# "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:** 30
**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:** [January 2, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/581 "2025-01-02T17:00:09Z")
Wordle 1,293 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 RATIO SLOPE CHOSE I waffled between SLOPE and CLOSE at two. CLOSE would have looked more impressive, but the result would have been the same. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/582 "2025-01-02T17:02:05Z")
Wordle 1,293 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST NURSE CHOSE ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/583 "2025-01-03T05:39:54Z")
Wordle 1,294 2/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CLAMP CHEAP ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/584 "2025-01-03T05:51:54Z")
Wordle 1,294 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE CHEAP ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/585 "2025-01-03T06:05:59Z")
Wordle 1,294 3/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT SPEAR CHEAP Two β€˜ch…’ words in a row. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/586 "2025-01-03T08:56:59Z")
**Wordle 1,294 4/6 β€” 2025-01-03** β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BOUND CRISP CHEAP ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/587 "2025-01-03T10:04:10Z")
Wordle 1,294 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\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 T} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/588 "2025-01-03T11:16:50Z")
Wordle 1294 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 1,191 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 3 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CHEAP ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/589 "2025-01-03T12:09:37Z")
Wordle 1,294 2/6 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART CHEAP ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/590 "2025-01-03T15:09:11Z")
Wordle 1,294 3/6 🟧⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟧⬜🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE CLEAT CHEAP ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/591 "2025-01-03T16:33:30Z")
Wordle 1,294 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 YEAST (That seems to have my vowels sorted. Let’s try for some WoFcons.) RAVEN (No WoFcons, and didn’t manage to place a vowel. Going with xxEAx.) CHEAP (Nice birdie!) ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/592 "2025-01-03T17:06:32Z")
Wordle 1,294 3/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 OVINE STEER CHEAP At first I thought my second word was a bit of a waste, but according to Scordle, it narrowed my choices from 2,194 down to 45. Of those 45, 10 were actual legit words, so there was definitely a bit of luck involved in this birdie. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/593 "2025-01-03T18:32:00Z")
Wordle 1,294 3/6\* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST CREAM CHEAP I got lucky with the C. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/594 "2025-01-03T21:22:08Z")
> **Wordle 1,294 3/6\* 1/3/2025** > > 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > **CH** OS_E_ β†’ Well. Guess I should try an A and a… T? Or maybe another E and an… R? More here than meets the eye. I’ll go with my first seen word > **CHEA** T β†’ Well shucks. So close. > **CHEAP** > > Feels like I should have had a two here, but it turns out that second guess was very lucky. Scoredle, again more methodical, takes a double-letter detour for its second guess but its last two guesses are just like mine. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/595 "2025-01-04T04:45:28Z")
Wordle 1,294 3/6\* 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLATE SPEAR CHEAP ---
**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:** [January 4, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/596 "2025-01-04T07:21:08Z")
Wordle 1,295 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/597 "2025-01-04T08:50:57Z")
Wordle 1,295 4/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO REALM RELAY RELAX ---
**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:** [January 4, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/598 "2025-01-04T11:08:04Z")
Wordle 1,295 2/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \\ \end{aligned} Lovely Jubbly. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/599 "2025-01-04T12:21:52Z")
Wordle 1295 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 500 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 26 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE RELAX Won the mental coin toss with RELAY. Could’ve also been some -er words like LAMER but I thought they were, well, lame. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/600 "2025-01-04T13:58:13Z")
**Wordle 1,295 4/6 β€” 2025-01-04** πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 LEAST BOUND CRISP RELAX [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=31)