# "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:** 291
**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 10, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5801 "2025-12-10T14:11:44Z")
Wordle 1,635 2/6 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART ERASE ---
**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 10, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5802 "2025-12-10T14:35:36Z")
Wordle 1,6 **36** 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no AI 🦘 nassssty ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5803 "2025-12-10T15:22:15Z")
> **Wordle 1,635 3/6\* 12/10/2025** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _S_NID **E** β†’ Not bad, but I’ve got at least one more vowel in there, and three WoFcons outstanding. I’d like to try seven letters (counting those I already have) out of a five-letter word, which is rather difficult. Let’s see what I can do with > T_AR_ **SE** β†’ I chose wisely. If I swap A & R, I can try a bunch of consonants to fit in ?RASE…which there were none, but it turns out a vowel goes well there > **ERASE** > AROSE was also possible. It’s a nice birdie, but it relied on some luck - my second guess was about 46th out of 138 possibles left after my start, but it made the actual birdie putt a 50-50. Scoredle uses a double letter guess to go for placement on its second guess, then its third guess leaves a tap-in for par. ---
**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 10, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5804 "2025-12-10T15:55:37Z")
Wordle 1,635 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER AROSE ERASE ---
**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 10, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5805 "2025-12-10T16:12:55Z")
Wordle 1,635 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Latch Adorn Raise Erase ---
**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 10, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5806 "2025-12-10T16:54:20Z")
Wordle 1,635 4/6 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 ⬜🟧🟧⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE - aw crap, a trap PRATE BRAKE ERASE I feel lucky to have gotten it in four. ---
**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 10, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5807 "2025-12-10T16:56:29Z")
Wordle 1,635 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL JEANS ERASE ---
**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 11, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5808 "2025-12-11T03:57:47Z")
Wordle 1,636 5/6 **THURSDAY** ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO LUMPY QUEEN GUEST GUESS Slow and steady gets there in the end. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5809 "2025-12-11T05:34:39Z")
Wordle 1,636 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES 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 11, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5810 "2025-12-11T10:24:32Z")
Wordle 1,636 4/6\* \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 L} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 11, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5811 "2025-12-11T10:40:55Z")
**Wordle 1,636 3/6 β€” 2025-12-11 Thu** πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAL** **BOUND** **GUESS** ---
**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 11, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5812 "2025-12-11T11:52:17Z")
Wordle 1,636 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 cabal Grope Guest Guess ---
**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 11, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5813 "2025-12-11T12:44:12Z")
Wordle 1,636 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL PROUD GUESS ---
**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 11, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5814 "2025-12-11T12:50:24Z")
Wordle 1,636 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CROPS GUESS Crops seemed like a good sleuth word and, sure enough, I was left with only a Guess. ---
**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 11, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5815 "2025-12-11T14:34:33Z")
Wordle 1,636 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPINE LOESS GUESS ---
**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 11, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5816 "2025-12-11T15:05:24Z")
Wordle 1,636 4/6\* 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL OBESE DRESS GUESS ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5817 "2025-12-11T15:33:14Z")
> **Wordle 1,636 4/6\* 12/11/2025** > > 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _E_RA **S** E β†’ One-and-only-one E, and a placed S. That’s a good start. Three WoFcons left, but I can’t try them all with this layout, but I can get two with > BL **ES** T β†’ E in the middle - perhaps the only vowel? If so, I don’t need to check N, so let’s try a good double-consonant start (and check for a second S to boot) - I feel really close here, so maybe I need to start focusing on words over patterns > CH **ESS** β†’ Huh, got the second S. There’s another vowel, or so I would > **GUESS** > LOESS was KOed by BLEST earlier, so that made the par putt a tap-in for me. Scoredle gets a birdie, converting a 1-in-3-or-5 (two of the words I would consider near- but possibly non-bogus) putt from the fringe to take the hole. ---
**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 11, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5818 "2025-12-11T15:59:09Z")
Wordle 1,636 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST GUESS A healthy dose of dumb luck here. ---
**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 11, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5819 "2025-12-11T16:01:20Z")
Wordle 1,636 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER QUESO GUESS (Dammit, I want my β€œQ” word! …okay, I’ll take the birdie, I suppose.) ---
**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 11, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5820 "2025-12-11T16:48:23Z")
Wordle 1,6 **37** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=290) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=292)