# "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:** 290
**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 9, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5781 "2025-12-09T12:48:23Z")
Wordle 1,634 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST POUND SNIDE ---
**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 9, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5782 "2025-12-09T13:37:23Z")
Wordle 1,634 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PRION SNIDE Slate once again proves its greatness with two Greens. (Crane is almost as good – my default #2 sleuth is Crony.) But now is not the time for a default sleuth. I prepared a list of a dozen unused possibilities, found that N, I, R and double-E were most likely, but since the second E could occur almost anywhere there was no good way to look for it. Prion was the best sleuth I could find. ---
**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 9, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5783 "2025-12-09T14:07:56Z")
Wordle 1,634 2/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 9, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5784 "2025-12-09T14:08:12Z")
RINSE SNIDE ---
**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 9, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5785 "2025-12-09T14:28:42Z")
Here’s to copycatting @Rebo! πŸ™‚ **Wordle 1,634 3/6 β€” 2025-12-09 Tue** πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAL** **BOUND** **SNIDE** ---
**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 9, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5786 "2025-12-09T14:40:06Z")
Wordle 1,634 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPIEL SEIZE SNIDE ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5787 "2025-12-09T15:08:11Z")
> **Wordle 1,634 4/6\* 12/9/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > GRAVY β†’ Whiff. O, E, and three of the four remaining WoFcons… I have a choice between STOLE and > **S** TO_N_ **E** β†’ Did the right one. U is unlikely, so if I try an I to go with that terminal E for the middle, and move the N to the front… SNI?E, could be SNIDE or > **SNI** P **E** β†’ It is > **SNIDE** > SINCE or SENSE were also possibilities (I totally did not see that the middle letter could have been different), but it turns out that my guess put a par β€œin the bag” so to speak. Its hard to evaluate my second guess since literally every one of the visible possibles left after my opener has a terminal S, which we know is exceptionally rare in Wordle (and explains why Scordle prefers TARES to STARE as a guess when both are possible - this may be a flaw in Scoredle’s algorithm). But I think it’s rare to have no bogus words left after the third guess. Scoredle’s own solution gets a par, with its top third guess pick (out of over 20 valid possibles) leading to a tap-in. ---
**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 9, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5788 "2025-12-09T15:47:23Z")
Raining eagles πŸ¦… Wordle 1,635 2/6 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 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 9, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5789 "2025-12-09T16:13:01Z")
Wordle 1,634 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟦🟧 ⬜⬜🟧🟦⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - which leaves only β€˜snipe’ or β€˜snide’ SNIDE - I have chosen. . .wisely. ---
**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 9, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5790 "2025-12-09T16:59:11Z")
Wordle 1,634 3/6\* 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SCREW SNIDE SNIDE was my other new start word! Damn. ---
**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 9, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5791 "2025-12-09T17:22:57Z")
Wordle 1,634 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PLANE NURSE SNIDE 20 seconds of fun. 😁 ---
**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 9, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5792 "2025-12-09T18:51:42Z")
Wordle 1,634 3/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Swift Snipe Snide ---
**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 10, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5793 "2025-12-10T04:58:49Z")
Wordle 1,635 4/6 **WEDNESDAY** 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CRANE ERASE ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5794 "2025-12-10T05:59:06Z")
Wordle 1,635 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE ERASE ---
**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 10, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5795 "2025-12-10T08:37:39Z")
**Wordle 1,635 4/6 β€” 2025-12-10 Wed** πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAL** **BOUND** **PRIVY** **ERASE** ---
**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 10, 2025, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5796 "2025-12-10T11:03:06Z")
Wordle 1,635 3/6\* \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \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 S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 10, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5797 "2025-12-10T11:28:18Z")
Wordle 1,635 2/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE ERASE This is the 6th game since I resumed using the Best Startβ„’. Three Eagles and Three Birdies. Over the six tries, Slate’s average response has been 1.33 greens and 0.83 yellows. No credit to me; Miss Slate gets all the glory. In this case Pease is archaic, Usage and Cease already used. What was left but Erase? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5798 "2025-12-10T12:08:52Z")
Wordle 1635 4/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CRASH GRASS ERASE ---
**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 10, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5799 "2025-12-10T12:29:27Z")
Wordle 1,635 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 BLOCK TRAIN GRADE FRAME ERASE Bleh. At least the opening whiff kept the trap from becoming completely hopeless. Still a frustrating bogey. ---
**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 10, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5800 "2025-12-10T12:52:31Z")
Wordle 1,635 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL CEASE ERASE Went for two, didn’t quite make it but left me with one possible word. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=289) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=291)