# "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:** 279
**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 26, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5561 "2025-11-26T14:14:31Z")
Wordle 1,6 **22** 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ€ͺ 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 26, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5562 "2025-11-26T14:51:54Z")
Wordle 1,621 4/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART HYPED HIVES HOVEL ---
**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 26, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5563 "2025-11-26T15:04:50Z")
Wordle 1,621 3/6\* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL CRUEL HOVEL ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5564 "2025-11-26T15:45:27Z")
> **Wordle 1,621 5/6\* 11/26/2025** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > P_LE_AD β†’ OK, not bad. If I move them over one, what can I get? LENTS? Maybe I need another vowel. It was late, so I tried > _LE_FTY β†’ which was of very little help. So then I added an I and tried > RI_L_ **E** S β†’ Which at least placed both letters. With N still unused, I wanted to go for > N **OVEL** β†’ and for some reason I felt like I made a guess on this next one recently, but hey it’s gotta be the answer > **HOVEL** > > A very lucky guess on four pulls me out of a potential tough position. Scoredle finishes with a bogey, taking a side trip to place one of the starting letters, then after the third guess they still have eight valid possibles, leading to a 50-50 for bogey (which it nails). ---
**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 26, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5565 "2025-11-26T15:50:52Z")
Wordle 1,621 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER OAKEN VOWEL HOVEL ---
**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 26, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5566 "2025-11-26T16:40:36Z")
Wordle 1,621 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LUNCH HALVE HOVEL I needed vowels, so I found a word with two of them (rather than a double L, which was my first thought). Hitting that V was just a stroke of luck. Tap-in for the birdie! ---
**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 26, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5567 "2025-11-26T16:56:00Z")
Wordle 1,621 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 🟧🟧⬜⬜⬜ 🟧🟧⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST HOPED HOKEY HOVEL ---
**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 27, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5568 "2025-11-27T04:23:16Z")
Wordle 1,622 4/6 **THURSDAY** ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO RELIC RESIN REMIT ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5569 "2025-11-27T06:42:20Z")
Wordle 1,622 2/6 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO REMIT ---
**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 27, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5570 "2025-11-27T08:17:01Z")
**Wordle 1,622 4/6 β€” Thu 27 Nov 2025-11-27** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **UPDRY** **REMIT** ---
**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 27, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5571 "2025-11-27T09:16:26Z")
Wordle 1,622 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 27, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5572 "2025-11-27T09:16:50Z")
SMART MERIT REMIT ---
**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 27, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5573 "2025-11-27T10:29:45Z")
Wordle 1,622 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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \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 27, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5574 "2025-11-27T11:21:53Z")
Wordle 1622 3/6 Happy Thanksgiving! ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE REMIT After 2, all the possibilities that didn’t begin with RE- had already been used. REBUT had been used too, and that left REMIT as the only word where the RE- wasn’t a prefix. Not that that would exclude a word from being a solution, but those that have already been used, like RETRY and REUSE, are in common use, and the only one like that that would have worked here was REFIT, but I liked REMIT better, and if it was REFIT, I’d still get a 4. This was my 1400th Wordle. My first was #202, SLUMP (got a 6, I used ADIEU as my starting word), and the last game I missed was #390, LIVER. ---
**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 27, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5575 "2025-11-27T11:54:50Z")
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! > [@RTFirefly](#): > > This was my 1400th Wordle. My first was #202, SLUMP (got a 6, I used ADIEU as my starting word), and the last game I missed was #390, LIVER. This was my 1167th Wordle. My first was #189, the Wordle was **WEARY** , and I got it in 3. I don’t recall what my starting word was but here is my post about that ➜ ["Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 1) - #3 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-1/956604/3) β–  ---
**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 27, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5576 "2025-11-27T12:55:15Z")
Wordle 1,622 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST POUND REFIT REMIT ---
**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 27, 2025, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5577 "2025-11-27T13:11:26Z")
Wordle 1,622 3/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TREND COALS REMIT After Coals, I thought of 15 words, of which 4 were non-Wardles, 9 were already-used. Left with only Remit and Refit I guessed right. ---
**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 27, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5578 "2025-11-27T14:28:59Z")
Wordle 1,622 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL CRUET REMIT Happy Thanksgiving, y’all! ---
**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 27, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5579 "2025-11-27T14:55:55Z")
Wordle 1,623 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŽ‡ πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 27, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5580 "2025-11-27T15:39:27Z")
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