# "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:** 272
**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 17, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5421 "2025-11-17T14:42:26Z")
Wordle 1,612 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SLAIN CLACK CLAMP ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5422 "2025-11-17T14:46:45Z")
Wordle 1,6 **13** 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 17, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5423 "2025-11-17T14:47:04Z")
Wordle 1,612 4/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CLANK CLAIM CLAMP After the Double-green I compiled a list of 21 words of which 13 were already used and one (Alack) is marked archaic in some dictionaries and isn’t a Wardle word. I was left with Flaky, Flack, Claim, Clamp and three onomatopoeia words – Clack, Clang, Clank. The latter word guaranteed a Three except for the Claim/Clamp case. Then I guessed wrong. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5424 "2025-11-17T14:54:10Z")
Didn’t post yesterday’s… > **Wordle 1,611 6/6\* 11/16/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > C_L_UNG β†’ Slow start, and I can’t use the Scoredle first word second, so I’ll try > _LE_AST β†’ Which was somewhat productive. With O & R still out there, I can change position on my known letters with > MOR_EL_ β†’ Not much luck. I is left of the vowels, I tried to think of a word with it but the best I could come up with was > B **I** B **L** _E_ β†’ Placed I is nice at this stage. ?IEL? looks like > F **IELD** β†’ or perhaps > **WIELD** > YIELD, I think had already been used. Or maybe I just got lucky - which would have been about the first instance thereof on this puzzle. And today’s… sorry to break up the streak of threes. > **Wordle 1,612 6/6\* 11/17/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > WIE_L_D β†’ Well, that’s something. For some reason, I’m hankering to try vowels at the moment, so I’ll go with > ROY_AL_ β†’ One vowel left, and I can try it along with two WoFcons with > T_AL_US β†’ No help there. Do I have a repeated A? I’d better check the last WoFcon and more consonants first > B **LA** NK β†’ Still only two letters down! I do feel like I need to check for repeats, which means > L **LAM** A β†’ No repeats, but a hit with the M, which might be my first stroke of luck on today’s puzzle. Let’s see, ?LAM?, browse through remaining letters for compatible consonants gives us (I hope this is right) > **CLAMP** > > Two straight Phew!s in a row. Scoredle at least approved of my fifth guess, though if I had made its fourth guess I probably would have make the bogey. With less attention to the vowels, Scoredle finishes with a par. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5425 "2025-11-17T16:02:32Z")
Wordle 1,612 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE ABOUT CRACK CLAMP ---
**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 17, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5426 "2025-11-17T16:29:19Z")
Wordle 1,612 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER AVOID (That does it for vowels) SLANT (WoFcons dealt with) CLAMP ---
**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 17, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5427 "2025-11-17T16:33:03Z")
Wordle 1,612 3/6 🟧⬜🟧⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST CLAMP ---
**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 17, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5428 "2025-11-17T17:32:08Z")
Wordle 1,612 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 DEPTH CRISP CLAMP The middle vowel could have been an O or a U, so I could have flailed a lot more here. Picking A made me look smart. But lest anyone think I actually _am_ smart, yesterday’s WEILD handed me a rough six. I didn’t even see the \_IELD trap until halfway through, and of course went for F, Y, and W in that order. πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ (Wasn’t trying to hide it from y’all; I just had a very busy day and didn’t get here to post it.) ---
**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 18, 2025, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5429 "2025-11-18T04:39:27Z")
Wordle 1,613 3/6 **TUESDAY** ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POINT OPINE Nice word. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5430 "2025-11-18T05:25:36Z")
Wordle 1,613 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LOINS OPINE ---
**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 18, 2025, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5431 "2025-11-18T08:31:09Z")
**Wordle 1,613 3/6 β€” Tue 18 Nov 2025-11-18** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **OPINE** ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5432 "2025-11-18T09:54:51Z")
Wordle 1613 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT GRODY OPINE ---
**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 18, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5433 "2025-11-18T11:09:30Z")
Wordle 1,613 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE ROUND OPINE I got the Green-E a week ago, followed it with Round and scored a Birdie. Why change a good thing? After Round, words were Ozone, Phone (both already used), Ovine (uncommon), and – (only other possibility?) – Opine. ---
**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 18, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5434 "2025-11-18T11:43:44Z")
Wordle 1,613 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,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 O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} Stupid boy. I thought of OPINE before OVINE… ---
**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 18, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5435 "2025-11-18T11:56:02Z")
Wordle 1,613 2/6\* πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Prole Opine ---
**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 18, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5436 "2025-11-18T12:50:27Z")
Wordle 1,613 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST POUND OPINE ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5437 "2025-11-18T14:05:21Z")
Wordle 1,613 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER GEOID OVINE (I’ve been doing too many NYT crosswords lately) OPINE ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5438 "2025-11-18T14:37:22Z")
Wordle 1,6 **14** 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai but 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5439 "2025-11-18T15:03:53Z")
> **Wordle 1,613 5/6\* 11/18/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 > 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > CLAM_P_ β†’ Near-whiff. I’ll try O & E and two WoFcons > _PO_S_E_R β†’ O & E worked, not so the WoFcons. So then I goofed with a repeat M > T_E_M_PO_ β†’ which at least let me eliminate the T, and I covered the N with > _P_H_O_ **NE** β†’ despite it trying the initial P again, but it was worth it because all that was left was > **OPINE** > > There were three nonbogus words left after my second guess; naturally, my third and fourth guesses were none of them. Sigh. Scoredle gets a par, using a second guess that is obscure and a third guess that is completely bogus, but that combine to give it a tap-in. Ah, well. ---
**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 18, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5440 "2025-11-18T15:11:22Z")
Wordle 1,613 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART GLOVE NOOSE OPINE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=271) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=273)