# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451>\
**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\
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**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 16, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5901 "2025-12-16T18:31:57Z")

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Wordle 1,641 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧  
⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜  
🟧🟦🟦⬜🟧  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
HOIST  
SUEDE  
SEGUE

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**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 17, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5902 "2025-12-17T01:06:17Z")

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I am vacationing in the Philippines. For those in / near the US **this is _tomorrow’s_ Wordle.**

**Wordle 1,642 4/6: _2025-12-16 WEDNESDAY_**  
🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
 **STEAL**  
 **BOUND**  
 **PRIVY**  
 **GRASS**

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5903 "2025-12-17T01:25:11Z")

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Wordle 1641 4/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 446  
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 21  
🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 8  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CHORE  
SWIPE  
SEGUE

Could’ve also been SUEDE or SEDGE, neither one of which I saw. Lucky!

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**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 17, 2025, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5904 "2025-12-17T04:01:52Z")

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Probably best if you do like @MacDoc and don’t post your guesses, even spoilered.

Just a suggestion. Enjoy your trip! 🙂

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**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 17, 2025, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5905 "2025-12-17T04:21:16Z")

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Sure, sounds good, I can do that. Good suggestion. Thanks!

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**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 17, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5906 "2025-12-17T04:45:59Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
>
> Probably best if you do like @MacDoc and don’t post your guesses, even spoilered.

Why? They’re no different than when an Australian or I post before the US.

Wordle 1,642 5/6 **WEDNESDAY**

🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

AUDIO  
FRAME  
CRASH  
BRASS  
GRASS

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**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 17, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5907 "2025-12-17T05:06:13Z")

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Wordle 1,642 3/6

🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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**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 17, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5908 "2025-12-17T05:06:33Z")

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STRAY  
CRASH  
GRASS

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**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5909 "2025-12-17T07:27:13Z")

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Wordle 1,642 3/6

🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜  
🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

RATIO  
SHARE  
GRASS

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**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 17, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5910 "2025-12-17T09:25:04Z")

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Wordle 1,642 3/6

🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLATE  
CRASH  
GRASS

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**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 17, 2025, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5911 "2025-12-17T10:06:53Z")

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Wordle 1,642 5/6\*

\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 A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \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[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 S} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \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 S} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \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 S} \\ \end{aligned}

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**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 17, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5912 "2025-12-17T11:33:43Z")

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Wordle 1,642 3/6\*

🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛  
⬛🟨🟩🟩⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Scalp  
Agast  
Grass

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**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 17, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5913 "2025-12-17T12:44:23Z")

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Wordle 1,642 4/6

🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛  
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛  
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STEAL  
PRICY  
BOUGH  
GRASS

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5914 "2025-12-17T14:04:09Z")

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Wordle 1642 3/6

🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SLANT  
CRASH  
GRASS

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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5915 "2025-12-17T14:41:48Z")

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> **Wordle 1,642 4/6\* 12/17/2025**
>
> 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜  
> 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜  
> 🟩🟨🟨🟩⬜  
> 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
> 
> _S_E_G_UE → Our fourth straight word with a G. In theory, I should be racking up the birdies on a run like this. Feel like I should try a T here, and then I saw  
> **G** HO **S** T → which was no help save for the placements, which were a lot of help. So then I got worried about a potential double letter (along with some vowels), which let me to try  
> **G** _AS_ **S** Y → and now I had a 50-50, but I think we already had the L-word  
> **GRASS**
> 
> It was a very weird par, as I felt like I couldn’t employ my usual strategies but I made progress anyway. Scoredle gets an eagle on this one; four of its first five guesses double up the terminal S, so it wasn’t going to be too hard for the algorithm either way, once you spotted it the other letter from the opening.

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**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 17, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5916 "2025-12-17T15:46:06Z")

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Wordle 1,642 5/6

⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

HEART  
BRAID  
CRACK  
DRAMA  
GRASS

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**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 17, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5917 "2025-12-17T15:46:28Z")

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Wordle 1,642 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨  
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜  
⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

BUYER  
TORIC  
WHARF  
GRASS

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**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 17, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5918 "2025-12-17T16:00:24Z")

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Wordle 1,642 4/6\*

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜  
🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜  
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

STEAL  
ARSON  
CRASH  
GRASS

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**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 17, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5919 "2025-12-17T16:41:49Z")

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**Wordle 1,643 4/6 — 2025-12-18 Thu**  
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛  
🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛  
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩  
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩  
(Day 2 here, hello from the Philippines!)

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**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 17, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5920 "2025-12-17T16:54:46Z")

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Wordle 1,642 3/6

⬜🟧🟧⬜⬜  
⬜⬜⬜🟧⬜  
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧

CRANE  
HOIST  
GRASS

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