# "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:** 318
**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 11, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6341 "2026-01-11T05:09:43Z")
Wordle 1,667 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6342 "2026-01-11T05:55:21Z")
Wordle 1,667 4/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHARE GUARD QUARK ---
**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 11, 2026, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6343 "2026-01-11T06:32:33Z")
Wordle 1,667 5/6 SUNDAY 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO MURAL RUANA QUART QUARK ---
**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 11, 2026, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6344 "2026-01-11T09:22:51Z")
Wordle 1,667 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[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 D} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\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 A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \\ \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:** [January 11, 2026, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6345 "2026-01-11T10:53:04Z")
Wordle 1,667 3/6 SUNDAY ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE WRUNG QUARK I got the same start in #1633 and, after thinking of ten fitting words, I decided then that Wrung would be a good β€œsleuth.” So I just asked it again here. (Four of the 10 fitting words had a U, and that’s with Guard overlooked.) The G in Wrung eliminated Guard so my only choice was to Birdie. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6346 "2026-01-11T11:44:56Z")
Wordle 1667 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE QUARK After 2, there were five possibilities, and AWARD, DIARY, (don’t crush that) DWARF, and GUARD 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:** [January 11, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6347 "2026-01-11T12:53:47Z")
Wordle 1,667 4/6 πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO CHUTE MURAL QUARK ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6348 "2026-01-11T14:11:00Z")
Wordle 1,667 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Orbit Slurp Quark ---
**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 11, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6349 "2026-01-11T14:11:36Z")
Wordle 1,6 **68** 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🐦 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 11, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6350 "2026-01-11T15:36:52Z")
Wordle 1,667 3/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER RURAL QUARK ---
**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 11, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6351 "2026-01-11T15:44:55Z")
Wordle 1,667 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BOARD SNARL QUARK ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6352 "2026-01-11T15:51:26Z")
> **Wordle 1,667 5/6\* 1/11/2026** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > M_A_NIC β†’ Slow start. A good first word second start, though > _R_O **A** ST β†’ Middle A. Still need to try E and L, and I can cover both with > FL **AR** E β†’ And here I really screwed up, because I got obsessed with covering the Y and didn’t see I had already tried the I > DI **AR** Y β†’ Starting to get worried. I noticed the U and tried it as the first letter, then second and quickly saw > **QUARK** > > My first guess second here was 43/1556 as a second guess, and the perennial favorite SLATE was tops. Maybe I should have thought a little more at that stage. My foolish fourth guess actually managed to eliminate two valid words, leaving a tap-in, so it wasn’t as bad as I thought. Scoredle does a lot with eliminations, but after its third guess there are still six valid words left, and it takes a tap-in bogey. ---
**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 11, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6353 "2026-01-11T16:41:23Z")
Wordle 1,667 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SHOUT GUARD QUARK I missed the 50/50 ---
**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 11, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6354 "2026-01-11T16:48:43Z")
**Wordle 1,668 4/6 β€” 2026-01-12 Mon** β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 {Day 29 of 31 from the Philippines} ---
**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 11, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6355 "2026-01-11T16:57:26Z")
Wordle 1,667 5/6 ⬜🟦🟧⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟧⬜ ⬜🟧🟧🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST MARRY - well, that was dumb GUARD QUARK ---
**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 11, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6356 "2026-01-11T18:18:48Z")
Wordle 1,667 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL FAIRY QUARK I thought it might be time for a Q word… ---
**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 11, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6357 "2026-01-11T20:57:45Z")
Wordle 1,667 5/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 BRAND TRAIL PEACH SWARM QUARK I’m almost embarrassed to post this. Stupid guesses at two _and_ three. But I’m heartened by the fact that Scordle takes a six from the same start word. ---
**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 12, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6358 "2026-01-12T05:05:25Z")
Wordle 1,668 4/6 **MONDAY** 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO INANE VIRAL TRIAL ---
**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 12, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6359 "2026-01-12T05:09:33Z")
Wordle 1,668 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:** [January 12, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6360 "2026-01-12T05:09:55Z")
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