# "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:** 259
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5161 "2025-11-01T14:12:06Z")
Wordle 1,597 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [November 1, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5162 "2025-11-01T14:12:42Z")
Wordle 1596 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT LITER MOTEL HOTEL had already been used, and BETEL seemed unlikely. > [@Gordon\_G](#): > > a whopping 8 (Tiled, Tiler, Relit, Telex, Liter etc.) > were not even Wardle words. \*Dafuq?! LITER isn’t a Wardle word?? That’s a _very_ common word - they’ve been selling soft drinks in 2-liter bottles and so forth for _decades_ now. \*If the NYT can add freakin’ LORIS to the list, they durn well better have added LITER. I’ve been using it as my second word in certain situations, expecting it would give me a shot at the 2. Who knew? ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5163 "2025-11-01T15:07:49Z")
Wordle 1,596 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟦 🟦🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST TOWEL MOTEL ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5164 "2025-11-01T15:20:51Z")
Wordle 1,596 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART ELITE TOWEL MOTEL ---
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Wordle 1,596 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE ARETE MOTEL ---
**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:** [November 1, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5166 "2025-11-01T17:44:54Z")
Wordle 1,596 3/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 optic Total 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, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5167 "2025-11-01T18:13:41Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > - Dafuq?! LITER isn’t a Wardle word?? That’s a _very_ common word - they’ve been selling soft drinks in 2-liter bottles and so forth for _decades_ now. > > \*If the NYT can add freakin’ LORIS to the list, they durn well better have added LITER. I’ve been using it as my second word in certain situations, expecting it would give me a shot at the 2. Who knew? Who knew? Anyone who consulted either of at least two on-line lists. But I think the lists are of Wardle’s words. You pointed out that NY Times has added a few non-Wardle words. Wardle did NOT have many words ending in S, e.g. Cries or Pints. Maybe similar pruning threw away words ending in β€˜er’ or β€˜ed.’ (Even when perhaps, as in Liter, the β€˜er’ is not a suffix.) Note that _two posters_ after you got Par instead of Birdie because they asked Towel – which is on the already-used list. The game would be _MUCH_ better if they followed your suggestion and reused words after a month. I do _NOT_ like consulting these lists. BUT – call it a fetish or a perversion – if I play the game at all I won’t impose certain restrictions on myself. ---
**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, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5168 "2025-11-01T18:36:41Z")
Here’s the list, provided by RTFirefly, of the 17 known non-Wardle Wordle words: ATRIA, BALSA, BEAUT, GOFER, GUANO, KAZOO, LASER, LORIS, MOMMY, NERVY, PIOUS, PRIMP, SNAFU, SQUID, TAUPE, TIZZY, UVULA. Given that they’re missing common words like Tiled and Liter, these additions seem like odd choices. No less than five of the 17 are marked β€œInformal” in dictionaries, and/or restricted to one dialect. And Uvula is easily conflated with its near-anagram, referring to a _different_ anatomical feature (and which is unsurprisingly excluded from Wardle’s list!) ---
**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, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5169 "2025-11-01T19:29:19Z")
Wordle 1,596 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 GUARD STONE TOWEL HOTEL MOTEL HOTEL, MOTEL, Holiday Inn… Had to be one of those three. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > Dafuq?! LITER isn’t a Wardle word?? Wardle is British, no? Is LITRE on his list? ---
**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, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5170 "2025-11-01T21:04:39Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Wardle is British, no? Is LITRE on his list? No, it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5171 "2025-11-02T04:16:30Z")
Wordle 1,597 3/6 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO RAPID RABID Could have been a two but guessed wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5172 "2025-11-02T04:47:26Z")
> [@Gordon\_G](#): > > Given that they’re missing common words like Tiled and Liter What does β€œmissing” mean here? Tiled, liter (and litre) are all accepted as valid guesses. Oh, I see, valid answers… revealed in the source code? Seems a bit stupid ---
**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 2, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5173 "2025-11-02T06:31:25Z")
Wordle 1,597 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 2, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5174 "2025-11-02T06:31:48Z")
STEIN BRAID RABID ---
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**Wordle 1,597 4/6 β€” Sun 02 Nov 2025-11-02** β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** **RABID** ---
**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 2, 2025, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5176 "2025-11-02T08:01:58Z")
Wordle 1,597 3/6 🟨⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO RAPID RABID ---
**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 2, 2025, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5177 "2025-11-02T09:14:29Z")
Wordle 1,597 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,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 F} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \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 A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 2, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5178 "2025-11-02T11:04:58Z")
Wordle 1,597 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE GRIND RABID Grind was my choice in #1595 with the same start. After #2, Rapid and Acrid were also possible, but both were Already-Used. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5179 "2025-11-02T11:24:32Z")
Wordle 1597 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE RABID Wow, that sure was lucky! All I was trying to do was place my two yellows and eliminate some other letters as possibilities, but still have some remote chance at the 3. I was totally surprised when they all turned green! ---
**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 2, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5180 "2025-11-02T13:13:59Z")
Wordle 1,597 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SCARE POINT RABID Two 3s in a row! This was another one where, with neither vowel being in the center, my guess was that most likely they were not together. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=258) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=260)