# "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:** 320
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6381 "2026-01-13T12:24:29Z")
Wordle 1669 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY GUMBO Damn, now I’m feeling a sudden need to visit New Orleans. Been too long since I’ve been there. Bring on the gumbo! Bring on the crawfish etouffee! ---
**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 13, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6382 "2026-01-13T12:29:54Z")
Wordle 1,669 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO PESTO MUCHO GUMBO ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6383 "2026-01-13T14:22:16Z")
Wordle 1,669 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SPOIL MOUND JUMBO MUMBO GUMBO ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6384 "2026-01-13T14:43:52Z")
> **Wordle 1,669 4/6\* 1/13/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ > ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > TRIAL → Clean whiff - and on a pretty good start word, too! S & N, I can’t find a word with three vowels so I’ll stick with two > SH_O_NE → Nary a WoFcon in sight. I can pair a possible U up with that lone O, but then I blunder with an already-used letter > D_OUG_H → And now it’s getting late early. But finding that U eliminated all the terminal-Y words, so when I thought about ?UGO? words and went nowhere, I moved G to the start and saw > **GUMBO** > > It was a tap-in par, after an unforced error, if I may mix my sport metaphors. Scoredle picks the solution out of a set of six valid possibles and 28 bogus ones, so quite an excellent putt for the algorithm. ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6385 "2026-01-13T15:29:44Z")
Wordle 1,669 3/6 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER JUMBO GUMBO ---
**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 13, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6386 "2026-01-13T15:37:43Z")
Wordle 1,669 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ 🟧⬜🟦⬜🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST GLOOM GUMBO Horrible start, but a good finish. ---
**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 13, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6387 "2026-01-13T17:04:44Z")
Wordle 1,669 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟦⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟦⬛⬛ ⬛🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CALIF TONER SWOOP JUMBO GUMBO I eliminated literally half the alphabet with my first three words, without placing a letter. Quite an accomplishment. ---
**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 13, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6388 "2026-01-13T17:37:33Z")
Wordle 1,6 **70** 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 😇 no Ai 🦘 ---
**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 13, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6389 "2026-01-13T19:43:28Z")
**Wordle 1,670 4/6 — 2026-01-14 Wed** ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 {Day 31 of 31, was in the Philippines; am in Seoul S Korea, transferring} ---
**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 13, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6390 "2026-01-13T22:26:30Z")
Wordle 1,669 5/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL DROWN COUCH JUMBO GUMBO ---
**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 14, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6391 "2026-01-14T00:08:28Z")
Wordle 1,669 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SHOUT DUMBO GUMBO ---
**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 14, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6392 "2026-01-14T04:44:36Z")
Wordle 1,670 2/6 WEDNESDAY 🟩⬜🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO AVOID - starting word pays off bigtime ---
**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 14, 2026, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6393 "2026-01-14T05:03:21Z")
Wordle 1,670 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 14, 2026, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6394 "2026-01-14T05:03:42Z")
ALIEN APHID AVOID ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6395 "2026-01-14T05:40:58Z")
Wordle 1,670 2/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO AVOID Back to back twos! ---
**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 14, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6396 "2026-01-14T10:10:19Z")
Wordle 1,670 3/6 WEDNESDAY ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE GRIND AVOID With Vapid and Aphid already used, and Jihad not a Wardle word, the final choice was easy. ---
**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 14, 2026, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6397 "2026-01-14T10:44:35Z")
Wordle 1,670 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ \end{aligned} 🙄 Why did I think of OVOID before AVOID ? F\*\*\* knows. ---
**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 14, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6398 "2026-01-14T11:22:42Z")
Wordle 1,670 2/6\* 🟨🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ovary Avoid ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6399 "2026-01-14T11:45:09Z")
Wordle 1670 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE DUMPY AVOID I figured it probably wasn’t going to be ADOBO. ---
**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 14, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6400 "2026-01-14T12:52:40Z")
Wordle 1,670 2/6 ⬛🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO AVOID [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=319) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=321)