# "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:** 299
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5961 "2025-12-20T15:02:09Z")
> **Wordle 1,645 4/6\* 12/20/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > MYRR_H_ β†’ About as close to a whiff as you can come. A, E and a host of WoFcons to chose from, let’s try L & S > _HE_ALS β†’ Not great. If I move both letters over and try again, what do I get? Hmmm, two Ts (and in retrospect, I should have tried THIEF) but I tried it anyway > _T_ **H** _E_FT β†’ At least the second T gave me _some_ information - actually, quite a bit since I know the T must go 4th, which pushes the E to the end and if there’s an I in there it’s gotta be > **WHITE** > CHUTE, if it was a U, was also possible, so my par putt was 50-50. Scoredle birdies with a 1 in 10-to-14 chip shot, so while the algorithm had a lot of luck, I didn’t exactly cover myself in glory on today’s puzzle. ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5962 "2025-12-20T15:02:37Z")
Wordle 1,645 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SMART INTEL QUITE WHITE True story: I was humming β€œWhite Christmas” as I began today’s Wordle, then I noticed that yesterday’s randomly-generated starting word was BLACK. I thought to myself, β€œWouldn’t it be funny if the word generator gave me WHITE today?” It didn’t, of course, but why I went for the Q word at three instead of the one that was already in my head, I couldn’t tell you. (I didn’t say it was an _interesting_ story, just a true one.) ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5963 "2025-12-20T15:43:14Z")
Wordle 1,645 3/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART THEME WHITE ---
**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 20, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5964 "2025-12-20T15:56:36Z")
Wordle 1,645 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER GEOID ANISE WHITE ---
**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 20, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5965 "2025-12-20T16:02:31Z")
Wordle 1,645 2/6\* β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Shied White ---
**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 20, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5966 "2025-12-20T16:42:35Z")
Wordle 1,645 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL EMOTE WHITE ---
**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 20, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5967 "2025-12-20T16:53:41Z")
Wordle 1,645 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟧 🟦⬜🟧⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST WHITE ---
**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 20, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5968 "2025-12-20T17:06:34Z")
**Wordle 1,646 4/6 β€” 2025-12-21 Sun** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 {Day 7 of 30 from the Philippines} My Wordle streak is now 220. My max streak was 267. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5969 "2025-12-21T05:10:35Z")
Wordle 1,646 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO STILE QUILT ---
**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 21, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5970 "2025-12-21T07:41:33Z")
Wordle 1,646 4/6 **SUNDAY** ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO GUILE QUILL QUILT ---
**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 21, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5971 "2025-12-21T08:40:11Z")
Wordle 1,646 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**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 21, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5972 "2025-12-21T08:40:36Z")
SHORE ALIEN QUILT ---
**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 21, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5973 "2025-12-21T09:57:30Z")
Wordle 1,646 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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \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 21, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5974 "2025-12-21T11:35:25Z")
Wordle 1,646 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE HOTLY TRILL QUILT After the -y-y- on Slate, fitting words seemed hard to come by and 5 of the first 6 I thought of were already-used. Then I thought of Hotly and jumped on it, rather than β€œsleuthing.” Note to self: It only takes a moment to check if Q can fit – I should have birdied. ---
**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 21, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5975 "2025-12-21T13:22:47Z")
Wordle 1,646 3/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL CLOUT QUILT ---
**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 21, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5976 "2025-12-21T15:08:11Z")
Wordle 1,646 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL CLOUT QUILT Dang, @Shoeless ! I didnt copy you, i swear! ---
**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 21, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5977 "2025-12-21T15:12:51Z")
Considering that, IIRC we have the same birthday, maybe there’s some sort of telepathy going on… 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 21, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5978 "2025-12-21T15:18:15Z")
Wordle 1,646 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART STINT QUILT ---
**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 21, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5979 "2025-12-21T15:35:17Z")
Wordle 1,646 4/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Joist Guilt Built Quilt In the green weeds ---
**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 21, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5980 "2025-12-21T15:42:45Z")
Wordle 1,646 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER QUOIT (Got my Q!) QUILT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=298) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=300)