordlebot pisses me off to no end. There was a puzzle last week where it scored my second to last guess a 77 skill, and scored its own guess a 99. But both guesses had the same letters (in a different order) and both guesses eliminated the same words. So why was my skill 20 points lower? And I don’t remember if it was that same puzzle or a different one, where my wife and I had the exact same word as a second-to-last guess, but her skill score was 90-something and again mine was 20 points lower. I also hate it when it says things like “If today’s word had been…” Yeah, well it wasn’t, so what’s your point? ---
**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 24, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5027 "2025-10-24T15:59:50Z")
Wordle 1,588 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CRIED TUBER Slate is my usual start; Cried seemed an OK “sleuth word” after half a minute’s thought. Then things got tough. I started by thinking up 9 fitting words off the top of my head: Not hoping for a Three-score, just wanting t see what patterns were probable. Nonetheless I checked the words against the already-used List. Seven of the 9 – all but Muter and Toner – were used up. Muter looked doubtful so I checked it against the All\_Wordle\_Words List. Sure enough, Muter wasn’t a Wordle word. While there I checked TONER. _It isn’t a Wordle word either!!_ I kept looking for fitting words, finding a few more that were used up and a few more that weren’t Wordle words. Eligible words I’d thought of so far: ZERO. Finally I decided that NY Times, noting how few Wordle words were left, had reset the word list. I googled to refute that … and Google directed me to a list of all Wordle words that were NOT used up. I spent a minute scanning that list, and got five Greens when I entered the first hit I found. _Perhaps I should declare myself ineligible for further play._ I do NOT like to cheat, but with aids available and others using them, _where do you draw the line?_ It’s always been my philosophy that one should exploit every LEGAL device. IMO, NY Times should make words eligible for re-use after a 7-day delay or some such. When a Play List is set to randomize songs, the machine WON’T play the same song twice in a row, _but it won’t make you wait five years to hear the song again!_ ---
**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 24, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5028 "2025-10-24T16:46:11Z")
I have the same problem. I have settled on looking up if a solution has been used before as an aid. **I think Wordle should not allow you to play a word that has ever been a solution previously.** 🦘 ---
**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 24, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5029 "2025-10-24T16:54:05Z")
Wordle 1,588 5/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟦🟦⬜⬜ 🟧🟦⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST TERRY TREED - stupid TUBER ---
**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 24, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5030 "2025-10-24T21:17:21Z")
> [@Gordon\_G](#): > > _Perhaps I should declare myself ineligible for further play._ I do NOT like to cheat, but with aids available and others using them, _where do you draw the line?_ We’ve discussed this before here. The consensus is that _it’s a game._ You should enjoy playing it, so play it in whatever way makes it the most fun for you. We’re not playing against each other. Some of us like using the past word list, some don’t. Nobody’s mad at anyone over it. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5031 "2025-10-24T23:08:29Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Also, fuck you, Wordlebot, for congratulating me on finding the only plausible word. Aw c’mon, there could be a kitchen gadget called the ‘cuber’ that is used for making little cubes of cheese and stuff. Along the lines of, y’know, _parer_. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5032 "2025-10-24T23:14:37Z")
> [@Gordon\_G](#): > > IMO, NY Times should make words eligible for re-use after a 7-day delay or some such. If I were making the call, I’d probably go with a 6-month exclusion. Considering Josh Wardle’s original solution list had, IIRC, 2315 words on it, we’re more than 2/3 of the way through the list unless the FTFNYT added a whole shitload of new solutions that Wardle excluded. I really expected them to start re-using old solutions in some manner by the beginning of this year, which obviously didn’t happen. Maybe by January, who knows? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5033 "2025-10-24T23:20:27Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > We’ve discussed this before here. The consensus is that _it’s a game._ You should enjoy playing it, so play it in whatever way makes it the most fun for you. > > We’re not playing against each other. Some of us like using the past word list, some don’t. Nobody’s mad at anyone over it. 😊 What Wheelz said here, Gordon. It’s a game, play it however you enjoy it best! And you can’t be cheating because we’re not playing against each other. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5034 "2025-10-25T01:52:09Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Along the lines of, y’know, _parer_. Augh, you triggered my PTSD… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5035 "2025-10-25T05:04:16Z")
Wordle 1,589 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SAUCE MAUVE GAUZE GAUGE ---
**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 25, 2025, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5036 "2025-10-25T08:12:55Z")
**Wordle 1,589 4/6 — Sat 25 Oct 2025-10-25** ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** **GAUGE** — _the other possibilities had all been previous Wordles: gauze, mauve, vague_ ---
**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 25, 2025, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5037 "2025-10-25T09:06:56Z")
Wordle 1,589 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[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 D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} Lucky with 2nd guess …just wanted to test for the remaining vowels… ---
**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 25, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5038 "2025-10-25T09:34:17Z")
Wordle 1,589 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO GARUM GAUGE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2025, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5039 "2025-10-25T10:02:20Z")
Wordle 1589 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE GIFTS GAUGE > [@SunUp](#): > > Augh, you triggered my PTSD… 🙂 Yeah, I was also part of the crowd that took an L that day. ---
**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 25, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5040 "2025-10-25T11:36:01Z")
Wordle 1,589 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I had dreams of scoring an Eagle, but had to settle for Par. SLATE WAIVE MANGE GAUGE After Slate I compiled a list of the first 11 fitting words I thought of. Nine of them were on the already-used list, leaving only Abode and Mange. Mange struck me as obscure. If I were the NYT editor and the lottery pointed at Mange, I might say “How did _that_ word qualify as common? Redo the lottery!” Possible? Anyway, I thought some more and came up with Waive and (not even a Wordle word) Cadre. Gauge didn’t even occur to me until it was the only (not-yet-used) possibility left. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=251) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=253)