# "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:** 313
**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 5, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6241 "2026-01-05T17:11:15Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > > [@puzzlegal](#): > > > > I wish we had a β€œlike” button. > > Yesss Aw, gee whiz, guys! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6242 "2026-01-06T00:20:43Z")
Wordle 1661 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY FILLY BILLY and WILLY are proper names, and I’d have ended even this limited association with the FTFNYT if they’d gone with BIGLY. So FILLY it was. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6243 "2026-01-06T04:34:25Z")
Wordle 1,661 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE HOIST DIMLY FILLY ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6244 "2026-01-06T04:38:26Z")
Wordle 1,662 3/6 **TUESDAY** ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POESY OOMPH - Ha, just a test word and it was the answer ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6245 "2026-01-06T04:47:06Z")
Huh, according to the NYT wordlebot, FILLY, BILLY, WILLY, AND DILLY Were all legitimate answers. I would not have guessed that. (In fact, i didn’t.) ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6246 "2026-01-06T05:10:39Z")
Wordle 1,662 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > [@MrDibble](#): > > Ha, just a test word and it was the answer I’m not surprised they accept it as a test word, but I’m surprised they accept it as an answer. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6247 "2026-01-06T05:52:24Z")
Wordle 1,662 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHONE POUCH OOMPH ---
**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 6, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6248 "2026-01-06T11:21:43Z")
Here it is.. Wordle 1,661 6/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[yellow,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 G} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Q} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Z} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt F} \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 L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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 6, 2026, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6249 "2026-01-06T11:24:30Z")
And today’s .. Wordle 1,662 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,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 V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6250 "2026-01-06T11:25:48Z")
Wordle 1,662 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Latex Prion Soupy Oomph ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6251 "2026-01-06T11:30:17Z")
Wordle 1,662 4/6 TUESDAY ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CRONY OPIUM OOMPH After Crony, I thought of only 7 words, and that includes 3 already-used; the unhyphenated spelling of Pop-up; and – although I didn’t think of it right away – the informal Oomph. This left only Widow and Opium; the latter seemed a better sleuth if there were another word hiding out of view. Ans so we get another non-Wardle word. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6252 "2026-01-06T13:01:43Z")
Wordle 1,662 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL ROUND COCKY BOFFO OOMPH ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6253 "2026-01-06T13:07:22Z")
Wordle 1662 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY OOMPH > [@Gordon\_G](#): > > Ans so we get another non-Wardle word. It doesn’t surprise me that it’s a non-Wardle word. OTOH, it _really_ doesn’t seem like a NYT sort of word! I thought of going for the solution at 3 with HOKUM, which it turns out would have narrowed it down to just the solution at 4, but it would have been harder to see. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6254 "2026-01-06T14:21:19Z")
Wordle 1,6 **63** 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 6, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6255 "2026-01-06T14:46:40Z")
Wordle 1,662 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DROWN FOGGY COUCH OOMPH ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6256 "2026-01-06T14:49:57Z")
> **Wordle 1,662 5/6\* 1/6/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FILLY β†’ Whiff, and a wasted L. The followup is a good first word second > R **O** AST β†’ That was… less productive than I hoped. With S, R and F gone, it may be safe to jump into a potential trap > B **O** UND β†’ And it was very safe, because that wasn’t the word. E is still out there, but I can’t see a word that uses it - so maybe a second O? > _P_ **O** _O_C **H** β†’ That was it, but that was not where I expected the second O to be > **OOMPH** > > The answer feels a bit slangy. Still, a tough one, given that my fourth guess had 32 possibles per Scoredle, with only my guess, the eventual answer, and KOPEK being valid IMO (though as a Devo fan I did notice that JOCKO was in the list). Scoredle also finished with a bogey, starting with a double-whiff (!), then trying a word that Feud fans on the dope will love, then one with the final unused vowel before tapping-in the answer. ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6257 "2026-01-06T16:01:05Z")
Wordle 1,662 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟦🟧⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟧⬜⬜🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE - two fails in a row for my standard start word HOIST DOUGH - then it has to end in β€˜ph’ OOMPH ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6258 "2026-01-06T16:11:10Z")
**Wordle 1,663 4/6 β€” 2026-01-07 Wed** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 {Day 24 of 30 from the Philippines} ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6259 "2026-01-06T16:28:24Z")
Wordle 1,662 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHINY BOUGH POOCH OOMPH ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6260 "2026-01-06T16:53:32Z")
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