# "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:** 298
**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 19, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5941 "2025-12-19T09:02:18Z")
Wordle 1,644 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CRONY MYRRH Same start as yesterday, except that the Green-Y changed to Yellow. (Good news since Y anywhere but 5th is rare.) After the birdie I asked Scoredle if I’d missed any words. Two: - ryugi – a Japanese proper name - ryiji – EITHER a misspelling of that Japanese name OR an alternate spelling of a Finnish rug style ---
**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 19, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5942 "2025-12-19T09:03:07Z")
Wordle 1,644 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,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 C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \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 R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \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 19, 2025, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5943 "2025-12-19T11:26:31Z")
Wordle 1644 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE MYRRH I was all ready to go with HURRY, I almost didn’t check the used words list - what else could it be, right? Good thing I checked, and even then it took me a bit to see the solution. ---
**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 19, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5944 "2025-12-19T13:45:41Z")
Wordle 1,644 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ROUND PICKY Hmm… no vowels except y, not at the end. MYRRH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5945 "2025-12-19T14:49:08Z")
> **Wordle 1,644 4/6\* 12/19/2025** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _R_UGB_Y_ → Ended our streak of Gs, started one of Rs… and a Y, but not at the end. Hmmm. Perhaps the Y is the only vowel in the midst of WoFcons? > T_RY_ST → Nope. Where does that Y go? I thought of YORIC/YORIK on a lark (I had just read a review of _Hamnet_) which got me thinking of acting which got me thinking of Meryl Streep which got me thinking of > BE **R** _Y_L → Which I shouldn’'t have thought of since the B is excluded. Anyway, at least I placed the R. Then I hit a ten minute brick wall, until I thought of our holiday season > **MYRRH** > > That second guess was 36/136 per Scordle, and of course my third guess was not even in the list, though it left me with only one nonbogus possible left. Scoredle also solves in par, with a straight tap-in putt. ---
**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 19, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5946 "2025-12-19T15:14:54Z")
Wordle 1,6 **45** 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 no Ai 🦘 Not sure why that was tricky 🤷 ---
**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 19, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5947 "2025-12-19T15:42:31Z")
Wordle 1,644 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER DAIRY MYRRH ---
**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 19, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5948 "2025-12-19T15:48:26Z")
Wordle 1,644 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SCORN WHIRL MYRRH ---
**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 19, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5949 "2025-12-19T15:52:49Z")
Wordle 1,644 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DROWN FURRY MYRRH ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5950 "2025-12-19T16:45:46Z")
Wordle 1,643 6/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧🟦⬜🟧 🟧🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SHRUG - for placement, so AEIOU and sometimes. . . MYRRH ---
**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 19, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5951 "2025-12-19T16:47:34Z")
**Wordle 1,645 4/6 —tomorrow❗2025-12-20 Sat** ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 {Day 5 of 29, hello from the Philippines!} ---
**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 19, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5952 "2025-12-19T17:57:42Z")
Wordle 1,644 4/6\* ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Derby Lyric Gyros Myrhh ---
**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 19, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5953 "2025-12-19T17:59:20Z")
Wordle 1,644 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟦 🟦⬛⬛⬛🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 BLACK INTER ROWDY MYRRH I was really trying to find somewhere to put a U, and I have no idea how I missed SYRUP. But I’m glad I did. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5954 "2025-12-20T06:05:46Z")
Wordle 1,645 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO THICK SHIFT WHITE ---
**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 20, 2025, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5955 "2025-12-20T09:01:37Z")
Wordle 1,645 5/6 **SATURDAY** ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO PRIME KNIFE SLICE WHITE ---
**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 20, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5956 "2025-12-20T10:14:50Z")
Wordle 1,645 3/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 20, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5957 "2025-12-20T10:42:56Z")
Wordle 1,645 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE WHITE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5958 "2025-12-20T11:00:37Z")
Wordle 1645 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE WHITE THEME and THYME had already been used. ---
**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 20, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5959 "2025-12-20T12:45:15Z")
Wordle 1,645 4/6 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL FOUND PRICY WHITE ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5960 "2025-12-20T14:14:28Z")
Wordle 1,6 **46** 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 🦘 no Ai [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=297) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=299)