# "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:** 253
**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 25, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5041 "2025-10-25T11:54:03Z")
Wordle 1,589 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL BEADY CAPER NAIVE GAUGE ---
**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, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5042 "2025-10-25T13:09:49Z")
> **Wordle 1,589 4/6\* 10/25/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > T_U_B_E_R β†’ Not a consonant to be seen. I guess I need to concentrate on them for the foreseeable future… hard to put all three WoFcons together here, though, so I’ll work through them the best I can > FL **U** M **E** β†’ Not L, or either of the others, so not LOUSE either. Which made me try to figure out how to use an S in case of SOUSE/HOUSE, so I also thought of PAUSE and > C **AU** S **E** β†’ Hitting the A was good, but no S? So then I surveyed the letters again and thought about G > **GAUGE** > GAUZE was another possible, but I was looking for the fourth letter first, so I didn’t see it until later. Scoredle knows better than me to stop looking for vowels, but also makes a par due to the abundance of other options. ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5043 "2025-10-25T14:49:16Z")
Wordle 1,589 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER TOQUE SAUCE GAUGE ---
**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 25, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5044 "2025-10-25T15:14:19Z")
Wordle 1,589 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SNEAK LACEY GAUZE GAUGE ---
**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 25, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5045 "2025-10-25T15:20:46Z")
Wordle 1,589 5/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > **Summary** > > Dealt > Spake > Above > Range > Gauge Rookie mistake on 2, ntl probably didn’t make a difference in outcome ---
**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 25, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5046 "2025-10-25T15:26:41Z")
Wordle 1,589 3/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟧 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST GAUGE Wow: totally pulled that one out of my arse. ---
**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 25, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5047 "2025-10-25T17:35:57Z")
Wordle 1,590 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 25, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5048 "2025-10-25T17:53:06Z")
Wordle 1,589 5/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 FOCUS UNTIL PRUDE GAUZE GAUGE Lots and lots of black squares in my first three guesses, which is not necessarily a bad thing. I thought I’d saved par, but no such luck. A repeated letter gets me again! ---
**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 26, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5049 "2025-10-26T03:18:34Z")
Wordle 1,589 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE FLUTE GAUZE GAUGE I almost forgot to play today! ---
**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 26, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5050 "2025-10-26T06:46:15Z")
SUNDAY Wordle 1,590 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRUNE PLUMP ---
**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 26, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5051 "2025-10-26T10:04:25Z")
Wordle 1,590 4/6\* \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[silver,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \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 P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5052 "2025-10-26T10:19:01Z")
Wordle 1,590 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES CLUMP PLUMP ---
**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 26, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5053 "2025-10-26T11:30:36Z")
Wordle 1,590 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Claim Plume Plump ---
**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 26, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5054 "2025-10-26T12:34:38Z")
**Wordle 1,590 4/6 β€” Sun 26 Oct 2025-10-26** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** **PLUMP** β€” _plumb was previously used_ ---
**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 26, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5055 "2025-10-26T12:36:48Z")
Wordle 1,590 6/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SOUND TRAIL PLUCK PLUME PLUMB PLUMP For some reason after 3 I thought I had a 50/50 chance between plumb or plume. It wasn’t until both of those missed that I thought of plump. πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ Also Wordlebot again: there were three words left after my third guess. It gave me 99 skill on all my remaining guesses. Its comment on my fourth guess was β€œExcellent choice! You’ve narrowed it down to two words.” Yeah, well, plumb would have done that too. If I had played beeps or bumps that would have narrowed it down to one word and I coild have got it in 5. But I guess it’s more skillful to just keep guessing. πŸ™„ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5056 "2025-10-26T12:40:40Z")
> **Wordle 1,590 6/6\* 10/26/2025** > > ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > GA **U** GE β†’ Huh. Middle U carried over. And… uh oh, could this be the ?OUND trap? If it is, I can give myself a fighting chance with three of BFHMPRSW (and KO three WoFcons) with > S_P_ **U** RT β†’ Maybe it is POUND. Worth a shot > **P** O **U** ND β†’ Nope. But the P is placed. Only I and Y are left of the vowels, so I’ll focus on consonants the rest of the way > **PLU** CK β†’ Good luck with the WoFcon. How many words can be left? I can think of one > **PLUM** B β†’ Ah, a consonant repeat > **PLUMP** > > Paranoia about a potential trap might have stunted my shot at par, but I’ll take it any day. Ironically, Scoredle would have made a birdie had it made its guess in place of my third guess. On its own, Scoredle takes a bogey, which seems odd when I’ve placed the middle letter from the beginning, and it has it right after my second guess. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5057 "2025-10-26T13:25:31Z")
Wordle 1590 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT PLUME PLUMP PLUMB had already been used. ---
**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 26, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5058 "2025-10-26T13:33:48Z")
Wordle 1,590 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 WORSE UNTIL BULLY PLUCK PLUMP The fives are coming fast and furious lately. ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5059 "2025-10-26T14:11:39Z")
Wordle 1,590 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE BLIND GLOOM PLUMP Among the first 19 fitting words I thought of after Clue 1, one was not a Wordle word (β€œbling”, a shortened form of the uncountable slang noun β€œbling bling”), and 17 of the remaining 18 were already-used. Only BLIND was left. It didn’t seem like a very good β€œsleuth word” but maybe I’d score a Two!! No. Ugh. Instead of β€œsleuthing” I just kept looking for fitting words; most were on the already-used list. In fact EACH of Blind, Gloom, Plump was simply the first fitting word I thought of that was not already used. Google says only 41% of Wordle words have been used. That conflicts with my experiments. To reconcile this, I think there are hundreds of words on the Wordle word list that are discarded as β€œtoo uncommon for a friendly family game” when they’re drawn out of the bag. ---
**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 26, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5060 "2025-10-26T14:36:07Z")
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