# "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:** 324
**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 18, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6461 "2026-01-18T12:39:15Z")
**Wordle 1,674 4/6 β€” 2026-01-18 Sun** πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAL** **BOUND** **PRIVY** **SUMAC** ---
**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 18, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6462 "2026-01-18T12:59:01Z")
Wordle 1,674 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RADII POUTY FLESH SUMAC Fat-fingered my first guess, should have been RADI **O**. Still did OK I guess. ---
**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 18, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6463 "2026-01-18T13:01:53Z")
Wordle 1,674 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 18, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6464 "2026-01-18T13:02:13Z")
CLAIM AMUCK SUMAC ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6465 "2026-01-18T14:56:30Z")
> **Wordle 1,674 4/6\* 1/18/2026** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ > 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > FIERY β†’ Whiff. For my followup, ROAST would be good save for that initial letter, and while casting around for a word with an A I ended up on one with a U > **S** NO_U_T β†’ And a good thing, too. I should have gone to sleep here, but I decided to try to find an L > **S** K_U_LL β†’ Fruitlessly, and worse yet I tried to double it up. Then I figured it was time to try an A, and settled on > **SUMAC** > > So a tough start but a par to finish. It was a tap-in valid answer among nine bogus ones. SCUBA with that A was what I should have tried with my third guess, 2nd rather than 11th/51, but I got obsessed wtih my WoFcons. Scoredle also finishes with a par, but as it locates the fourth letter with its second guess, its possible sets are smaller for its last two guesses. ---
**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 18, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6466 "2026-01-18T15:13:41Z")
Wordle 1,674 5/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART MAINS AGISM SUMMA SUMAC ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6467 "2026-01-18T15:30:02Z")
Wordle 1674 3/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT MARCH SUMAC MARCH turned out to be a good sleuth word at 2: the solution was the only possibility at 3. Didn’t post yesterday, but I got a 5. Not sure I could have done better except by dumb luck, so :shrug: . Anyhow, here it is: Wordle 1673 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE BERRY EMERY FIERY ---
**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 18, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6468 "2026-01-18T16:07:46Z")
Wordle 1,674 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAL SONAR SUMAC ---
**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 18, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6469 "2026-01-18T16:50:07Z")
Wordle 1,674 4/6 🟦⬜🟦⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟦⬜ 🟧🟦⬜🟧⬜ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 CRANE HOIST SCRAP SUMAC ---
**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 18, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6470 "2026-01-18T16:54:09Z")
Wordle 1,674 5/6\* β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ovate Sprag Salad Squaw Sumac ---
**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 18, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6471 "2026-01-18T18:18:16Z")
Wordle 1,6 **75** 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 Some work involved πŸͺ ---
**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 18, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6472 "2026-01-18T18:43:39Z")
Wordle 1,674 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ§β¬› πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§β¬› 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 INDEX ROAST ASSAY SQUAB SUMAC Drawing an X on the start word wasn’t ideal, but I thought eliminating both E and I would be helpful. Still had a good bit of trouble with this one. Good brain workout. ---
**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 19, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6473 "2026-01-19T04:12:41Z")
Wordle 1,675 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO FRAME CARET WAXES WAXEN ---
**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 19, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6474 "2026-01-19T04:21:02Z")
Wordle 1,674 4/6 πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE HOIST LUMPY SUMAC ---
**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 19, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6475 "2026-01-19T04:22:16Z")
Almost the same! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6476 "2026-01-19T05:15:59Z")
Wordle 1,675 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO LADEN HAVEN WAXEN ---
**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 19, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6477 "2026-01-19T08:11:50Z")
**Wordle 1,675 5/6 β€” 2026-01-19 Mon** β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAL** **BOUND** **PRIVY** β€” _possibles include annex mange waken waxen; but previous Wordles have included annex; so the remaining possibles include mange waken waxen_ **WAKEN** **WAXEN** ---
**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 19, 2026, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6478 "2026-01-19T09:04:13Z")
Wordle 1,675 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 C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \\ &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \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[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt K} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt W} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt X} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt N} \\ \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 19, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6479 "2026-01-19T10:14:07Z")
Wordle 1,675 3/6 MONDAY ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE GRIND WAXEN I thought of seven words. Annex, Enema, Pecan were already used. Waken and Paean aren’t Wardle words. Apnea was the other choice. After the hits on A and E, I’d rather locate the vowel than ask an unlikely 3rd vowel. Garnd or Gernd would be better than Grind I think, if legal. Or if I’d asked Steal instead of Slate, I could follow up with Grand. Trade-offs. ---
**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 19, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/6480 "2026-01-19T12:44:49Z")
Wordle 1,675 5/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ© β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRANE SPELT VEGAN OAKEN WAXEN I’m going to go see what the wordlebot thinks, but i felt unusually unlucky today, with both guesses 2 and 4. … Yeah, wordlebot rates my second guess as 77 for skill (max 99) and 16 for luck. That’s really low. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=323) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=325)