# "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:** 303
**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 25, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6041 "2025-12-25T11:05:21Z")
Wordle 1,650 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE PINCH PRISM I had to choose a #2 sleuth. Crony? Grind? I wanted a P and/or an H. Pinch giving a Green P was lucky; Prism was the first fitting word I thought of. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6042 "2025-12-25T12:16:20Z")
Wordle 1650 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE FRISK PRISM Merry Christmas, y’all! ---
**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 25, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6043 "2025-12-25T12:59:25Z")
Wordle 1,650 4/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SPOIL WISPY CRISP PRISM Merry Christmas, fellow Wordlers! ---
**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 25, 2025, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6044 "2025-12-25T14:49:13Z")
Wordle 1,650 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART TRICK FRILL GRIND PRISM ---
**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 25, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6045 "2025-12-25T15:36:55Z")
Wordle 1,650 5/6\* 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL BISON FRISK CRISP PRISM Merry Christmas! ---
**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 25, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6046 "2025-12-25T16:02:00Z")
Wordle 1,650 4/6 🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟧🟧⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 SLATE HOIST CRISP PRISM ---
**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 25, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6047 "2025-12-25T16:31:11Z")
Happy Boxing Day **Wordle 1,651 3/6 β€” 2025-12-26 Fri** πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β€” _a sleuth word here_ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 {Day 12 of 30 from the Philippines} ---
**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 25, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6048 "2025-12-25T18:09:00Z")
Wordle 1,650 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER TORIC WRING FRISK PRISM ---
**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 25, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6049 "2025-12-25T19:10:58Z")
Wordle 1,650 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 BIRTH ARISE CRISP PRISM I thought it was a coin toss between CRISP and FRISK. Good thing I chose the one I did or I would have been staring down a bogey. Merry Christmas! πŸŽ„πŸŽ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6050 "2025-12-25T19:28:23Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > That third word is totally bogus, but it included exactly the letters i wanted, and wordle accepted it. β€œWhen the bogus word becomes the best word, guess the bogus word!” > **Wordle 1,650 4/6\* Christmas Day 2025** > > 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _SP_OOL β†’ Getting the P is nice. I’ll try A & E and another WoFcon > **P** A_S_TE β†’ Starts with P (sounds like a Jeopardy! category). Still no vowels to work with, so I’ll try a word with two of them, and another WoFcon (and not double up on the S, because reasons, though I saw it first) > **P** U_R_ **S** Y β†’ 0 for 5 on the vowels, so I know there’s at least one I. My good luck R must go second, so with I in third, it’s either PRISI or > **PRISM** > PRISS was actually another possible per Scoredle, and it might not be bogus, so I guess I was on the lucky side of a 50-50 for par. Scoredle misses a 50-50 try on a birdie, because it hadn’t eliminated all the other vowels yet. Seems like a tough word today, I’m guessing very few eagles and birdies. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6051 "2025-12-25T20:15:01Z")
Of the two words you mention, i think one is a real word that’s likely to be on the wordle β€œanswer list” and the other is an off-beat word that i would absolutely expect wordle to accept as a guess, but I’d be shocked if it were the answer. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6052 "2025-12-25T20:50:39Z")
Yeah, I was commenting on the quoted part of your post, because it’s the same thing I do frequently myself (including each of the past couple of days). I just made it a Liberty Valance paraphrase because I’ve had Jimmy Stewart on the brain lately. Perhaps I should have made two separate posts… ---
**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 25, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6053 "2025-12-25T21:06:38Z")
Wordle 1,6 **51** 5/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no AI 🦘 Harder than it should have been..too much xmas turkey πŸ¦ƒ ---
**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 25, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6054 "2025-12-25T21:17:43Z")
Wordle 1,650 3/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Hotly Minds Prism ---
**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 26, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6055 "2025-12-26T05:03:40Z")
Wordle 1,651 5/6 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6056 "2025-12-26T06:24:43Z")
Wordle 1,651 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LUNES SHEEP SPEED ---
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Wordle 1,651 3/6 **FRIDAY** ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO REEDY SPEED ---
**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 26, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6058 "2025-12-26T10:14:57Z")
Wordle 1,651 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[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6059 "2025-12-26T12:39:15Z")
Wordle 1,651 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SHOUT DIMLY SPEED ---
**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 26, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6060 "2025-12-26T12:46:34Z")
Wordle 1,651 3/6 FRIDAY 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE RHINO SPEED I spent considerable time choosing the #2 sleuth. Assuming the word had a 2nd vowel, a 2nd E was most likely, followed by I with O in a distant 3rd place. N, R, H were the must-have consonants for the sleuth, but Wordle told me PHIRN (an excellent sleuth) was not a word. Rhein was probably better than Rhino but I didn’t bother checking if it were a legal word. Zero hits on Rhino was lucky; it eliminated all(?) other possibilities except already-used Speck and off-limits Sexes etc. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=302) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=304)