# "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:** 284
**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 2, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5661 "2025-12-02T16:44:30Z")
Wordle 1,627 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL BATCH CACTI ---
**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 2, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5662 "2025-12-02T17:19:17Z")
Wordle 1,627 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 WRONG SLATE AMITY CACTI I think I had more trouble with this one than anyone else here. I convinced myself that it had to be _x_I_x_TA, and spent far too long on that before giving it up. Then, even after putting the I at the end, I guess I wasn’t in the mindset of a plural noun, as I kept wanting to pronounce the terminal I as β€œee” instead of β€œeye.” It was only after I actually typed in β€œXAXTI” that the light bulb clicked on. Visual aid for the win! Still not mad at a par after the opening whiff. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5663 "2025-12-02T18:10:59Z")
Wordle 1,627 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER AMINO VISTA CACTI ---
**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 3, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5664 "2025-12-03T04:55:24Z")
Wordle 1,628 5/6 **WEDNESDAY** 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CACHE HALVE HASTE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5665 "2025-12-03T06:35:28Z")
Wordle 1,628 4/6 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO CASTE WHOMP HASTE That first letter could have been B, H, P, T or W. Had to go with a sleuth word to survive. ---
**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 3, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5666 "2025-12-03T09:16:28Z")
_ **WOO-HOO!! 2!!** _ **Wordle 1,628 2/6 β€” Wed 03 Dec 2025-12-03** πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** β€” _possibles include asset baste beast caste feast haste paste taste tease tesla waste yeast; but previous Wordles have included asset baste beast feast taste tease waste yeast; so the remaining possibles include caste haste paste tesla; of these the most likely include haste paste_ **HASTE** β€” _a lucky guess!_ ---
**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 3, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5667 "2025-12-03T10:05:54Z")
Wordle 1,628 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[lime,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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} Damn - thought I was in for a woo-hoo too. ---
**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 3, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5668 "2025-12-03T11:05:16Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Damn - thought I was in for a woo-hoo too. Close! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5669 "2025-12-03T12:41:18Z")
Wordle 1628 2/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT HASTE makes ~~waste~~ a 2. πŸ˜ƒ There was a mini-trap there with CASTE and PASTE still unused, but worst case was a 4. My 100th 2. πŸ™‚ ---
**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 3, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5670 "2025-12-03T13:00:40Z")
Wordle 1,628 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST STEAM PASTE could be baste, caste, haste, waste BEACH HASTE Starting off with four yellows, I thought I had a good shot at a 2 today. No such luck. ---
**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 3, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5671 "2025-12-03T13:43:02Z")
Wordle 1,628 3/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 TREND COALS HASTE Yesterday I started Slate, which would have scored quadruple! But I’m renouncing that seductive Slate with her double vowel, and plan on being faithful to the flexible Trend/Coals. Six words were possible, but Asset, Saute, Baste and Waste were already used. I got lucky, choosing Haste instead of Paste. ---
**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 3, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5672 "2025-12-03T14:21:49Z")
Wordle 1,6 **29** 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŽ‡ πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 3, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5673 "2025-12-03T15:08:15Z")
Wordle 1,628 3/6 ⬜⬜🟦⬜🟧 🟧⬜⬜🟦🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST HASTE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5674 "2025-12-03T15:10:04Z")
> **Wordle 1,628 4/6\* 12/3/2025** > > ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > C **A** C **T** I β†’ That’s not bad. Could be the only vowel, so I’ll try to pick up some WoFcons > R **A** N **T** _S_ β†’ On reflection, SALTY would have gone better here, but I got very lucky with the word I did see > **HAST** Y β†’ While it’s a shame I went for Y instead of E, I did manage to astutely (luckily?!?) avoid the trap here > **HASTE** > > As noted above, I got very lucky with my third guess. Scoredle falls into the trap and, with a 50-50 putt to avoid a loss, gets the answer instead of repeating that first known consonant (which would have meant a loss). On the plus side, Scoredle has nary a yellow letter on its board, which has to count for something, 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:** [December 3, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5675 "2025-12-03T15:38:29Z")
Wordle 1,628 2/6\* 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL HASTE ---
**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 3, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5676 "2025-12-03T15:45:10Z")
Wordle 1,628 3/6 🟩🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART HATED HASTE ---
**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:** [December 3, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5677 "2025-12-03T16:35:29Z")
Wordle 1,628 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER GEOID WEAVE PASTE HASTE ---
**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 3, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5678 "2025-12-03T18:02:20Z")
Wordle 1,628 4/6 πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 STUDY LEAST WHIPS HASTE I spotted the \_ASTE trap before I fell into it, and managed to save par. Good thing, too - hard mode would have been a 1/3 chance of a fail. ---
**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 3, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5679 "2025-12-03T18:27:27Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > My 100th 2. πŸ™‚ Very nice. Mine was only my 34th. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5680 "2025-12-04T02:46:27Z")
Wordle 1,628 3/6\* πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Shrew Leash Haste [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=283) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=285)