# "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:** 322
**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 15, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6421 "2026-01-15T15:24:05Z")
Wordle 1,671 3/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHANK CHASM ---
**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 15, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6422 "2026-01-15T15:39:54Z")
Wordle 1,671 4/6 🟧⬜🟧⬜⬜ 🟦⬜⬜🟧⬜ 🟧⬜🟧🟧🟦 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST CLASH CHASM Several minutes of brain fart before seeing the answer. ---
**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 15, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6423 "2026-01-15T15:52:41Z")
Wordle 1,671 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER OASIS STAPH CHASM ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6424 "2026-01-15T16:08:54Z")
> **Wordle 1,671 4/6\* 1/15/2026** > > 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _A_VOID β†’ That’s a bit slow, but I can do the good ol’ good first guess second here, with the best first guess of them all > _S_L **A** TE β†’ Not quite as good as I had hoped for, but one more pickup and a placed A is nice. I went to sleep here and looked again when I got up, and spotted one word that might not be needed but at least finished up covering the vowels that I decided to try > QU **AS** _H_ β†’ so I knew where that H must go and it had to be > **CHASM** > > My third guess ranked 86/88 on Scoredle’s (inflated, mostly s-terminated) list of possibles - Scoredle’s recommendation there was to cover a 3-trap I hadn’t seen. On the plus side, it left with with a tap-in on this puzzle, so I’m going with lucky over good today. Scoredle also ends up with the same tap-in for par as I do, but does it by inclusion rather than elimination, so it looks much better doing it. ---
**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 15, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6425 "2026-01-15T16:46:16Z")
Wordle 1,671 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬›β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 LOWER STAIN CHASM Always nice to pull out a birdie after a starting whiff. Scordle decided to double up on both the unplaced S _and_ the placed A with AMASS, which was the only other non-bogus word, surprisingly. ---
**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 15, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6426 "2026-01-15T17:22:32Z")
I usually start with CRANE, and then either HOIST or SHOUT. But today, with two greens, i decided to try for a 3. ---
**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 15, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6427 "2026-01-15T20:37:07Z")
Wordle 1,671 3/6\* 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL CRASH CHASM ---
**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 16, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6428 "2026-01-16T04:15:52Z")
Wordle 1,672 4/6 FRIDAY 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CLEAR RACER ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6429 "2026-01-16T06:06:48Z")
Wordle 1,672 2/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO RACER Just lucky today. ---
**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 16, 2026, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6430 "2026-01-16T08:39:56Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Just lucky today. Lucky you! Wow, this one _ **really** _ had me worried. After 3 guesses there were still 14(!) possible answers. Fortunately my 4th guess, a sleuth word, gave me a 4th letter which narrowed things down quite nicely. My streak lives on at 246, as I approach my longest streak of 267. I barely eeked this one out. **Wordle 1,672 5/6 β€” 2026-01-16 Fri** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAL** **BOUND** **PRIVY** β€” _possibles include agree aware cager carer eager facer faker farce gamer gazer harem maker racer rager raker rarer reach rearm rewax wafer wager waxer; but previous Wordles have included agree aware eager farce gamer maker reach wafer; so the remaining possibles include cager carer facer faker gazer harem racer rager raker rarer rearm rewax wager waxer; of these the most likely include faker gazer harem racer rager raker rarer rearm rewax wager waxer; letters to eliminate are F K G Z H C K M W X; can try sleuth word(s) cough ?_ **COUGH** β€” _remaining possibles now include facer racer_ **RACER** ---
**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 16, 2026, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6431 "2026-01-16T09:20:48Z")
Wordle 1,672 6/6\* \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[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt G} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ \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 16, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6432 "2026-01-16T10:50:11Z")
Wordle 1,672 3/6 FRIDAY ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE GRIND RACER After Grind several words were possible; asking double-R was mandatory. ---
**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 16, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6433 "2026-01-16T12:23:49Z")
Wordle 1,672 3/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADIO LUMPY RACER ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6434 "2026-01-16T14:08:26Z")
Wordle 1,6 **73** 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ¦… πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 Knockin’ dem outa da park!!! πŸŽ‡ ---
**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 16, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6435 "2026-01-16T14:25:55Z")
Wordle 1,672 5/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BREAD LASER MAKER RACER ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6436 "2026-01-16T14:33:04Z")
> **Wordle 1,672 X/6\* 1/16/2026** > > 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 > ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟨 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > _C_H_A_SM β†’ OK, not bad, and the C is nice. I’d like to try two WoFcons and another vowel, and I see a word that fits the bill > _A_NTI_C_ β†’ No help, and I’m feeling vowel-poor. Add E, O and R or L to my letters so far and start trying bogus words galore. I get a hit after a while with > O_CR_ **E** _A_ β†’ I have no idea what it means. But I now have three letters placed (C must go middle, ergo A must go second) and I immediately saw > P **ACER** β†’ which looked like a trap, and immediately tried > F **ACER** β†’ and then looked in vain for another good letter to put forth and resignedly tried > L **ACER** > > I needed to get some sleep once I hit the trap - instead, I rushed it and suffered the consequences. Alas, it turns out the trap had _just_ enough bogus words to get me. Scoredle birdies. I have a day to stew. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6437 "2026-01-16T15:44:47Z")
Wordle 1672 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE RECAP RACER Had a brain fart and didn’t check the used words list after coming up with possible solutions after 2. RECAP had been used; RACER was really the only other choice. Shoulda had a 3. ---
**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 16, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6438 "2026-01-16T15:56:45Z")
Wordle 1,672 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER (this is gonna be trappy. I can feel it.) OILER TASER WAGER RACER ---
**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 16, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6439 "2026-01-16T16:25:49Z")
Wordle 1,672 5/6\* ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL REHAB Dammit! The A was already in the wrong spot. RAVEN RARER RACER ---
**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 16, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6440 "2026-01-16T16:52:29Z")
Wordle 1,672 3/6 πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CHART FARCE RACER A while back, it seemed like Wordle was throwing out -ER words two or three times a week. I grumbled about it then, and even though I birdied this one, I still don’t care for them. -ER words tend to be trappish, and in my mind they’re only a small step away from -S plurals, since you’re still basically looking for a 4-letter word with an extra letter tacked on. It somehow doesn’t feel in the spirit of the game. Just my own little pet peeve. Rant over. EDIT: Just to be clear, words like NEVER or CAPER are fine, I just don’t like those that are words _only_ because an R is added. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=321) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=323)