# "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:** 293
**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 13, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5841 "2025-12-13T05:06:25Z")
STAIR WISER MISER ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5842 "2025-12-13T05:16:42Z")
Wordle 1,638 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHIRE WISER MISER ---
**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 13, 2025, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5843 "2025-12-13T07:20:24Z")
Wordle 1,638 3/6 **SATURDAY** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME - very useful! MISER ---
**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 13, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5844 "2025-12-13T10:08:17Z")
I got nervous with this one… **Wordle 1,638 6/6 β€” 2025-12-13 Sat** πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAL** **BOUND** **PRIVY** β€” _is likely miser riser wiser_ **WISER** **RISER** β€” _I’m getting nervous now!_ **MISER** β€” _PHEW!!!_ My streak stays alive at 212. ---
**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 13, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5845 "2025-12-13T10:29:06Z")
Wordle 1,638 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR MISER I wasn’t sure what the best #2 sleuth was. Perhaps it’s more urgent to eliminate consonants than vowels, so Chirp or Crimp might have been a better choice. Only Miser/Wiser/Riser seemed possible after the nice result with Choir.. Unfortunately all three are unused Wardle words. ☹ I could sleuth to guarantee exactly four as score. Or just start asking the possible words for an average four, but risking five. I decided to try to keep my string of birdies alive, and started with Miser partly not to blame myself for not using Crimp or Chomp as #2. ---
**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 13, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5846 "2025-12-13T11:46:55Z")
Wordle 1,638 3/6\* \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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\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 S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5847 "2025-12-13T12:14:32Z")
Wordle 1638 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,376 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 113 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DRESS MISER Could’ve been WISER, RISER, or perhaps RESEW. Went with the word that was a word of its own, no prefixes or suffixes. ---
**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 13, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5848 "2025-12-13T12:30:18Z")
Wordle 1,638 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ROUND GRIMY MISER ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5849 "2025-12-13T14:16:29Z")
Wordle 1,6 **39** 4/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 Bit o work that ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5850 "2025-12-13T14:59:52Z")
> **Wordle 1,638 4/6\* 12/13/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > T_R_UCK β†’ Slow start, but not unexpected. E & A and two of the three remaining WoFcons makes > L_E_A_R_N β†’ Well, that’s some progress, eh? Oh, take off man! > HO **SER** β†’ Good guess! I see WISER and… > **MISER** > RISER was not in my mind, so a six was definitely possible, though it wouldn’t have led to a loss. Scoredle takes a different path through the possible words but ends up with a par as well (though with a tap-in rather than a 1-in-3). ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5851 "2025-12-13T15:28:00Z")
Wordle 1,638 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL RINSE MISER ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5852 "2025-12-13T15:42:33Z")
Wordle 1,638 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 cress Serum Miser ---
**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 13, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5853 "2025-12-13T16:20:34Z")
Wordle 1,638 4/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜🟦 ⬜⬜🟦🟦⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST - four letters is nice RISER MISER ---
**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 13, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5854 "2025-12-13T16:28:28Z")
Wordle 1,638 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER. (Looks trappy) WAGER OILER (Got another vowel, but it doesn’t look any less trappy) RIVER HIKER (C’mon, c’mon) MISER (phew!) ---
**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 13, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5855 "2025-12-13T18:58:05Z")
Wordle 1,638 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 EQUAL RINSE MISER The word generator handed me a Q, and netted nothing but an unplaced E. But it did eliminate A and one WoFcon, so not too bad a start. Then the ol’ β€œfirst word second” worked better than I could have hoped, handing me a coin-flip birdie. Fun one today! ---
**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 13, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5856 "2025-12-13T21:38:00Z")
Wordle 1,638 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BONER MISER ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5857 "2025-12-13T22:25:53Z")
Wordle 1,638 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MUONS MISTY MISER ---
**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 14, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5858 "2025-12-14T04:47:04Z")
Wordle 1,639 4/6 **SUNDAY** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME BLINK SWING ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5859 "2025-12-14T05:43:36Z")
Wordle 1,639 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHINE SPINY SWING ---
**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 14, 2025, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5860 "2025-12-14T09:10:25Z")
**Wordle 1,639 5/6 β€” 2025-12-14 Sun** πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAL** **BOUND** **PRIVY** **SHINY** β€” _not a smart guess; Y, you may ask? Exactly: Y._ **SWING** β€Ό β€” Guys, tomorrow I’ll catch a plane to the Philippines where I’ll be vacationing for the next 4 weeks. Starting on **2025-12-16 Tue** I’ll be like @MacDoc in Australia working on the puzzle for 2025-12-17 Wed. I’ll mark my posts accordingly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=292) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=294)