# "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:** 255
**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 27, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5081 "2025-10-27T13:07:24Z")
**Wordle 1,591 4/6 β€” Mon 27 Oct 2025-10-27** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** β€” _possibles are befit debit fetid merit refit remit tepid their, but previous Wordles were debit merit tepid their, so the remaining are befit fetid refit remit; eliminate letters B F M R; try sleuth word(s) frame?_ **REMIT** β€” _instead of trying that sleuth word I decided to go for the birdie, but I missed_ **FETID** β€” _as I said, that’s not an overly common word…_ ---
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Wordle 1,591 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE GEOID FETID ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5083 "2025-10-27T16:14:49Z")
Wordle 1,591 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟧🟦⬜🟦🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST FILED FETID ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5084 "2025-10-27T16:36:12Z")
Wordle 1,591 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART PETTY DETOX FETID ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5085 "2025-10-27T16:51:38Z")
Wordle 1,5 **92** 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŽ‡ πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5086 "2025-10-27T20:08:42Z")
> [@Gordon\_G](#): > > YOU recognized and know all those words. NYTimes wants to appeal to a very large audience. Unless they’ve changed a lot since I used to read it and see the ads, they try to attract an upscale, educated, literate audience. ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5087 "2025-10-28T04:08:00Z")
Wordle 1,592 6/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5088 "2025-10-28T04:33:00Z")
Wordle 1,592 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE POUCH HOWDY HOLLY If it wasn’t HOLLY or HOBBY and there was another option I would have been in trouble. ---
**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 28, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5089 "2025-10-28T04:40:33Z")
Wordle 1,592 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POESY ROCKY JOLLY HOLLY No notes. ---
**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 28, 2025, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5090 "2025-10-28T07:37:14Z")
A lucky guess for the birdie. **Wordle 1,592 3/6 β€” Tue 28 Oct 2025-10-28** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** β€” _possibles are dolly folly goldy golly holly jolly moldy molly polly polyp, but previous Wordles were dolly folly jolly moldy polyp, so the remaining are goldy golly holly molly polly; eliminate letters G D Y H M P; maybe try sleuth word(s) dumpy humid?_ **HOLLY** β€” _a lucky guess for the birdie_ ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5091 "2025-10-28T08:36:34Z")
Wordle 1,592 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE DOILY HOLLY 3rd time this week I started with a singleton yellow-L I use the same Clue #2 each time. After that, 5 fitting words occurred to me; 3 of which were already used. The choice was between Golly and Holly. But the former word is marked Informal, minced oath or euphemistic in dictionaries. Therefore, in accordance with my hypothesis that Editor sometimes bypasses Wardle words, my Guess #3 was clear-cut. ---
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Wordle 1,592 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Truce Moldy Holly ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5093 "2025-10-28T10:31:23Z")
Wordle 1592 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE HOLLY The only other (iffy IMHO) possibility was a British β€˜HULLO’ greeting. Not sure how often I’ve even seen that outside of Lord of the Rings. ---
**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 28, 2025, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5094 "2025-10-28T11:14:52Z")
Wordle 1,592 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 WHILE HOTLY HOLLY A fortunate start word essentialy narrowed the list to two (though I didn’t realize it at the time). I thought I’d vaguely remembered HOLLY being used before; obviously I was wrong, but I prefer not repeating a placed letter anyway, so I’m not mad at the outcome here. ---
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Wordle 1,592 2/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} ! ---
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Wordle 1,592 X/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© ROUSE POINT FOAMY BLOCK LOWLY JOLLY Bust. 😠 ---
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Wordle 1,592 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART HONKY HOWDY HOLLY ---
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Wordle 1,592 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - Given the used letters, there is no word starting in β€œHOU–” that I could see, which likely meant double consonant and ending in β€˜y’. So hobby, hoppy, or . . . HOLLY ---
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Wordle 1,592 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE CHUMP WORTH HOLLY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5100 "2025-10-28T15:39:31Z")
> **Wordle 1,592 3/6\* 10/28/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FETID β†’ Whiff. Time for a good first word second. > S **OL** AR β†’ Not bad. Probably another vowel there - repeat O, U or Y. If I go terminal Y, it’s probably double-L, and with F and D already used the leading letter could be > **HOLLY** > > A stroke of luck with my carryover first guess eliminates enough trap words to give me a birdie. Scoredle has a little less luck with its second guess, eschewing a third WoFcon and having to find it later, then escaping the trap after one miss, so it takes a bogey. Which is still better than from its own start word SLATE, where it dives into the trap with its second guess but goes the distance before hitting on its final guess. I notice the trap has already claimed one victim today; I wonder what the NYT average is? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=254) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=256)