# "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:** 274
**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 20, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5461 "2025-11-20T04:52:36Z")
Wordle 1,615 5/6 **THURSDAY** 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CRATE GRAPE GRAVE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5462 "2025-11-20T06:53:20Z")
Wordle 1,615 5/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE GRACE VAPID GRAVE Another day, another trap where the used word list might have helped. ---
**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 20, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5463 "2025-11-20T09:59:08Z")
Wordle 1,615 5/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \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 V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5464 "2025-11-20T11:04:50Z")
Wordle 1615 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE GRAVE Got lucky in the mini-trap: could’ve also been GRAPE, GRAZE, DRAKE, or REAVE. BRAKE, BRAVE, DRAPE, FRAME, and GRADE had already been used. ---
**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 20, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5465 "2025-11-20T11:17:15Z")
Wordle 1,615 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Elate Grape Graze Grave ---
**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 20, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5466 "2025-11-20T11:46:00Z")
After 3 guesses I had 15 possible choices left. I’m happy to pull this one out. My streak continues at 189. **Wordle 1,615 5/6 β€” Thu 20 Nov 2025-11-20** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** β€” _possibles are agree amber barer barge brave braze eager farer frame gamer gazer grave graze harem hazer rager rarer raver rawer razer wafer wager waver waxer; but previous Wordles have included agree amber barge brave eager frame gamer gazer wafer; so the remaining possibles include **barer braze farer grave graze harem hazer rager rarer raver rawer razer wager waver waxer** ; of these the most likely include grave graze harem rager rager; therefore, can eliminate letters B F G H M V W Z; perhaps try sleuth word(s) bough rough?_ **ROUGH** β€” _this is key, got the G; it’s almost certainly either grave or graze_ **GRAVE** β€” bingo\*[/spoiler] _Whew!_ ---
**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 20, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5467 "2025-11-20T12:41:15Z")
Wordle 1,615 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST GRAPE Could be c, d, v, z CAVED GRAVE ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5468 "2025-11-20T13:11:14Z")
Wordle 1,615 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE VAPID GRAVE I’m thinking of switching my #1 to Slant, perhaps, but I wanted to give Slate a chance to redeem itself. After #1 I thought of 16 words but 11 were Already-Used and Brane was (unsurprisingly) missing from Wardle’s list. The A and I were useless in #2; I just wanted to sleuth V,P,D to guarantee a Birdie if the word was Drake, Grave, Graze or Grape. Yay me! My current streak is up to 1 ! No, I didn’t forget to do #1614. I’ll show it all inside a Spoiler tag so the kindest among you can spare me some humiliation I had a streak of 70 going into yesterday’s Wordle. 31 Pars and 29 Birdies. Wordle 1,614 X/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE BEGAN WAVER RARER PAYER FAKER As usual, after #1 I started a list of possible words, just to get an idea of how to β€œsleuth.” Over a dozen words of the form \_A\_ED or A\_\_ED were possible, but _none of them_ are Wardle words. Edema was among several other words not in Wardle’s list. After rejecting more than a dozen already-used words, my preliminary list had three words like Began and three words like Waver. What I needed was a good sleuth word, but even a sleuth word needs a vowel, and there probably wasn’t a 3rd vowel to sleuth for. A doubled-E seemed more likely than I, O or U but doubling a letter this early is very expensive. If I asked 4 consonants and a vowel I’d want to repeat the A or E I think but in novel position. I couldn’t think of such a sleuth word. Grind, Crimp. Nymph, Mercy are possibilities but not perfect. Perhaps SLATE is _too_ good of a start: It’s too hard to follow when the two vowels turn yellow. Instead of Slate, I may try a new start: SLANT? STEAL? Finally I decided asking 3 new consonants was almost as good as asking 4 new consonants. Big mistake. After that I just rushed ahead, asking the first fitting words that popped to mind. My excuse will be that _the Maker of Heaven and Earth_ is a proper noun! ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5469 "2025-11-20T14:12:09Z")
Wordle 1,6 **16** 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5470 "2025-11-20T14:28:02Z")
Wordle 1,615 5/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART ERASE GRACE GRAPE GRAVE ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5471 "2025-11-20T14:28:38Z")
Wordle 1,615 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE FLUTE GRAPE GRAZE GRAVE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5472 "2025-11-20T15:15:43Z")
> **Wordle 1,615 X/6\* 11/20/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 > ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > > M_A_K_ER_ β†’ A little rearranging, add two WoFcons, stir and get > L_E_ **A** _R_N β†’ Move E to the end, R second, T still out there so > **GRA** T **E** β†’ Uh oh. Stepped right in the trap. I count… five possibles, CDPVZ, and only three guesses. Ah well, here we go > **GRA** D **E** β†’ Nope. > **GRA** C **E** β†’ Nope. Last chance > **GRA** P **E** > > My latest streak has gone to its… well, you know. Scoredle checks a trap letter with its second guess, which gives it a better chance than I of evading the trap, and it does so with a bogey. See you tomorrow, Wordle! ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5473 "2025-11-20T15:50:29Z")
Wordle 1,615 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER AROSE GRAVE ---
**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 20, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5474 "2025-11-20T16:33:46Z")
Wordle 1,615 4/6 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE GRATE GRAPE GRAVE We hates the traps, Precious. ---
**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 20, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5475 "2025-11-20T16:58:40Z")
Wordle 1,615 X/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ STEAM LEARY BRACE GRAPE GRADE GRAZE Gaaahhh!! Poorly played _and_ unlucky. I stayed in hard mode because I completely skipped over the V while looking for words and was sure I had enough guesses to try everything. No excuses. I even had a full cup of coffee before starting. New streak begins tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5476 "2025-11-20T21:50:36Z")
Sounds like a [Pat Benatar song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JtlCuIqcrM&t=6s)! β€œYou’re a heartbreaker, dream maker, love taker, don’t you mess around with me” ---
**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 21, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5477 "2025-11-21T05:04:49Z")
Wordle 1,616 4/6 **FRIDAY** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POESY TOWER VOWEL ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5478 "2025-11-21T05:41:29Z")
Wordle 1,616 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE MODEL VOWEL Stayed in hard mode and didn’t want to go through all the options for a trap. The only other word that came to mine was YOKEL. ---
**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 21, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5479 "2025-11-21T10:07:31Z")
Wordle 1,616 4/6\* \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \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 L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 21, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5480 "2025-11-21T11:28:12Z")
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