# "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:** 258
**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 31, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5141 "2025-10-31T11:23:53Z")
**Wordle 1,595 5/6 β€” Fri 31 Oct 2025-10-31** β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** β€” _possibles are abhor arbor armor aroma arrow bravo favor major razor; but previous Wordles were arbor aroma arrow bravo favor major; so remaining possibles are abhor armor razor_ **ARMOR** **ABHOR** ---
**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 31, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5142 "2025-10-31T11:58:12Z")
Wordle 1,595 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GHOST CRANE ABHOR Since several other NYT puzzles today had a Halloween theme, I thought maybe the Wordle word might be Halloweeny too, but no. Getting HO and RA as yellows meant the O and A were not likely to be together as neither could be the middle letter. ---
**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 31, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5143 "2025-10-31T12:23:25Z")
Wordle 1,595 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE GRIND PARKA RUMOR ABHOR Appropriate comeuppance for my gloating yesterday! πŸ˜… Not sure if I misplayed or was just unlucky. In hindsight Parka looks like a waste, but it worked well with the short list I had then (missing Rumor, Humor, Abhor). ---
**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 31, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5144 "2025-10-31T14:06:00Z")
Wordle 1,595 3/6 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CHAIR- knew A was in wrong place, had to place either H or R ABHOR ---
**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 31, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5145 "2025-10-31T15:14:09Z")
Wordle 1,595 2/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER ABHOR ---
**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 31, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5146 "2025-10-31T16:08:01Z")
Wordle 1,595 3/6 ⬜🟦🟦⬜⬜ 🟦🟦⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST ABHOR ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5147 "2025-10-31T16:38:00Z")
> **Wordle 1,595 3/6\* 10/31/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > L_A_T_H_E β†’ Lucky H. Now that’s something I can work with. Not TH, though.. perhaps CH or SH? If I want to try a vowel, O would be the next one up… which leads us to > C_HA_ **O** S β†’ O, placed! Nice. The A pretty much has to be first, and the H third, which leads us to > **ABHOR** > > Scoredle, for the record, makes the exact same guesses I did. Starting off with a non-common consonant is a real boost. ---
**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 31, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5148 "2025-10-31T17:03:00Z")
Wordle 1,595 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE BRAWL COBRA ABHOR ---
**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 31, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5149 "2025-10-31T18:39:42Z")
Wordle 1,5 **96** 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:** [November 1, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5150 "2025-11-01T00:25:07Z")
Wordle 1,595 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SPEAK TRAIN CARRY ABHOR I seemed to be making frustratingly little progress through three, but after looking more closely I saw that I’d set myself up for a tap-in par. A satisfying finish. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5151 "2025-11-01T06:13:50Z")
Wordle 1,596 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUTES MOTEL Got lucky despite a stupid error on 2. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5152 "2025-11-01T06:31:53Z")
Wordle 1,596 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5153 "2025-11-01T06:32:21Z")
SHORN TOTAL MOTEL ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5154 "2025-11-01T07:40:27Z")
Living on the edge… Wordle 1,596 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PEOSY TOKEN COVET HOTEL MOTEL ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5155 "2025-11-01T08:38:53Z")
Wordle 1,596 2/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE MOTEL (Everyone was too kind to mention my brain-fart on #1595; Thanks.) After the triple-yellow I found 14 fitting words of which 3 (Hotel, Towel, Filet) had already been used and a whopping 8 (Tiled, Tiler, Relit, Telex, Liter etc.) were not even Wardle words. Betel and Inlet afaik were the only possibilities other than Motel. Inlet was out since it might lead to a Four score. I bypassed Betel which seems like a slightly obscure word Editor _might_ reject. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5156 "2025-11-01T09:15:14Z")
**Wordle 1,596 3/6 β€” Sat 01 Nov 2025-11-01** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **MOTEL** ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5157 "2025-11-01T10:28:23Z")
Wordle 1,596 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5158 "2025-11-01T11:01:29Z")
Wordle 1,596 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER OAKEN MIMEO MOTET MOTEL Tried to get all fancy-schmancy and got a bogey for my trouble. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5159 "2025-11-01T12:14:37Z")
Wordle 1,596 3/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST HOTEL MOTEL I thought of motel first then changed it at the last second. 😠 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5160 "2025-11-01T14:04:21Z")
> **Wordle 1,596 5/6\* 11/1/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ABH_O_R β†’ An appropriate word for a near-vacuum. I tried a couple possibilities with E, but then saw > _L_I_O_NS β†’ and went with it. Then I endeavored to move the O over one more space again, and saw a possible with the E (and a Y) and went for that, so > **MO** _L_ **E** Y β†’ Which really felt like I struck gold, and since I had been reading WWII history immediately before this I went with > **MO** D **EL** β†’ which made me feel really dumb once I realized I had one WoFcon to go > **MOTEL** > > My third guess was a real stroke of luck - got me down from over twenty legit possibles to just two - but given my fourth guess, I’d have to conclude it used all my luck up. Scoredle makes a very systematic par. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=257) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=259)