# "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:** 297
**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 17, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5921 "2025-12-17T17:50:50Z")
Wordle 1,642 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 DANCE TRAIL GRASP GRASS I thought I had GRASPed the birdie. So close! ---
**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 17, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5922 "2025-12-17T21:33:46Z")
Wordle 1,6 **43** 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’« 🦘 weird looking word 🀷 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5923 "2025-12-18T05:44:29Z")
Wordle 1,643 5/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO RULES RUMMY DINGY RUGBY ---
**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 18, 2025, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5924 "2025-12-18T07:56:35Z")
Wordle 1,643 4/6 **THURSDAY** ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FUNKY BUGGY RUGBY ---
**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 18, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5925 "2025-12-18T08:36:15Z")
Wordle 1,643 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 18, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5926 "2025-12-18T09:30:56Z")
Wordle 1,643 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CRONY FURRY RUGBY The early Y may not be urgent but it’s better than H, and I do want a word with C,R and N. Only four words occurred to me after #2 and Hurry was already-used. The choice was Furry and Murky; with nothing to go on I chose the more optimistic word. I couldn’t ask Rugby as my #3 since it doesn’t distinguish between Furry/Murky. On the matter of yesterday’s word, does anyone else think that using Dodgy for the secret was a bit, well, dodgy ? Dictionaries mark it β€œinformal, chiefly British.” I realize Josh Wardle is from Wales, but the NY Times isn’t. (I am quite familiar with the word; maybe I picked it up from a Brit.) ---
**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 18, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5927 "2025-12-18T09:35:58Z")
Wordle 1,643 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[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 D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \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 U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \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 18, 2025, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5928 "2025-12-18T12:58:15Z")
Wordle 1,643 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ROUND PICKY RUMMY RUGBY According to wordlebot, there were only two possible words after my second guess. And it still took me three more guesses. πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5929 "2025-12-18T15:20:25Z")
> **Wordle 1,643 3/6\* 12/18/2025** > > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _GR_ASS β†’ Fifth G in a row! And a wasted S. Need to check vowels - let’s try three, with a WoFcon > **R** O **G** _U_E β†’ Oh my. Pretty much gotta be > **RUGBY** > > Short and sweet - under half a minute start to finish. Scoredle uses an anagram of my second guess for its own; the two guesses are 1st & 2nd on Scoredle’s list of possibles, but mine turned out a tiny bit better because my second word for the third guess was more bogus than theirs, giving me a tap-in vs. their 50-50 birdie putt. ---
**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 18, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5930 "2025-12-18T15:43:31Z")
Wordle 1,643 2/6 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER (If I don’t get an eagle here…) RUGBY (well, alright, then.) ---
**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 18, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5931 "2025-12-18T15:54:30Z")
Wordle 1,643 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BROIL CURDS RUGBY ---
**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 18, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5932 "2025-12-18T16:20:34Z")
Wordle 1,643 6/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟦⬜🟧 🟧🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5933 "2025-12-18T16:41:26Z")
Wordle 1643 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1,713 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 54 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY RUGBY The solution was pretty much the only thing left. ---
**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 18, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5934 "2025-12-18T16:47:33Z")
**Wordle 1,644 4/6 β€”tomorrow❗2025-12-19 Fri** ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 {Day 4 of 29, hello from the Philippines!} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5935 "2025-12-18T16:49:22Z")
> [@Gordon\_G](#): > > On the matter of yesterday’s word, does anyone else think that using Dodgy for the secret was a bit, well, dodgy? Dictionaries mark it β€œinformal, chiefly British.” > I realize Josh Wardle is from Wales, but the NY Times isn’t. Since Wednesday is behind us, no matter where we are in the world, I figure minimal blurring should suffice. My WAG is that when the FTFNYT did its review of Wardle’s list of solutions, they weeded out terms they considered derogatory or too sexual, but otherwise basically left the list intact other than adding a few more words. Anyhow, despite having gotten a 6 yesterday, I don’t have a problem with yesterday’s solution. ---
**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 18, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5936 "2025-12-18T16:53:29Z")
Wasn’t getting there Wordle 1,6 **44** 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ai assisted . No emoticons available ---
**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 18, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5937 "2025-12-18T17:56:51Z")
Wordle 1,643 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DROWN CURRY RUGBY ETA: Today’s word is chiefly British, too! πŸ˜„ ---
**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 18, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5938 "2025-12-18T22:40:14Z")
Wordle 1,643 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 TRADE RHINO RUMMY RUGBY Ahhh, I thought I had the birdie! I had surmised RU\_\_Y, and convinced myself there was only one choice. Putting G and B together just wasn’t on my radar until it truly became the only option. ---
**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 19, 2025, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5939 "2025-12-19T06:16:09Z")
Wordle 1,644 3/6 **FRIDAY** ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO CREEP MYRRH With NO Vowels, that seemed like the only possibility ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5940 "2025-12-19T07:55:25Z")
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