# "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:** 283
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5641 "2025-12-01T13:29:18Z")
DREAM PLACE LEACH ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5642 "2025-12-01T14:23:11Z")
Wordle 1,6 **27** 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 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:** [December 1, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5643 "2025-12-01T14:27:31Z")
Wordle 1,626 3/6 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART LEASH LEACH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5644 "2025-12-01T15:00:18Z")
> **Wordle 1,626 4/6\* 12/1/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > MUGGY β†’ Whiff. You know the drill > S_L_ **A** T_E_ β†’ Two WoFcons left, and I can try 'em both with > **LEA** RN β†’ Hmm. That’s probably all the vowels I need, so what’s left in the consonants? > **LEACH** > > It was a tap-in par, and indeed there were only three real options after my second guess. Scoredle hits some bad luck - on the fourth guess, it has only three total options left, but the two bogus possibles share all but a single letter - so it picks one of them, meaning a bogey. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5645 "2025-12-01T16:23:16Z")
Wordle 1,626 3/6 🟦⬜🟧⬜🟦 ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE BEACH LEACH ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5646 "2025-12-01T16:44:56Z")
Wordle 1,626 3/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 GUEST LEARN LEACH A lucky second word. I didn’t check, but I seem to remember both LEAFY and LEAKY having been used before, so I stayed away from the Y. That was a good call, and I chipped it in for birdie. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5647 "2025-12-01T17:00:50Z")
Wordle 1,626 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL FABLE ELAND LEAKY LEACH Blech. I should have figured out LEA much sooner. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5648 "2025-12-02T04:16:50Z")
Wordle 1,627 3/6 **TUESDAY** 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PAINT CACTI ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5649 "2025-12-02T06:25:47Z")
Wordle 1,627 3/6 ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO PAINT CACTI I think there was only one possible answer after the first two guesses. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5650 "2025-12-02T11:44:11Z")
Wordle 1627 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT TREAD ATTIC CACTI ---
**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:** [December 2, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5651 "2025-12-02T12:03:48Z")
Wordle 1,627 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [December 2, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5652 "2025-12-02T12:33:27Z")
Wordle 1,627 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:** [December 2, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5653 "2025-12-02T12:33:53Z")
CHEAT CATTY CACTI ---
**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:** [December 2, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5654 "2025-12-02T12:47:41Z")
Wordle 1,627 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST PROUD ITCHY CACTI ---
**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:** [December 2, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5655 "2025-12-02T12:53:54Z")
**Wordle 1,627 3/6 β€” Tue 02 Dec 2025-12-02** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** **CACTI** > [@psychobunny](#): > > I think there was only one possible answer after the first two guesses. That was the case for me too. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5656 "2025-12-02T13:02:36Z")
Wordle 1,627 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE WARTY CANTO CACTI After Slate, I thought of 11 fitting words, but 7 were Already-used and Canto and Panty aren’t Wardle words. This left Warty/Fatty. After Warty I asked the non-Wardle word without further ado, but if I’d spent some more time word-hunting perhaps I’d have scored a Birdie. I’ve gone back to my old Slate start, though with misgivings: Asking the two best vowels makes sleuthing harder, but Crony is available worse comes to worst. (If I’d use it here, it would have led me directly to Cacti. ☹ ) Slant may be better (with Price etc. available as sleuth) but I don’t want to infringe on RTFirefly’s copyright! πŸ˜‰ ---
**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:** [December 2, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5657 "2025-12-02T14:18:37Z")
Wordle 1,6 **28** 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5658 "2025-12-02T15:00:24Z")
> **Wordle 1,627 3/6\* 12/2/2025** > > ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ > 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > LE_AC_H β†’ A random C pickup, that’s nice. I can add O and a couple more WoFcons with > _T_ **AC** OS β†’ Two letters placed! and it’s not TACIT. I thought for five minutes about what word it might be, kept coming back to (and discarding) TACIT, then thought about inverting the last two letters and it came to me > **CACTI** > > Scoredle shows three bogus words along with the solution, so a virtual tap-in. On its own hook, Scoredle has the good luck to have the first three letters green after its second guess, with only three possibles left, but the two bogus possibles differ only by the last letter, meaning that Scoredle picks one of them to avoid an (impossible) bogey - so is forced to settle for a tap-in par. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5659 "2025-12-02T15:37:39Z")
Wordle 1,627 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART ATOLL TASTY CANTO CACTI I could think of no other word compatible with the fourth guess with the letters remaining. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5660 "2025-12-02T15:54:41Z")
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