# "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:** 294
**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 14, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5861 "2025-12-14T12:00:20Z")
Wordle 1,639 3/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PINKY SWING I wasn’t happy with Pinky as #2 sleuth. The IN were positioned to get Yellows rather than Greens. I almost went Spiny at #2, not hoping for an Eagle, but just to position the PIN better. Swing got lucky, but guaranteed no worse than Par, I think. ---
**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 14, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5862 "2025-12-14T12:20:19Z")
Wordle 1,639 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 14, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5863 "2025-12-14T12:40:27Z")
Wordle 1,639 3/6 πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL PROUD SWING Lucky guess! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5864 "2025-12-14T12:55:32Z")
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT SHINY - still makes me think of _Firefly_ SWING Lucky choice at 3: could’ve also been SEINE, SKINK, SUING; SWINE and SPINE had already been used. ---
**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 14, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5865 "2025-12-14T14:02:18Z")
Wordle 1,639 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 BENCH SNARL STONY SWING Somewhat frustratingly slow progress for the first three, then a little luck to save par. There were, maybe, four legit words left. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5866 "2025-12-14T15:45:32Z")
> **Wordle 1,639 4/6\* 12/14/2025** > > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜🟨🟨 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M_IS_ER β†’ Well, that’s something. I couldn’t try all the remaining WoFcons so I tried adding an A and saw > **S** LA_IN_ β†’ So T is still out there, and the first thing I saw (and typed in) had two of them > **S** T **IN** T β†’ Which was pretty foolish, since STING covered another consonant, and I’m now in solid trap territory. But, seeing and thinking about that gave me a good next thing to try > **SWING** > > There were 6 or 7 (heh heh) possibles after three, so I made a lucky par with this puzzle. In fact, that third guess is 3/24 per Scoredle’s list, so not quite as bad a guess as I had thought. Scoredle, on the other hand, takes a bogey, and had a 50-50 putt on that final guess, so a six was quite possible. ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5867 "2025-12-14T15:46:04Z")
Wordle 1,639 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER OASIS SWIFT SWING ---
**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 14, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5868 "2025-12-14T16:07:23Z")
Wordle 1,639 3/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tango Brung Swing ---
**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 14, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5869 "2025-12-14T16:26:56Z")
Wordle 1,6 **40** 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😳 Ai assisted 🦘 With a dollop of stupid πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« ---
**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 14, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5870 "2025-12-14T16:36:39Z")
Wordle 1,639 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL SWING ---
**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 14, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5871 "2025-12-14T17:07:32Z")
Wordle 1,639 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SHOCK SWING ---
**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 14, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5872 "2025-12-14T20:43:16Z")
Wordle 1,639 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟦⬜ 🟧⬜🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SLING SWING ---
**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 15, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5873 "2025-12-15T03:47:53Z")
Wordle 1,640 4/6 **MONDAY** ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO MODEL TODDY DODGY ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5874 "2025-12-15T05:27:00Z")
Wordle 1,640 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE COULD DOWDY DODGY ---
**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 15, 2025, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5875 "2025-12-15T09:11:43Z")
**Wordle 1,640 5/6 β€” 2025-12-15 Mon** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAL** **BOUND** **PRIVY** β€” _possibles include dodgy doggy doozy foody goody howdy moody woody; but previous Wordles have included goody howdy; so the remaining possibles include dodgy doggy doozy foody moody woody_ **MOODY** **DODGY** β€Ό β€” Later today I’ll catch a plane to the Philippines where I’ll be vacationing for the next 4 weeks. I’ll be working on tomorrow’s puzzle like @MacDoc does and I’ll mark my posts accordingly. ---
**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 15, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5876 "2025-12-15T10:28:54Z")
Wordle 1,640 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} > [@Bullitt](#): > > Later today I’ll catch a plane to the Philippines where I’ll be vacationing for the next 4 weeks. You lucky, lucky bastard ! ---
**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 15, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5877 "2025-12-15T12:01:10Z")
Wordle 1,640 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Vista Lured Doggy Dodgy ---
**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 15, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5878 "2025-12-15T12:08:07Z")
Wordle 1,640 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CRONY DOWDY DODGY ---
**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 15, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5879 "2025-12-15T12:42:27Z")
Wordle 1,640 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ROUND PICKY WOODY DODGY ---
**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 15, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5880 "2025-12-15T13:22:06Z")
Wordle 1,640 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER TOADY DOILY DODGY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=293) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=295)